Four-star Chelsea open tour with win

CHELSEA opened their pre-season tour of Asia and Russia with a comfortable 4-0 win over Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Pharmaceutical yesterday.

Four-star Chelsea open tour with win
Thu, 24 Jul, 2008 - 01:00

Salomon Kalou, Frank Lampard, Argentinian teenager Franco Di Santo and Shaun Wright-Phillips all scored as Chelsea eased to victory in the southern Chinese city.

England midfielder Lampard, whose future at Stamford Bridge remains in doubt as he enters the final year of his contract, played the entire game at the Guangzhou Olympic Stadium, while scoring a spectacular chip at the start of the second half.

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