Chelsea Depictions in the final of the Barclays Asia Trophy with a comfortable4-0 win over Kitchee in Hong Kong Stadium.
Frank put Lampard Chelsea front spot nine minutes before thebreak and objective of Ubay Santana doubled the score early in the secondperiod. Header from Didier Drogba and an impressive finish from substitute DanielSturridge completed the scoring.
Boss Andre Villas-Boas opted for Drogba as the focal point of a three-prongedattack with Salomon Kalou and Florent Malouda on each side, leaving FernandoTorres on the bench, and he was Kalu who developed almost Chelsea in front after 16minutes, but his powerful header towards the bottom right of Drogba cross bouncedup and reached the bar.
Chelsea continued to dominate, with reduced sporadiccounter-attacks Kitchee, but they could not convert their superiority over theirenthusiastic opponents into something more important in the 36th minute.
Yossi Benayoun fight a couple of defenders of the box before midfielder wascrudely hacked down and Lampard drilled low penalty resulting in themiddle.
Drogba saw a 30-yard-franc punched away by Wang Zhenpeng before top of free sale shot in time of the injury in the first half set free Malouda and he rounded the Kitcheekeeper but shot from a tight angle has been blocked on the line.
Drogba éraflé the top of the net with an another big four minutes in the second only half before sliced Santana crossed Malouda in his own net in many 2-0.
Chelsea netted their third at a time when Drogba bravely met Malouda'sdeflected cross return home of nearly and has been replaced by Torresimmediately later.
Replace his colleague John Obi Mikel is sign of cross wide Benayoun and Sturridgecurled a free kick just over as Chelsea threatened a fourth goal.
It is Sturridge claiming with end in the 78thminute individual effort as he picked up the ball on the right of the box, beat two men andfinished from a tight angle.
Torres was unfortunate to see a strike 25 yards smack the basis of the position on the menu entry drawing of full-time as Chelsea eased to victory, and they now face Aston Villa inSaturday final.
In the competition earlier game, Darren Bent goal just after the break proved enough for aston Villa on blackburn rovers 1-0 in a meeting hard struggle.
Struck bent after 48 minutes when he skilfully converts following cross good hold-up piece of Barry Bannan of Emile Heskey in the box.
In one semester, Blackburn were the first to threaten after nine minutes when Mauro Formica drive has been Paré firmly away by new Shay given signature of the Villa. Nine minutes later, David Dunn with the same player, but his drive from 25 yards was too high.
Palée then led a cross from Gabriel Agbonlahor header over the bar at the other end before Bannan wicked two crosses from the right has been blurred eventually later by a panicked Rovers defence.
Careful touch of Stilian Petrov was the Bulgarian race clearly in the 25th minute, but he shot straight at Paul Robinson, the last good chance of the period of opening that the sides went to the level.
Villa then opened the scoring three minutes after the break when Bent escaped the attention of the Rovers defence and a deft touch to Bannan cross that found the far corner past diving Robinson.
Rovers are almost equalized shortly thereafter when Christopher Samba storming run ended with a lay-off of Brett Emerton, but given end effort of curling of the Australian wide to stretch full.
Villa could have added a second with four minutes to go when Marc Albrighton pounced on a ball loose and drove toward the goal but Robinson has brilliantly to turn its struggle around the position closely.
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