Chelsea dominated possession for 90 minutes and eased to a 5-0 win over Wrexham here in North Carolina, as Pochettino began to imprint his identity on a young team that featured 10 debutants.
After two weeks of 8.30am starts, gruelling double training sessions, hours running on grass and strength and conditioning work in the gym, this was the start of the Chelsea fightback.
New arrivals Malo Gusto, Cesare Casadei, Andrey Santos and Nicolas Jackson all started as they bid to impress the Argentine.
A three-man midfield of Santos, Casadei and Carney Chukwuemeka impressed in a team with an average age of just 19, as Pochettino started with his favoured 4-2-3-1 formation.
Conor Gallagher came on at half-time but, while there is Enzo Fernandez, Chelsea are light of midfield options and it is easy to see why they want to sign Moises Caicedo from Brighton.
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