WASHINGTON, District of Columbia: Second-half goals from Frank Lampard and Romelu Lukaku lifted Chelsea to a 2-1 win over Roma yesterday in a friendly football match at RFK Stadium in Washington.
Lukaku scored in the 88th minute to give Chelsea the victory in their final friendly before opening English Premier League play next weekend.
Veteran midfielder Lampard had equalized for the Blues in the 60th, after Roma went ahead in the 20th through Eric Lamela.
With the victory Chelsea capped a four-match US pre-season tour.
They beat both AC Milan and Inter Milan by 2-0, and fell 3-1 to Real Madrid on Wednesday.
It is Mourinho’s second spell with Chelsea, the team he guided to Premier League triumphs in 2005 and 2006. AFP
