Super Eagles’ mercurial midfielder, Victor Moses, put the icing on the cake for Chelsea in their 4-1 demolition of Malaysia in an
international friendly match at the Shah Alam Stadium on Sunday.
The Europa Cup Champions seemed to have taken their legs off after
scoring three goals against their opponents but still managed to add
another goal through Moses in the 89th minute.
The EPL club quickly stamped their class on the match by taking the
lead after just six minutes when Bertrand Traore guided home a cross.
Coach Jose Mourinho’s men then went 2-0 when Kevin De Bruyne blasted
home a brilliant volley in the 29th minute, but injured his knee in
the process afterwards when he fell awkwardly and was forced to miss
the action for rest of the match.
Despite Bruyne’s absence, Chelsea added another goal on the stroke of
half time through Romelu Lukaku to take a healthy 3-0 lead into the
break.
Malaysia scored a consolation goal in the 90th minute through Mohd
Fadhli Moha Shas to save the blushes and give the local fans a reason
to cheer.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere at the Shah Alam stadium was electrifying as fans, young and old, gathered as early as 6pm to cheer both teams.
The fasting month, however, slightly affected the turn-out as only
about 45,000 fans watched Malaysia take-on the EPL side in their
fourth meeting since 2003, despite the kick off rescheduled to 9.45pm
to allow fans to break fast and come to the stadium.
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