Chelsea played out a 1-1 draw with Inter Milan in their final pre-season game of the summer.
Chelsea conceded first in the first-half, and was behind for much of the game until the 90th minute when Lesley Ugochukwu equalised for Chelsea.
Chelsea won only one out of six games in the pre-season, beating Club America 3-0. Chelsea conceded 13 goals in the other five games.
Nevertheless, Blues boss Enzo Maresca has revealed he was happy with what he saw against Inter Milan, and is optimistic for the future.
“I’m very happy because I can see that the team is improving, on the ball and off the ball,” Enzo Maresca told the official Chelsea website when asked about the team’s performance in the 1-1 draw with Inter Milan.
“Once again today we created six or seven clear chances. We just scored one but it is important to create chances and for sure we are going to score more.
“Then, apart from the goal we conceded when we did a small mistake, off the ball the team was very aggressive in recovery and closing down the ball.
“Absolutely we can see clear results from our work. Today we could see that we tried to keep the ball. Inter are special at defending, but for sure the team is already doing well.
“It’s the most important thing, for sure. With time this team is going to get better and better. We started just one month ago so I can see clearly that the team is improving.”