Chelsea began its life under the reins of Luiz Felipe Scolari with a victory Sunday, 4-0 over Portsmouth .
The Blues, who ended the campaign last seconds in the Premier League and the Champions League behind Manchester United, were imposed easily to the winners of the FA Cup at Stamford Bridge, 2008 with goals from Joe Cole, Nicolas Anelka, Frank Lampard and Deco debutant.
It was an impressive performance before a team many consider a candidate to fifth place and possibly another trophy in the campaign, Chelsea and exhibited much more elegance and imagination that under the predecessor of Scvolari, Avram Grant.
Grant guided Chelsea to two points in the title of the Premier and barely a duel of criminal scepter of the Champions League. The convincing victory on Sunday could indicate that Scolari is the coach to get to the top.
It was more than expected, said Brazilian electrician who was typically animated en la banda. Today they played very well. It is important, but more important is that Chelsea fans saw a beautiful game.
Manchester United, while, escaped with a tie of 1-1 at Newcastle after Darren Fletcher annotations in 24 minutes. Obafemi Martins had opened the scoring for Newcastle two minites before with a head shot.
In another encounter on Sunday, Aston Villa are enfretana to Manchester City.
On Saturday, Arsenal began opened the season with a valuable 1-0 victory over by the newly promoted West Bromwich but not many lights.
Samir Nasri scored at 4 minutes of his debut in the league to give Arsenal the three points.
In addition, Bolton 3, Stoke 1; Everton 2, Blackburn 3; Hull 2, Fulham 1; Middlesbrough 2, Tottenham 1; Sunderland 0, Liverpool 1; West Ham 2, Wigan 1
