Fernandez booed as Chelsea overcome Real Sociedad in friendly, Joao Pedro bags brace

[p]Several fans made their feelings known when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-enzo/nZnbEVWP/"]Fernandez[/a], who has previously made clear his desire to leave [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a], came on in the 62nd minute to replace [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/james-reece/nLBC7ERa/"]Reece James[/a].[/p][p]But other supporters gave their backing to the 25-year-old Fernandez, who told the Blues in May he wanted to leave.[/p][image alt="Chelsea beat Real Sociedad in a friendly" id="c08c0d3e-33c8-4142-be0e-fd927288efd8" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="d55af361-2b12-4b7d-84ac-f276dee2d58e" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Chelsea placed a reported asking price of £120 million on the Argentina international, but no bids have yet been received during the summer transfer window.[/p][p]Fernandez scored Argentina's equaliser in their World Cup semi-final win over England in July before being sent off in the South Americans' defeat by Spain in the final.[/p][p][b]Record signing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rogers-morgan/lp4jm80n/"]Morgan Rogers[/a] scored on his first Stamford Bridge appearance, tapping in the rebound after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/joao-pedro/CAmJERl2/"]Joao Pedro[/a]'s header was saved.[/b][/p][embed guid="c7f911ba-7b5e-4ce6-a6a7-a1a22f466c5a" url="https://x.com/ChelseaFC/status/2088616100342665392" social-type="twitter" /][p]Brazilian Pedro ensured victory for new manager Xabi Alonso in the team's final match before their Premier League opener [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/fulham-69ZiU2Om/?mid=C2Nfvg77"]away to local rivals Fulham[/a], scoring a double to take his pre-season total to eight goals, after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aranburu-jon/vNTtZiAr/"]Jon Aramburu[/a] had equalised for the LaLiga side.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/real-sociedad-jNvak2f3/summary/stats/?mid=GGqOCZio"]Catch up on all the stats from the match here.[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Joao Pedro was the star of the show" id="cef2aaa5-f5c3-49b2-84b4-185c3060d584" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="8bf4554b-423d-46ea-baa9-de9b6b2ba605" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]