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On Wednesday, two clubs from the capital of England played friendly preseason matches in Asia.
London's Arsenal club continues to dominate their opponents during their tour in Asia. The "Gunners" secured their second consecutive impressive victory. This time, Arsene Wenger's team faced Vietnamese footballers on their path.
In the first half, the attackers Olivier Giroud was the most threatening for the opponents, scoring three goals in 45 minutes. In total, the Frenchman already has 5 goals in this tour in just 70 minutes.
In the second half, players like Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chuba Akpom, who scored a brace, and defender Ignasi Miquel significantly contributed to the victory.
However, this time Arsenal players failed to keep a clean sheet, as in the 78th minute Tran Manh Dung scored a consolation goal. Right at the end of the match, Vietnam's goalkeeper Nguyen handled the ball outside the penalty area and was sent off.
London's Chelsea club played their first friendly match. The "Blues" faced the "Singha" team of Thai stars and managed to win. The only goal of the match was scored by Romelu Lukaku from the penalty spot in the 34th minute.
Next friendly match for Chelsea will be on Sunday at 16:45 Lithuanian time against Malaysian footballers, while Arsenal will face Nagoya Grampus in Japan on Monday at 13:30.
Vietnam 1 - 7 Arsenal
5‘ [0 - 1] O. Giroud
44‘ [0 - 2] O. Giroud
45‘ [0 - 3] O. Giroud
46‘ [0 - 4] A. O. Chamberlain
57‘ [0 - 5] C. Akpom
59‘ [0 - 6] C. Akpom
75‘ [0 - 7] I. Mikel
78‘ [1 - 7] T. M. Dung
89‘ N. T. Nguyen (Vietnam) dismissed from the field
Singha All-Stars 0 - 1 Chelsea
34‘ [0 - 1] R. Lukaku (11 m)
