Reece James nets remarkable own goal in Chelsea pre-season friendly

Footage of a frankly exceptional personal objective netted by Chelsea star Reece Jame in the course of the membership’s newest pre-season outing has gone viral on-line.

Amid their ongoing efforts to organize for the fast-approaching new Premier League marketing campaign, Thomas Tuchel’s troops have been again in motion within the early hours of Sunday morning.

Making the journey to Las Vegas as a part of the membership’s tour of america, the Blues confronted off towards Mexican outfit Membership America, in a pleasant conflict.

And, when all was stated and finished, the standard of the Premier League giants proved telling, en path to a 2-1 triumph for Tuchel and co.

Timo Werner was first on the right track early within the 2nd-half, earlier than Mason Mount rounded out the sport’s scoring contained in the closing ten minutes of motion.

This angle of Mason Mount’s objective for Chelsea ?

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As alluded to above, although, it was actually a objective netted by one in every of Chelsea’s stars on the flawed finish of the pitch which, within the recreation’s aftermath, went on to steal the headlines.

The second in query arrived on the hour mark on the Allegiant Stadium, when Reece James tried to roll the ball again to Marcus Bettinelli behind him.

Failing to understand that his goalkeeper had made his approach to the best facet of his objective, although, James solely succeeded in inserting the ball neatly into the far backside nook of the Chelsea internet.

Take a look at the second of insanity beneath:

¿QUÉ QUÉEEEEEEE? ¡Reece James empata el partido! AH NAAH ???@clubamerica ? 1-1 ? @ChelseaFC ?
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— Zona TUDN (@Zona_TUDN) July 17, 2022

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