Winning Blues: Chelsea’s John Terry congratulate Nicholas Anelka for scoring the
opening goal in the friendly match. Chelsea FC beats Malaysia (2-0).
Photo by KF Chow (chow@malaysiacurrent.com)


 

29th July, Shah Alam - Malaysian football fans were gathered at the Shah Alam Stadium on Tuesday to witness friendly match between Malaysia and Chelsea FC. It was high octane atmospheres as spectators starts to fill up almost packed stadium two hours before the match starts. The match saw Chelsea beat Malaysia 2-0 and they maintain 100% victory in Asia Tour 2008.

Chelsea's Nicholes Anelka scored the opening goal in 30th minute, first half. Second half played, Frank Lampard helping Ashley Cole’s added second tally in 52nd minute, a sweet victory to The Blues. Meanwhile Frank Lampard was named Man of The Match for Samsung Chelsea Asia Tour 2008 Malaysia.

Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) is the organiser for the Asia Tour 2008 Malaysia. The Asia Tour kicked off in Guangzhou where Chelsea defeated China club side Guangzhou 4-1 and hammered Chengdu Blades 7- 0 in Macau. The leading football marketing and management consultancy in Asia, Proevent is the sole and exclusive tour promoter for the Samsung Chelsea Asia Tour 2008. The Official Match Sponsors include adidas, Astro, MAS and Maxis.

Teams:

Malaysia: Mohd Elmi Eliza Elias, Norhafiz Zamani Misbah, Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Razak (S.Subramanian), Irwan Fadzli Idrus (Mohd Asraruddin Putra Omar), Mohd Fauzie Nan (Shafizan Hashim), Mohd Amirulhadi Zainalv(Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof), Mohd Hardi Jaafar (Zairo Anuar Zailani), Indra Putra Mahayuddin (Ashari Samsuddin), Mohd Syukor Adan (Azi Shahril Azmi), Mohd Safee Sali (Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Razak), Hairuddin Omar (Mohd Khyril Muhyameen Zambri)

Chelsea FC: Petr Cech (Carlo Cudicini), John Terry (Branislav Ivanovic), Ricardo Carvalho (Alex), Wayne Bridge, Deco (Andriy Shevchenko), Michael Essien, Joe Cole, Shaun Wright Philips, John Obi Mikel, Frank Lampard (Scott Sinclair), Nicholes Anelka (Franco Di Santo)

Referee: Subkhiddin Haji Salleh