Fernando Torres hits the target in a flash for new Chelsea boss Villas-Boas

13 July 2011 08:47
Fernando Torres may have found the target only once in 18 games for Chelsea but the ?50million striker launched pre-season on Tuesday with a goal after only seven minutes. [LNB]Torres came on at half-time as his side beat Wycombe Wanderers 3-0 in a practice match, held behind closed doors at their training ground in Surrey. [LNB] Off the mark: Fernando Torres took just seven minutes to score for new boss Andre Villas-Boas[LNB]It was the first chance for Andre Villas-Boas to see his players in competitive action and the new manager used 23 players, with no-one playing more than 45 minutes. [LNB]Villas-Boas varied his formations, starting with Didier Drogba up front alone and John Mikel Obi anchoring a five-man midfield, then playing a familiar 4-3-3 system in the second half with Torres, Nicolas Anelka and Salomon Kalou in attack. [LNB]Frank Lampard, Petr Cech and Alex were left out to rest minor niggles and expect to play at Portsmouth on Saturday. Yossi Benayoun, whose wonder goal emerged on YouTube on Wednesday morning, and Slobodan Rajkovic, the 22-year-old Serb, were the other scorers.[LNB]VIDEO: WATCH BENAYOUN'S BRILLIANT GOAL Sign up for our FREE Fantasy Football game and your chance to win a share of ?40,000Modric is NOT for sale! Harry tells Chelsea to forget about signing wantaway midfielder Villas-Boas is the man to lead Chelsea to Premier League glory, claims Mikel All the latest Chelsea news, features and opinion[LNB] [LNB]

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