Chelsea Top Inter In Friendly

[Folami David]

Chelsea passed their toughest test since Jose Mourinho returned as manager, posting a 2-0 friendly win on Thursday over Inter Milan, the team Mourinho guided to the 2010 Uefa Champions League crown.
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Mourinho, who managed Chelsea from 2004-07, returned to Chelsea in June after managing Spain's Real Madrid the past two seasons.
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The victory, courtesy of goals from Oscar and Eden Hazard in the first half-hour, saw Chelsea book a meeting with AC Milan on Sunday in New York in the International Champions Cup friendly tournament.
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The event, which also features Everton, Juventus, Real Madrid, Valencia and the Los Angeles Galaxy, concludes in Miami on 7 August.
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Chelsea had comfortably won all three of their matches in a tour of Asia before arriving Stateside, but it was Inter who had the first real chance on Thursday when Fredy Guarin unleashed a volley on goal after 10 minutes only to see it sail just wide of the post.
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However, the crowd of 41 983 at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, didn't have to wait long for the first goal.
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Chelsea took the lead in the 12th minute as Nigeria's Victor Moses broke through to the edge of the penalty area and passed to Oscar, who curled a superb shot past Samir Handanovic and into the upper corner of the net.
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Rodrigo Palacio tried to level things with a long-range shot deflected off John Terry, forcing Petr Cech to make a one-handed grab.
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However, Inter would get no closer the rest of the night. Chelsea doubled their advantage in controversial circumstances in the 28th minute.
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Moses was brought down on the edge of the area and a penalty was awarded despite the protests of Inter players - who claimed he was outside the box.
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Nevertheless, Belgian winger Hazard calmly took his shot, sending Handanovic the wrong way to notch his second penalty in as many matches.
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Inter were clearly frustrated, and Hugo Campagnaro was sent off for a nasty stamp on Terry at the hour mark.
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"The red card changed (the match) completely," Mourinho said. "Not good for them because they played with 10, and not good for us, because we played against 10."
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Inter will now face Valencia in the tournament's consolation bracket on Sunday.