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Chelsea team confirmed vs Kawasaki Frontale: Pulisic on the bench as Kante and Abraham miss out

Chelsea are back in action this morning as they take on Kawasaki Frontale in their third friendly of the summer.

Beginning their pre-season campaign with a draw against Bohemians in Dublin last week, Frank Lampard's side then hit St Patrick's Athletic for four last Saturday.

The new head coach and his squad travelled to Japan at the start of the week ahead of two friendlies in the country, with the first coming today against J League side Kawasaki Frontale.

Lampard has so far played two different sides in either half of the friendlies and it appears that he will do the same once again.

However, he does now have Christian Pulisic to select after the United States international linked up with his new teammates in Japan following his involvement in the Gold Cup for his country over the past few weeks.

Pulisic goal in Chelsea training

Deciding against taking an extended break after representing his country, Pulisic is keen to make a big impression at Chelsea and will want to hit the ground running.

The Blues have a 25-man squad out in Tokyo for the pre-season games and it's imperative that they all get minutes under their belts ahead of the new campaign.

Here is the team that the new boss has picked to play the Japanese side in Yokohama:

Chelsea starting XI: Caballero; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Luiz, Alonso; Jorginho, Kovacic; Pedro, Mount, Kenedy; Batshuayi.

Substitutes: Cumming, Zappcosta, Christensen, Emerson, Tomori, Drinkwater, Barkley, Pulisic, Palmer, Bakayoko, Giroud.

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