DIEGO COSTA SCORES FOR CHELSEA AGAIN IN PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY

Goals from new signing Diego Costa and Branislav Ivanovic gave Chelsea a 2-0 win over Fenerbahce but they lost 1-0 to Besiktas at the Turkish charity competition in aid of the Soma mining disaster. 

Chelsea players celebrate their goal against Fenerbahce

The tournament was a league format, and all three teams played each other once in a 45-minute contest.

Jose Mourinho’s men won their opener 2-0 and then fell 1-0 to a late goal from Besiktas, who therefore won the event.

The opening 10 minutes of the contest produced very little in the way of goalscoring opportunities at either end, but it was Chelsea enjoying the majority of possession.

The first real chance, however, fell to Fenerbahce, after a Gary Cahill slip had allowed Emmanuel Emenike to get goal-side of the Blues defender. The Nigerian rolled the ball into the path of Meireles, whose strike was a fierce one, but Azpilicueta did well to get across and make the block, diverting the ball behind for a corner.

Moments later we thought we’d taken the lead after Hazard had brilliantly slipped in Oscar. The Brazilian showed great composure to fire past Volkan Demirel but, much to the frustration of Mourinho, the offside flag was incorrectly raised.

The Blues had an Oscar goal disallowed for offside but then almost fell behind, Petr Cech pulling off a superlative save to keep out a close range Alper Potuk header.

Diego Costa then produced a moment of magic to open the scoring, shimmying past a pair of challenges before finding the far corner with a fine strike.

And Chelsea extended their lead on the half-hour, Branislav Ivanovic slamming the rebound into the net after Volkan Demirel had done well to keep out a well-struck Andre Schurrle free-kick.

Besiktas had beaten Fenerbahce 1-0 earlier, meaning their match against Chelsea would decide the winners of the charity event.

Didier Drogba almost gave the Blues the lead with a fine free-kick but he was denied by an excellent save from Cenk Gonen.

Former Chelsea man Demba Ba come off the bench for Besiktas and he had a shot saved by Cech after making a powerful run forward with just a couple of minutes remaining.

But Besiktas won the game from the resulting corner, a loose ball falling perfectly for Ersan Gulum, who turned the ball into the gaping net.