U18 - Chelsea 0 - 4 Man City - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

U18聯賽第30輪


http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3788942/

UNDER-18 REPORT: CHELSEA 0 MANCHESTER CITY 4

Posted on: Sat 26 Apr 2014


== Summary ==


A youth team featuring six Under-15s from the start went down to defeat at
Cobham in their penultimate league game of the campaign. First-half goals
from Thierry Ambrose, Pablo Maffeo and Kean Bryan, the latter a converted
penalty, gave the visitors an imposing lead at the break, before Bryan
added a fourth with an excellent free-kick shortly after the restart.


The young Blues worked hard throughout the second period but were unable
to reduce the deficit as the recorded only their third home loss of the
campaign.


== Team news ==


With preparations for the FA Youth Cup final first leg next week in full
swing, it was a young side that started against a Manchester City team
looking for a point that would secure their place in the end-of-season
play-offs.


Captain George Brady was the sole first year scholar involved, with three
Under-15s comprising the remainder of the back four as Josh Grant, Richard
Nartey and Trevoh Chalobah began in defence. Under-16s Ruben Sammut,
Mukhtar Ali and Kyle Scott made up the midfield trio, while Ike Ugbo led
the line up front supported from out wide by Isaac Christie-Davies and
Faiq Bolkiah. Jared Thompson started in goal.


== First half ==


The game burst into life right from the start and the visitors were
awarded a penalty after two minutes as Brady brought down Denziel Boadu
in the box as the midfielder advanced towards goal. Winger Brandon Barker
stepped up from 12 yards, though his effort was saved well, down low by
Thompson in the Blues goal (pictured above).


Ali (pictured below) forced a strong one-handed save from Billy O'Brien
after eight minutes at the end of a good move from the hosts, though City
were ahead a minute later and it came courtesy of another spot-kick.
Thierry Ambrose was felled by Brady and this time Kean Bryan stepped up
and made no mistake as he dispatched the ball high and into the corner.


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Chelsea responded well to the setback and enjoyed a strong spell of
possession for 10 minutes, though chances were limited as City defended
strongly and with numbers behind the ball.


The visitors extended their advantage midway through the half after
Barker's good work down the left paid dividends. He got in behind down the
left channel and supplied a dangerous ball into Ambrose's feet in the box.
The striker took a touch to control and finished expertly on the swivel


The game remained a fairly even contest but the young Sky Blues were
proving more ruthless in front of goal and that was displayed again after
33 minutes as they grabbed a third goal. Pablo Maffeo won the ball on
halfway and continued his burst forward, exchanging passes neatly with
striker Amrbose before collecting the return and finished confidently into
the bottom far corner.


Ambrose fired high over the bar and Jack Byrne hit an effort narrowly wide
from 25 yards in the final minutes of the half as the visitors went in at
the break with a three-goal lead.


== Second half ==


There was one change for the hosts at the break as Cole Dasilva replaced
Nartey in defence and Brady had to be alert in the opening exchanges after
the restart to make a well-timed sliding challenge inside his own six-yard
box.


City soon had a fourth goal, however, as Bryan grabbed his second of the
afternoon. A free-kick on the right of the box was teed up for the
midfield man and he drilled a low effort powerfully beyond Thompson and
into the bottom corner.


Brady blocked well from Jorge Intima's effort as City remained in control
of possession and worked the ball patiently waiting for openings to
appear, though the hosts were grafting hard to close down spaces and
opponents. Scott (pictured below) worked tirelessly to keep on pressing
City defenders on the ball, though there was to be no reward in the game
for that effort as the young Blues went down to defeat.


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Next up for the Academy is the first leg of the FA Youth Cup final against
Fulham at Craven Cottage this Monday, 28 April, kick-off 7.45pm.Tickets
are available from the Fulham website, where further information can also
be found.


== Manager reaction ==


Joe Edwards, the Under-16s manager who took the game, admitted an unsure
start from his side cost them but praised their efforts against an older,
more physical opposition. Speaking to the official Chelsea website after
the game, he said: 'It was always going to be massive test with Man City
coming here going for the league but I was quite surprised by how nervy we
looked at the start of the game.


'The boys have had a lot of these sorts of challenges in the second half
of this season but we didn't really get going. In the second half we knew
the physical aspect would play a part so we changed the tactics and
dropped off into more of a mid-block and the discipline and work-rate that
we showed was fantastic. It was a real positive how we responded in the
second half.


'It was another fantastic experience for a lot of the younger boys and we
learnt that you'll get punished for mistakes you make in games. Ike Ugbo
worked his socks off and his movement was great and it was nice to have
Kyle Scott back after international duty as well. We have a lot of
positives to take away despite the result.'


Chelsea
Jared Thompson

Josh Grant Richard Nartey George Brady (c) Trevoh Chalobah
(Cole Dasilva h/t)

Ruben Sammut Mukhtar Ali Kyle Scott

Isaac Christie-Davies Faiq Bolkiah
Ike Ugbo (Jacob Maddox 76)


Unused subs - Nathan Baxter, Harvey St Clair
Booked - Brady


Manchester City

Billy O'Brien, Pablo Maffeo, Nathaniel Oseni, Tosin Adarabioyo,

Ash Smith-Brown (c), Jack Byrne (Aaron Nemane 56), Jorge Intima,

Denziel Boadu, Thierry Ambrose (James Horsfield h/t),

Kean Bryan (Tom Holland 56), Brandon Barker.


Unused subs - Charlie Oliver, Charlie Albinson
Scorers - Bryan (pen) 10, 55; Ambrose 22; Maffeo 33


- By Sam Poplett

- Pictures courtesy of Mark Sandom

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