John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic both found the net as Chelsea kicked off their pre-season preparations with a comfortable victory over Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park.<\/p>\n
With the exception of veteran Mark Schwarzer in goal, Jose Mourinho fielded a young starting XI for the friendly, with midfielder Marco Van Ginkel back in the side after missing most of last season with a\u00a0cruciate ligament injury.<\/p>\n
Patrick Bamford – making his first senior appearance for the Blues – broke the deadlock on 21 minutes when he expertly steered Nathan Ake’s hooked cross past Matt Ingram.<\/p>\n
An injury to Todd Kane midway through the half gave Chelsea fans a first glimpse of Kurt Zouma, who signed in January but was loaned back to Saint-Etienne for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n
Mourinho made eight changes to his side for the second half, introducing Terry and Ivanovic at the back.<\/p>\n
On as a half-time substitute, Izzy Brown doubled Chelsea’s lead on 48 minutes when he latched onto Jay Dasilva’s pinpoint cutback to smash the ball beyond Ingram.<\/p>\n
Terry steered home a third from Jeremie Boga’s corner four minutes later, while Ivanovic made it four when he headed in another Boga delivery on 67 minutes.<\/p>\n
Wycombe were already well beaten but Brown added another layer of gloss to the scoreline when he curled into the top corner after a neat passing interchange with three minutes remaining.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Source: Goal.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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