Antonio Conte lost his debut on the Chelsea bench, falling 2-0 to Rapid Vienna in a performance with many defensive errors.
The Coach only took over earlier this week, while the Austrians have been training for five weeks and were celebrating the unveiling of their new stadium.
Joelinton took advantage of a failed offside trap and Asmir Begovic uncertainty to open the scoring after just eight minutes.
Antonio Conte lost his debut on the Chelsea bench, falling 2-0 to Rapid Vienna in a performance with many defensive errors.
The Coach only took over earlier this week, while the Austrians have been training for five weeks and were celebrating the unveiling of their new stadium.
Joelinton took advantage of a failed offside trap and Asmir Begovic uncertainty to open the scoring after just eight minutes.
Rapid Vienna threatened to double their lead and Chelsea only really went close in the first half with a deflected Willian cross and his own angled drive.
Diego Costa seemed irritable and none more so than when turning a free header over the bar, as he should’ve left Djilobodji’s cross for John Terry behind him.
Ex-Napoli midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah had a great chance when his fierce strike from distance was palmed away, while towards the end Ola Aina was unlucky to see his cross-shot bounce off the upright.
Just before the final whistle, Branislav Ivanovic’s howler of a pass gifted the ball to Rapid Vienna and substitute Toni tapped in their second goal.
Chelsea: Begovic, Ivanovic, Djilobodji, Terry, Baba Rahman (Aina 46), Obi (Chalobah 58), Matic (Traore 77), Loftus-Cheek (Oscar 46), Moses (Atsu 80), Willian (Kenedy 72), Diego Costa (Remy 72)