Chelsea 2-0 Ac Milan August 4, 2013

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Chelsea have four wins in four this preseason, scoring fifteen goals to the opposition's two, but, as Jose Mourinho has pointed out, those wins are worth a grand total of zero points, so we shouldn't get too carried away even after dispatching teams like Inter Milan without a problem. It's still cool that we could do a Milanese double, though -- AC Milan are the other half of our next friendly, which is taking place in New York on Sunday.

Date/Time: August 4th, 2013 at 6:30 pm EDT (August 4th at 11:30 pm BST; August 5th at 4:00 am IST)

Opponent/SB Nation Blog: AC Milan (Serie A, 3rd place finish in 2012/13), The Offside AC Milan

Venue: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, USA

Milan Squad: The Serie A side have brought the following players with them for their US tour:

Marco Amelia, Christian Abbiati, Gabriel, Mattia De Sciglio. Philippe Mexes, Salamon Bartosz, Cristian Zapata, Daniele Bonera, Dídac Vilá, Luca Antonini, Cristian Zaccardo, Bartosz Salamon, Sulley Muntari, Antonio Nocerino, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Bakaye Traoré, Riccardo Montolivo, Urby Emanuelson, Nigel De Jong, Bryan Cristante, Rodney Strasser, Riccardo Saponara, Robinho, Giampaolo Pazzini, Mbaye Niang, Mario Balotelli, Nnamdi Oduamadi, Stephan El Shaarawy, Giacomo Beretta.

Chelsea Squad: Chelsea brought the following group to the US:

Petr Cech, Mark Schwarzer, Henrique Hilario, Jamal Blackman, Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, Cesar Azpilicueta, Gary Cahill, John Terry, Ryan Bertrand, Michael Essien, Ramires, Frank Lampard, John Obi Mikel, Marco van Ginkel, Fernando Torres, Juan Mata, Oscar, Victor Moses, Andre Schurrle, Kevin de Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Demba Ba

Frank Lampard is unlikely to be available thanks to his Achilles problem. Andre Schurrle and Kevin de Bruyne might be available after being held for the past couple of friendlies with sickness and a knee injury respectively.

Arsenal vs Galatasaray August 4, 2013

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The Emirates Cup concludes Sunday with two more matches, and we'll be bringing you live updates from Arsenal's clash with Galatasaray from 16.20 GMT.

Galatasaray, champions of the Turkish Super Lig last season, defeated Porto 1-0 in their Emirates Cup opener on Saturday. Arsenal, who finished fourth in the Premier League last May, drew 2-2 with Napoli after falling behind 2-0 in the first half.

Kickoff: Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, 16.20 GMT (11:20 a.m. ET)

3 indicates that Arsenal fans actually booed their club as they headed off the field for halftime of their opening game against Napoli. The Gunners were down 2-0 at that point, with fans displeased by the performance their home team put on display. However, Arsenal battled back in the second half to make it a 2-2 draw in the international friendly matchup. The Yahoo! report goes on to mention that it wasn't the entire crowd booing, just a smattering, but it was still noticeable enough and strange for this sort of pre-season contest.

In the other opening contest, Galatasaray took down FC Porto 1-0 behind a Felipe Melo penalty shot. The win gave Galatasaray a total of four points - one for their goal and three for the win. So far in the Emirates Cup, they are the only team to have recorded a victory, and now lead the standings, as the other game resulted in a 2-2 draw. Porto had several missed penalties in their opener, and will look to make up for those mistakes with their next contest against Napoli on Sunday.

The Napoli vs. FC Porto game time is scheduled for 8:55 a.m. EDT, with both Spanish and English presentation available online. Arsenal vs. Galatasaray goes on at 11 a.m. EST in Spanish, and 11:15 a.m. EST for English coverage.

Napoli vs FC Porto August 4, 2013

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The Italians enter the game after a 2-2 draw against Arsenal on Saturday. Napoli were two goals up at half-time but conceded late goals. Lorenzo Insigne opened the scoring for Rafael Benitez's side and Goran Pandev doubled the lead before the half-hour mark. However, the Gunners came back in the final quarter. France international Olivier Giroud continued his impressive pre-season run and scored the first, while compatriot and centre-back Laurent Koscielny equalised four minutes from time.

Meanwhile, Porto come into this fixture after a 1-0 defeat to Turkish champions Galatasaray in the opening fixture. Brazilian Felipe Melo scored the only goal from a spot kick.

Porto were handed two penalties of their own by match official Andre Marriner. However, the Portuguese outfit failed to convert either chances - Jackson Martinez shot straight at the goalkeeper and midfielder Lucho Gonzalez could only manage to drag the ball well wide of goal.