Chelsea vs Johor Darul Ta'zim: Confirmed Team News For Pre-Season Friendly | OneFootball

Chelsea's pre-season tour of Asia is coming to an end. Video Credit: Absolute Chelsea

Xabi Alonso has named his Chelsea side to face Johor Darul Ta'zim at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Malaysia.

Chelsea conclude their pre-season tour of Asia on Sunday evening with a fixture against the Malaysian Super League side.

Alonso's side only played 24 hours ago in Indonesia, where the Blues claimed a 3-0 victory over AC Milan, putting in their best performance of pre-season so far, with a brace from Joao Pedro and a superb strike from Moises Caicedo.

It saw Alonso name a strong side, with the majority playing more than 80 minutes, with the idea of having two sides for the matches against Milan and then Johor Darul Ta'zim on Sunday.

It was confirmed post-match that Alonso would manage the workloads of the players before the trip back to London, admitting: "The idea was that many young players were coming to have chances to play (on Sunday), because if not, we would have been short. To play two games in two days is quite intense."

And the Chelsea boss has done just that. Teddy Sharman-Lowe replaces Robert Sanchez in goal for the Blues. Mike Penders, who didn't play against Milan, has also been left out of the squad with Sanchez.

Penders is highly rated by Chelsea after his loan spell at Strasbourg and earned the praise of Sanchez during pre-season. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

Aaron Anselmino played briefly against AC Milan and is handed a start, with Tosin Adarabioyo coming into defence. Tayo Subuloye replaced Mamadou Sarr late in the starting XI.

Geovany Quenda and Nicolas Jackson played around 30 minutes against the Italian side on Saturday. They come into the starting side, with Estevao also being named in the XI.

Youngster Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli will be hoping to impress from the off; he partners Dario Essugo, who captains the side, in midfield.

Liam Delap and Jamie Gittens are brought in to attack for Chelsea. Dastan Satpayev and Mykhailo Mudryk settle for places on the bench and will be hoping to come on at some point during the game.

Levi Colwill has travelled with the squad, but has not been selected once again as Chelsea avoid taking any risks following his minor issue.

As expected, the majority of the first-teamers have been left out as Alonso manages workloads, so they will be watching on from the sidelines in Malaysia.

Chelsea XI: Sharman-Lowe; Subuloye, Tosin, Anselmino; Quenda, Nicoll-Jazuli, Essugo, Gittens, Estevao; Jackson, Delap

Bench: Slonina, Curd, Subuloye, Diakite, Watson, Mudryk, Walsh, Kavuma-McQueen, Satpayev

Johor Darul Ta'zim XI: Hazmi, Glauder, Zaheditabar, Aiman, Petrovic, Israfilov, Arribas, Méndez, Silva, Medina, Guilherme