U18 - Chelsea 0 - 1 Crystal Palace - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

U18南區聯賽第四輪


https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/10/02/
under-18s-report--chelsea-crystal-palace

Under-18s report: Chelsea 0 Crystal Palace 1

02 Oct 2020


Chelsea's Under-18s fell to a frustrating defeat against Crystal Palace at
Cobham on Friday afternoon.


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Chelsea's Under-18s fell to a frustrating defeat against Crystal Palace at
Cobham on Friday afternoon.


Chelsea started the game well and looked to have opened the scoring within
the first quarter, however the referee was uninterested in protests that
claimed Charlie Wiggett's header had crossed the line.


There remained nothing between the sides at the interval and Chelsea came
back out looking to assert our authority on the fixture, however we were
unable to get firm grip on the game to allow us to play our football, and
Crystal Palace took their rare chance well. Victor Akinwale was the
scorer, he tucked the ball out of reach of Lucas Bergstrom for the opener.


Palace defended their lead resolutely and we struggled to cause enough
trouble to deserve a levelling goal, ultimately falling short of a result
on the afternoon.


== The young Blues ==


Head coach Ed Brand named two changes from last Saturday's draw against
Southampton. Josh Tobin was at the heart of midfield for his first
appearance at this level, in place of Joe Haigh. While Jimi Tauriainen was
back among the starting places for Harvey Vale who featured for the
development squad on Tuesday night. Last week's debutant and goal scorer,
Alex Kpakpe, kept his place at left-back, while schoolboy Lewis Hall took
a place on the substitutes' bench.


== Blues denied ==


Overcast conditions added an extra yard of pace on to the ball at Cobham
at the start of the weekend when the men also play our south London
counterparts. Chelsea enjoyed the better start but Charlie Webster and
Josh Brooking were unable to apply the finishing touches to decent moves,
however we were seeing plenty of the ball through Tobin in the middle.


Despite the dominance Chelsea were unable to quickly turn our possession
into chances but there were shouts in the area for a Blue breakthrough.
Wiggett headed at goal from Tauriainen's corner-kick, those in Blue
protested to the referee who had no interest in giving Chelsea the goal
and we remained level after 30 minutes.


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A crowded Wiggett heads at goal but Chelsea are denied the opener by the
referee


== Conditions worsened ==


The heavens opening up coincided with the game taking a much more physical
turn, no more evident than when Brooking, who had the better of his marker
on the right, advanced towards the box but was illegally apprehended.
Tauriainen stepped up to take the resulting free-kick which favoured a
left-footed strike but the attempt was one he would have been disappointed
with.


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Josh Brooking looked to get forward at every opportunity


As half-time approached a misplaced Bashir Humphreys pass was intercepted
in a dangerous area and Crystal Palace's attempt to punish us almost paid
dividend. Luckily Rowan Smith's goal-bound shot was crowded out just in
time to keep us level.


== Devastating blow after a positive restart ==


We showed good intensity after the interval with Silko Thomas, who had
switched wings, providing a low cross for Tauriainen in the centre but the
tall Finn's connection wasn't strong enough to trouble the Palace net.
That would conclude his afternoon as Edwin Andersson was sent on in his
place.


So few Chelsea chances in the game would soon prove costly as against the
run of play Palace were ahead. The ball was slipped through the defence to
forward Victor Akinwale and his tame effort trickled beyond Bergstrom in
the Chelsea net.


== Chelsea chase ==


Brand opted for changes to try to get us back into the game. There were
Under-18 debuts for Lewis Hall and Derrick Abu who provided fresh legs as
we entered five minutes of normal time.


We pushed forward at every opportunity and Brooking had enjoyed the space
on the right all afternoon. His whipped cross for Ben Elliott was glanced
on by the midfielder but there was nobody in Blue to finish off the move.


Next it was the turn of Andersson to try his luck. He advanced down the
left flank and cut on to his right foot but the Palace keeper did well to
hold the effort, and that saw our afternoon end in defeat.


== What's next? ==


After the international period the Under-18s will take to the road to make
the short trip to near neighbours Reading on October 17. Kick-off is 11am.


Chelsea (4-1-2-2-1):
Lucas Bergstrom

Josh Brooking Charlie Wiggett Bashir Humphreys (c) Alex Kpakpe
(Derrick Abu 83)
Josh Tobin
(Lewis Hall 83)
Ben Elliott Charlie Webster

Jimi Tauriainen Silko Thomas
(Edwin Andersson 53) Jude Soonsup-Bell


Unused subs - Derrick Abu, Kelechi Chibueze, Lewis Hall, Malik Mothersille
Booked - Brooking 85


Crystal Palace:

Joe Witworth, Noah Watson, Tayo Adaramola, Aiden Steele, Cardo Siddik,

Rayn Bartley, Rowan Smith (Dylan Thiselton 25), Jack Wells-Morrison,

Victor Akinwale (Maliq Cadogan 75), Fionn Mooney, David Omilabu


Unused subs - Lion Bello, Kevin Gonzalez, Jesuran Rak Sakyi
Scorer - Akinwale 66
Booked - Siddik 68


Photography by Mark Sandom

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