Chelsea stylish in big win over Auckland FC Women
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Chelsea FC Women's have put on a star performance with a 7-0 victory over an Auckland FC Women's Invitational side in a pre-season friendly at Eden Park.
Chelsea, the first Women's Super League club to play in New Zealand were always the favourites against a composite Auckland side which had seven training sessions with coach Jenny Bindon before the match.
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Auckland which doesn't have an A-League team as yet used new Wellington Phoenix and former Football Fernssigning Abby Erceg as well as promising youngsters and club footballers, many hadn't played a match since May.
As expected, the eight-time WSL champions dominated the attack and clearly impressed the over 15,000 in the crowd with their skills.
England international Aggie Beever-Jones scored a hat-trick of goals in 23 minutes as Chelsea took a 4-0 lead into halftime with Sandy Baltimore guiding in the other goal.
Both teams made changes at halftime and then again midway through the second spell.
Midfielder Giuli Dragoni, who has 24 caps for Italy, scored her first goal for Chelsea in the second half and Japanese international Maika Hamano headed in their sixth, with Colombian star Mayra Ramirez nailing the seventh late in the match.
Chelsea will play the All Stars Women in Sydney on Wednesday which includes Football Ferns Grace Jale and Pia Vlok and visa players Brooke Nunn and Makala Woods. while Melbourne Kiwi players Rebekah Stott and Claudia Bunge are also in the squad.