Nigerian international, John Obi Mikel, was missing as Chelsea bounced back from their opening day Champions League defeat to Basel with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Steaua Bucharest.
They were never put in difficulty by their Romanian hosts and were deserving of their sizeable winning margin.
However neither side dominated proceedings early on, with Steaua allowed possession in midfield.
It took a quick counter-attack after 19 minutes for Chelsea to break the deadlock, with Schürrle finding space behind Daniel Georgievski and playing a simple pass for substitute, Samuel Eto’o, thrown in instead of injured Fernando Torres, in the area.
The Cameroonian scuffed his shot, though the onrushing Ramires, broke into the area in time to stab the ball into the net for 1-0.
Steaua responded with a snapshot from outside the area courtesy of Nicolae Stanciu a minute later but Ramires netted his second of the evening after a slick counter-attacking move saw him slip in by Oscar, before lashing the ball beyond Tătărușanu and into the top corner.
It was almost immediately followed by a fourth, though Steaua’s blushes were spared by the woodwork alone – Mata the unfortunate attacker.
Chelsea created several further good chances with Schürrle and Eto’o both failing to convert from inside the box. Steaua’s best opportunity was also a good one, though Petr Čech made a solid save from close-range on Stanciu, who proceeded to fire over from inside the box on the rebound.
Eventually, Frank Lampard did put the icing on the cake with a classic low shot from outside the box, the ball kissing the foot of the post before crossing the line for 4-0 in the last minute of normal time.
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