After Arsenal and Liverpool entertained millions of their fans in their Asia Tour 2011 respectively in Kuala Lumpur last week, now it's turn for the Villa-Boas men to show their standard.
Chelsea who just touch downed in Malaysia soil yesterday about 1pm local time, will entertain Malaysia on July 21, 2011. Chelsea did not wait to long for their first training session when they trained in Shah Alam Stadium yesterday evening. The session was closed to the fans which saw Villa-Boas men tried to adapt with the environment and the humidity.
All 26 squad arrived in Kuala Lumpur for their first Asia Tour 2011 destination. The name like Torres, Lampard, Terry and Drogba expected to have an open training session today (July 19, 2011) in Bukit Jalil.
After loss to Arsenal (0-4) and Liverpool (3-6) last week, Malaysia squad this time will be trained by the Olympic Squad due to the national squad is preparing for the World Cup 2014 Qualifiers against arch rival Singapore on Saturday. The Ong Kim Swee men is also called some senior players into the squad to balance the gap who left by the Rajagobal men.
This is not the first time Chelsea in Malaysia. In 2003 during Asia Premier Cup, Chelsea beat Malaysia IX 4-1 and in 2008, Chelsea edge Malaysia 2-0 which saw goal from Anelka and Ashley Cole.
The full squad is:
Petr Cech, Henrique
Hilario,
Ross Turnbull, Jamal Blackman,
Jose Bosingwa,
Paulo Ferreira,
Branislav Ivanovic, Alex,
John Terry, Slobodan Rajkovic, Nathaniel Chalobah,
Ashley Cole,
Patrick van Aanholt, Ryan Bertrand,
John Mikel Obi,
Josh McEachran,
Frank Lampard,
Yossi Benayoun, Billy Clifford,
Yury Zhirkov,
Florent Malouda,
Salomon Kalou,
Daniel Sturridge,
Nicolas Anelka,
Didier Drogba,
Fernando Torres.
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