CNN
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Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Los Angeles FC in its Club World Cup opener is unlikely to live long in the memory.
Enzo Maresca’s side earned a relatively comfortable three points thanks to goals from Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernández – LAFC had chances to score, though lacked that final piece of quality – but the action on the pitch was far from the most eye-catching aspect of what was a drab affair.
The game was played against the backdrop of swathes of empty seats, with only 22,137 fans turning up to watch inside Atlanta’s vast 71,000-capacity Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The 3 p.m. local kickoff on a workday certainly didn’t help,…
