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INDIANAPOLIS - Oscar and Eden Hazard scored first-half goals, leading Chelsea to a 2-0 victory over Inter Milan on Thursday night in a quarterfinal match at the Guinness International Champions Cup. Darryl Strawberry Jersey . Despite not starting four of its stars that played in the Confederations Cup, including Brazils David Luiz and Spains Juan Mata, Chelsea nonetheless at times looked to be in midseason form in the exhibition match before a crowd of 41,983 at Lucas Oil Stadium. Hazards came on a penalty kick in the 29th minute. Although an exhibition, the inaugural eight-team, 12-game International Champions Cup is being staged to promote some of Europes best while offering the teams a chance to prepare for their league seasons that begin at the end of the month. "Oscar has been with us for five days because of the Confederations Cup," Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said. "Weve worked a lot on our movement, and it will help us in difficult situations. Its good to see in matches what I see in training. I want him to be a top player, not just a top talent." Chelsea advances to play AC Milan in the semifinals Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Inter Milan will play Valencia, a 2-1 loser to AC Milan in its quarterfinal match last weekend, in the tournaments consolation semifinal earlier Sunday at MetLife. The other clubs in the tournament are Everton, Juventus, Real Madrid and the Los Angeles Galaxy - the only MLS team participating. Real Madrid beat the Galaxy 3-1 in their quarterfinal Thursday in Glendale, Ariz. The championship final is Wednesday in Miami Gardens, Fla. As the tournaments only Midwestern venue, the match was considered groundbreaking for a city that has struggled to support professional soccer in the past. It was the first soccer game ever held at Lucas Oil, the 5-year-old home stadium for the NFLs Indianapolis Colts. It was also the first time a natural grass surface was laid inside the stadium, thanks to more than 100,000-square feet of Kentucky Bluegrass that was trucked in last weekend. Indianapolis will give pro soccer another try next year with the Indy Eleven joining the North American Soccer League in 2014. The team will be Indys ninth pro or semi-pro team since 1973. On Thursday night, it proudly hung its banner in the middle of the Colts horseshoe on the north side of the stadium. "Its nice that people can come to downtown Indianapolis to see international quality soccer rather than have to go to New York, Chicago or Los Angeles," said Juergen Sommer, coach of the Indy Eleven. "People really get it. The fan base for soccer is undersold here." The match featured intrigue on the sidelines with Mourinho coaching against his former team for the first time since his two-year stint with Inter Milan from 2008-10. Mourinho, who managed Chelsea from 2004-07, returned to the Blues on June 2 after managing Spains Real Madrid the past three seasons. Soccer supporters in London are fond of the Portuguese coach, who dubbed himself "Special One" on the first day of his first stint with the team. He then led Chelsea to two Premier League titles and one FA Cup. They no doubt hope that Mourinho can bring the magic touch back to Chelsea this time around. Although it captured the Europa League title in May, one London daily newspaper labeled it "small beer" for a club that went into the 2012-13 season as defending Champions League winners. The Blues were eliminated in the tournaments group stage this past season. Mourinho also didnt start Fernando Torres and Cesar Azpilicueta of Spain. All players subbed into play in the second half. For new Inter coach Walter Mazzarri, who is trying to improve the Italian side after it finished ninth in the league last season, the game also gave him a chance to work recent acquisitions Mauro Icardi and Hugo Campagnaro into the team. Campagnaro was issued a red card in the 58th minute. "The first half was very good for both sides," Mourinho said. "The red card changed (the game) completely. Not good for them because they played with 10, and not good for us, because we played against 10." Chelsea dominated nearly from start to finish. Two minutes after Inters Fredy Guarin almost volleyed in a shot past Chelsea keeper Petr Cech, Chelsea went up 1-0 on a goal by Brazilian star Oscar in the 13th minute after he capitalized on teammate Victor Moses powerful run through the midfield. The pro-Chelsea crowd roared as Oscars shot settled into the top right-hand corner of the net after Moses slipped him the ball. Chelsea then went up 2-0 in the 29th minute on a penalty kick by Hazard. 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ESPNcricinfo has learned that Sri Lankas tour of Zimbabwe in October-November, pencilled into the FTP as two Tests, three ODIs and a T20I, may instead consist of a triangular ODI series featuring Sri Lanka and West Indies.A source said that Zimbabwe never really intended for Sri Lanka to play Tests as it is not financially viable, and that a three-team, fifty-over competition is definitely being planned.Should that happen, Zimbabwe could go without Tests for another 11 months, with their next Tests scheduled as away matches in Sri Lanka in July 2017. They will also go 14 months without home Tests, until West Indies visit in October 2017. Already, Zimbabwe have gone 20 months without a Test - the gap between their series against Bangladesh in 2014 and the ongoing series against New Zealand - and almost two years without a Test at home, ssince last hosting South Africa in August 2014. David Wright Jersey. 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