Chelsea to fly in to Malaysia

Malaysian football fans can brace themselves for a world class exhibition as chelsea football club will be flying in with its full squad for their match against Malaysia at the national stadium in bukit jalil this Thursday. according to the event organiser, proevents international, among the players who will take the field are didier drogba, frank lampard, john terry, fernando torres, nicolas anelka, ashley cole, florent malouda, petr cech and yossi benayoun. "chelsea boasting some of the universe's most renowned players, malaysians can expect a real treat," said the organiser in a statement issued here. the match against a national selection will also see manager andres villas-boas taking charge of the blues for the first time ever since the portuguese took over the reins from carlo ancelotti. villas-boas in the statement said fans could expect an entertaining display from the english premier league powerhouse, promising that every one of his stars would get the chance to strut their stuff on the field. he added that it was the least the club could do to repay the support from the local chelsea supporters. "it's important for the club to expand in the asian market as people love us so much there as they love us back home. So, it is important for us to be in Malaysia and show ourselves a little bit to them as well," said villas-boas. he added that he anticipated an overwhelming turnout on match day as chelsea had packed a full house during their last visit to Malaysia in 2008. a big sea of blue waves are expected to fill in this Thursday, so villa-boas is looking forward to give fans only the best they deserved, something, he reckoned, they thoroughly deserved. "coming back to Asia is important for us. It shortens the distance with the asian public who are following us from a big distance. It is important for them to feel we have respect for them and we are able to feel their heat. "i am sure they will give us tremendous support for the games we will have over there," said villas-boas, who won a treble of titles -- primeira liga, taca de portugal and UEFA europa league -- with former team FC porto last season.