Chelsea Asia Tour 2008 - Chelsea Beat Malaysia 2-0

Yesterday was the friendly match between Chelsea and Malaysia League Select X1. It was Chelsea Asia Tour 2008 pre-season final stop.

Held at Shah Alam Stadium and it was said to have approx. 80,000 people.

Malaysia team consists of:

1 Helmi Eliza Elias
5 Norhafiz Zamani Misbah
21 Irwan Fadzli Idrus
7 Aidil Zafuan Radzak
3 Fauzie Nan
26 Amirulhadi Zainal
19 Hardi Jaafar
13 Indra Putra Mayayuddin
12 Shukor Adan (c)
10 Safee Sali
8 Zaquan Adha Radzak
20 Hairuddin Omar

and the Coach B Sathianathan

Chelsea side were :

1 Petr Cech
5 Michael Essien
6 Ricardo Carvalho
26 John Terry (c)
18 Wayne Bridge
20 Deco
12 John Mikel Obi
8 Frank Lampard
24 Shaun Wright-Phillips
39 Nicolas Anelka
10 Joe Cole

Manager Luiz Felipe Scolari

Referee of the match : Subkhiddin Salleh (Malaysia)




Malaysia in black and yellow striped shirts, black shorts, yellow socks.

Chelsea in blue shirts and shorts, white socks.

The game started well for Malaysia as Amirulhadi Zainal tried to score in the third minute of starting the game but missed..

After that however, Chelsea took over the control and Norhafiz Zamani Misbah and Mohd Aidil Zafuan busy in defence..


2Chelsea's midfielder Michael Essien (R) is challenged by Malaysia's Khyril Zambri.

4Chelsea's midfielder Shaun Wright-Phillips (R) is challenged by Malaysia's Mohd Fauzi Nan.

5Chelsea's Florent Malouda dribbles past Malaysia's Shafizan Hashim.

6Chelsea's player Deco, center, is challenged by Malaysia's players Indra Putra Bin Mahayuddin, left, and Hairuddin Bin Omar.

7Chelsea's Michael Essien is stop by Malaysia's Mohamad Aidil Zafuan.

Goalkeeper Mohd Helmi Eliza Elias made three superb saves.


However, Nicolas Anelka scored in the 27th minute and Ashley Cole in the 54th.

(2-8 source : daylife.com, 9 source: sportinglife.com)

Chelsea won 2-0.

Chelsea will now jet off to Russia for the Railway Cup, which begins with a match against Lokomotiv Moscow on Friday.

p/s: For anyone interested to buy authentic Jersey & stuff.. you can visit
Website: http://www.premier-football.net
.