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Torres SCORES! Chelsea win opening friendly

Fernando Torres scored for Chelsea in last night's opening preseason friendly against Wycombe Wanderers.

Yossi Benayoun and Torres were on the scoresheet as Chelsea opened their pre-season campaign with a 3-0 win over Wycombe.

New manager Andre Villas-Boas used 23 players in his first game in charge, a behind-closed-doors clash at the Blues' Cobham training ground.

Benayoun opened the scoring after four minutes, controlling an awkward dropping pass before clipping it over goalkeeper Nikki Bull.

Bull made good saves to deny first the Israel playmaker and then striker Didier Drogba before defenders John Terry and Jose Bosingwa both went close.

It remained 1-0 at the interval but a new-look Chelsea line-up quickly doubled their lead, Nicolas Anelka setting up Torres to sweep the ball past Bull, who moments earlier had denied the Spaniard after a similar link-up with his strike partner.

Defender Slobodan Rajkovic, back from a season on loan at Vitesse Arnhem in Holland, volleyed home a fine third goal from Yury Zhirkov's corner.

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