Nigerian-born striker, Greg Nwokolo, grabbed a solitary goal against Chelsea as the former European Champions thrashed Indonesia All-Stars by 8-1 in a pre-season game on Thursday in Jakarta.
Nwokolo, who has not been capped for the Nigerian national team, assisted the All Stars pull one back when Kalas deflected his low cross into the net of the former European Champions.
The pacy striker made his debut for the Indonesia national team in the AFC Asian Cup qualification campaign against Saudi Arabia early this year.
Meanwhile, Chelsea forward, Romelu Lukaku, proved his goal touch has survived the summer with four goals in 135 minutes of football and trialist Bertrand Traore promises to be a midfield gem if he can be untangled from the red tape, which is delaying his move.
Eden Hazard opened the scoring, sending the ‘keeper the wrong way from a penalty, which was impossible to dispute after a double-team attack on John Terry by Ferdinand Sinaga and Hamka Hamsah.
Chalobah and Wallace both hit the frame of the goal before Ramires scored the second with a shot on the turn, after a pass from Ryan Bertrand.
Demba Ba grabbed the third, a welcome strike for him, after Meiga had spilled a shot from Ramires and Terry made it 4-0 before half-time with a header, after Gary Cahill had flicked on a free-kick by Bertrand.
The fifth came from the 17-year-old, Traore, who Chelsea have been trying to keep under the radar but this was his second sweetly-taken goal of the tour, having scored the opener in Kuala Lumpur, and he has not looked at all out of place.
Traore is a full international for Burkina Faso but cannot sign a professional contract at Chelsea because he only has a student visa but they hope to sign him when he is 18 in September.
Lukaku scored the sixth with a header and the eighth with his right foot either side of another from Ramires.
Chelsea’s next fixture against Inter Milan in the USA may prove a little more testing.
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