Chelsea top Inter in friendly tournament

INDIANAPOLIS - Chelsea passed their toughest test since Jose Mourinho returned as manager, posting a 2-0 friendly win Thursday over Inter Milan, the team Mourhinho guided to the 2010 Champions League crown. Mourinho, who managed Chelsea from 2004-07, returned to Chelsea in June after managing Spain's Real Madrid the past two seasons. 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. The event, which also features Everton, Juventus, Real Madrid, Valencia and the Los Angeles Galaxy, concludes in Miami on August 7. Chelsea had comfortably won all three of their matches in a tour of Asia before arriving Statesidet.–AFP

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