Chelsea turned on the style in an 8-1 rout of Indonesia All-Stars on Thursday as they completed their Asian tour with a 100 per cent record under returning manager Jose Mourinho.
Two belters from Brazilian midfielder Ramires and another brace from back-from-loan striker Romelu Lukaku swelled the Chelsea scoreline, as Indonesia’s lone score came from a late Tomas Kalas own goal.
Belgian dangerman Eden Hazard got the opener with a penalty, captain John Terry nodded a trademark header, teenager Bertrand Traore scored a beauty and Demba Ba was also on the scoresheet.
The emphatic score, in front of 80,000 fans at Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, and the crowd-pleasing performance of his emerging team buoyed Mourinho as he plots the season ahead.
“We are talking about some of the best players in Europe against an inexperienced team, so the result was not the most important thing,” said Mourinho.
“But I was very pleased with the attitude of my players, trying always to play, trying always to improve, trying always to score goals, trying always to please the crowd.”
