The very temperamental Costa charged at a player
after he was fouled and also exhibited his usual anger
towards the centre-referee.
Goals from Joelinton and Tomi Correa saw the
Austrians emerge victorious, as Chelsea lost their first
pre-season game ahead of the 2016/2017 season.
Chelsea started the Antonio Conte era with a
disappointing 2-0 pre-season friendly defeat at Rapid
Vienna on Saturday, July 16, at the Aliianz Stadium,
Vienna.
Recall that the Italian was chosen as the full-time
successor to Jose Mourinho, who was sacked in
December, with Guus Hiddink having led Chelsea to a
10th-place finish as interim boss during a
disappointing Premier League title defence last
season.
Although, the Blues were without first-team regulars
due to their participation at the just concluded Euro
2016,.
A well-worked passing move on the edge of the
penalty area resulted in Joelinton rounding the
Chelsea goalkeeper and converting into the empty
goal before teenage substitute Ola Aina almost
levelled with a fortuitous cross-shot that evaded
everyone and hit the right-hand post, but Rapid
doubled the lead late on.
Begovic pulled off a smart stop from Stefan Nutz, but
there was nothing he could do to prevent Tomi
poking in from close range.
It ended Rapid Wien 2-0 Chelsea.