Courtois for once fires Blues to win

As well as fixtures taking place in the US during the European pre-season, teams will also be heading off to countries such as China, Australia and Italy, as part of the worldwide competition that is seen in the US as both a lucrative opportunity for clubs to promote themselves and attract new fans, as well as a chance to prepare themselves for high level competitions and integrate their newly-acquired players.

“I want to continue to do my thing and to do it even better, so that’s why I train hard and want to bring results”.

But what did we learn from the match?

Van Gaal revealed afterwards that Di Maria, unlike Javier Hernandez, had not joined up with the squad ahead of Wednesday night’s clash with PSG, and while he is expected to fly to the States at a few point, it is unclear with which club he will depart.

Di Maria endured a hard first season in the Premier League following a club-record £59.7m ($92.5m) switch from Real Madrid, but he was scheduled to join his teammates following their impressive 3-1 victory over Barcelona at Levi’s Stadium despite reports from France Football suggesting his exit had already been secured. By investing in players like that.

“But it took time, and this project is going on three-four years, this is the fourth year, for them and worldwide it’s getting known, with all due respect for before, what they were – but big ambitions, big dreams”.

Manchester United have shown no signs of wanting to sell Di Maria, but PSG are determined to get the man they nearly signed last summer when he was pushed away from Madrid.

Ibrahimovic himself has previously been mentioned in connection with a possible move to Old Trafford before he retires or follows the likes of David Villa, Andrea Pirlo, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard to Major League Soccer. He is so quick over a few metres and I think this season will be a good one for him. “And I think a lot of fights would happen, but that’s something I like”. Whoever I work with, I never had this kind of problem, because at the end I need to do my job, he needs to do his job.

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois made the difference yesterday, making two shoot-out saves and firing home the victor as the Blues downed Paris Saint Germain on penalties in an global Champions Cup friendly.