It is the dawn of a new era for Chelsea Football Club who has appointed a new manager after Guus Hiddink interim spell.
It will be Antonio Conte's first ninety minutes in charge of a Chelsea team with every blue fan looking forward to the Italian's first starting XI.Either of the 3-5-2 or 4-2-4 formation which he used at Juventus should be expected or a new technical invention that has characterised his coaching career.

As it is pre-season,there should be some minutes for every member of the traveling squad which excludes all players involved at the later stages of the Euros and Copa America.Loanees who returned to the squad ahead of the new season will be hoping to impress the new manager as well as youngsters Ola Aina,Cuevas and Miazga.
Our opponents this evening completed last season as the second best team in the Austrian bundelsliga.Stefan Schwab was Rapid Wien's top league scorer last season and could provide a real goal threat to a surely to be reshuffled Chelsea back line.Florian Kainz and Philipp Schobesberger mustered up an impressive 11 goals each for the Austrian outfit who are playing in the third round of Europa league qualifying with Mike Buskens as head coach.They won their last fixture against Karabakh with a 3:1 scoreline.
Olympic Stadion will host this evening's fixture with the Austrian club moving over to the venue for the new season.