Life of Guangzhou - Chelsea to Play in Guangzhou

When: 20: 00, July 23
Where: Guangdong Olympic Sports Center
(Huang Cun on eastern outskirts of Guangzhou)

Ticket Price (RMB): 300, 600, 900, 1500
Ticketing Tel: 020-38788708 (in English and Chinese), and 11185
* Payment upon delivery and they will charge ￥10 for each delivery, or you can go to their office to buy and get the tickets.

Chelsea's aces Michael Ballack (left) and Frank Lampard.

About the match:

Chelsea will arrive in Guangzhou on July 21, to compete with Guangzhou later. It is the first stop of their Asian Tour.

The big names like Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard, Andriy Shevchenko, Ashley Cole will come to Guangzhou to join this warm-up match.

They will leave for Malaysia on the next day. This match will be a part of the team's preparation for 2008 - 2009 season, which is to kick off on the first week of August.

There will be games or large-scare activities to enhance interactive between team and local fans.

London-based Chelsea Club was founded in 1905. It experienced twist and turns period and also several degradations; however, it won England Premier League Soccer (EPL) many times and breached the FA Cup champion, but also UEFA Winners' Cup and Super Cup champion. In 2004-005 competition season, Portuguese Muliniao, who led Bohrtu gained the champion in UEFA Champions League in 2003-2004 season, accepted Chelsea's invitation and obtained champion in the League Cup, but also gained the England Super Cup champion ahead of schedule. Following the 2005- 2006 competition season, they rule the region once again. Although Chelsea came off second best in league matches in latest season, they were crowned with laurel in FA Cup and UEFA Champions League continues keeping the eminent position in England Super League Cup.