車仔大軍到達馬來西亞
A squad of 26 players landed close to 1pm Malaysian time to kick-off Chelsea's 2011 Asia tour.
All the senior squad members minus Ramires and David Luiz (who are on international duty) were on the 13-hour flight that left the UK at tea time on Sunday.
Daniel Sturridge, Josh McEachran, Ryan Bertrand and Patrick van Aanholt are a youthful presence but Gael Kakuta is away with France Under 20s who are soon to compete in the World Cup for that age group.
Also included in the touring party are four young players yet to appear in a competitive game for Chelsea.
They are:
Seventeen-year-old Jamal Blackman, last season's FA Youth Cup campaign goalkeeper.
Billy Clifford, a Youth Cup winner in 2010 who played in midfield against Wycombe and Portsmouth this pre-season. Eighteen years old, he can also play right-back.
Sixteen-year-old Nathaniel Chalobah, England Under 17s' skipper and another who played at Portsmouth on Saturday. A centre-back or midfielder.
Slobodan Rajkovic, a 22-year-old centre-back from Serbia who signed in 2007 but spent last season on loan at Vitesse Arnhem and previous seasons on loan at PSV Eindhoven and FC Twente. He found the net against Wycombe on Tuesday.
The full squad is:
Petr Cech, Henrique Hilario, Ross Turnbull, Jamal Blackman, Jose Bosingwa, Paulo Ferreira, Branislav Ivanovic, Alex, John Terry, Slobodan Rajkovic, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ashley Cole, Patrick van Aanholt, Ryan Bertrand, John Mikel Obi, Josh McEachran, Frank Lampard, Yossi Benayoun, Billy Clifford, Yury Zhirkov, Florent Malouda, Salomon Kalou, Daniel Sturridge, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba, Fernando Torres.
The remainder of Monday will not go to waste. After a first introduction to the local media, the players will train in the evening at the Shah Alam Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, which was the venue for Chelsea's match on our last visit three years ago.
However Thursday's game against the Malaysia XI is in the Bukit Jalil National Stadium.
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