U18 - Chelsea 1 - 6 Tottenham - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

U18南區聯賽第15輪


https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/03/06/
under-18s-report--chelsea-tottenham

Under-18s report: Chelsea 1 Tottenham 6

06 Mar 2021


A disappointing afternoon saw Chelsea's Under-18s fall to defeat against
Tottenham at Cobham on Saturday morning.


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Ultimately the damage was done in the first half as the Blues were down by
three at the half-time stage. Tottenham started the game brightly and were
clinical in attack, punishing us by scoring with all of the three shots on
target they registered.


It didn't get much better for Chelsea after the interval, within minutes
of the restart Spurs struck twice, once from the spot and then again from
close range soon after. The Blues did manage a goal back though, Dion
Rankine put the ball in the box for Joe Haigh to connect with, but it was
only a consolation as the sixth and final away goal came 20 minutes later,
condemning our youngsters to defeat.


== The selection ==


With games coming thick and fast there were plenty of changes for Saturday
morning's fixture against Tottenham. Youngster Ted Curd started between
the sticks, Alfie Gilchrist took the armband while Brodi Hughes was the
only defender to remain from Wednesday's defeat against Brighton. Bryan
Fiabema joined the team and led the line, in total there were eight
changes from the last game.


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Starting XI


== Spurs strike twice ==


After a bright opening from Chelsea, the visitors quickly began to put
their stamp on the game with play and possession falling largely in their
favour without threatening the home defence too much. That changed inside
the sixth minute though, and a deep dross from the left dropped to Dermi
Lusala who had time and space to volley low through a sea of bodies and
out of Curd's reach for the opening goal.


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Brooking makes a challenge


The situation soon worsened for Chelsea, and it was naive defending which
led to Tottenham doubling their lead just six minutes after their first.
Michael Craig stole possession from Brodi Hughes in a costly position
which left Curd to guard the net alone against two visiting attackers,
Craig squared to Dane Scarlett who had the easy job of passing the ball
into an empty net.


== Blues search for response but visitors punish ==


Chelsea immediately tried to put things right up the other end but the
combination play between Haigh and Silko Thomas was eventually crowded out
by white shirts, and before we got another chance to claw a goal back it
was three for Spurs.


Roshaun Mathurin stepped up to take a free-kick 20 yards from goal for the
visitors and placed the ball into the top corner. A very good start for
Tottenham had them leading by three after 21 minutes of play.


All of Chelsea's forward play coming through Charlie Webster, this time
his ball in behind the Spurs defence found Dion Rankine's run. The
wing-back cut on to his favoured right foot and attempted to pick out the
bottom corner, but a strong hand from Thimothee Lo-Tutala kept his team's
three-goal advantage intact.


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Rankine battles for the ball


Brand was forced into an early change, Prince Adegoke took Curd's place as
the young goalkeeper was unable to continue. The reminder of the half was
stop-start as the injury pauses continued, Chelsea went in behind at the
break.


== Another two for Tottenham ==


Both teams returned unchanged and Spurs picked up from where they left
off. Their fourth goal came through Scarlett who converted confidently
from the penalty spot, before Mathruin lashed home a rebound from close
range for their fifth just three minutes later.


== Haigh hits home ==


Two minutes before an hour's play Chelsea hit back with a goal of their
own. Rankine got going down the right flank and put in a low cross as he
made the byline. Haigh's late run was timed perfectly to meet the ball and
get one back for the Blues.


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Haigh gets on the scoresheet


The goal sparked some life into the Chelsea boys who almost found a second
moments later. Leo Castledine battled for possession on the right a swung
in an excellent searching cross, again Haigh attempted to meet the ball
but needed to be an inch taller to connect with it cleanly. Again the
better of our chances in the second half were coming from the right side
of the pitch.


== Final blow ==


Although the damage was already done, Spurs remained clinical with the few
chances they had in the second-half. Mathurin created time and space for
himself inside the box and found the bottom corner, it was another deeply
disappointing goal to concede from a Chelsea perspective.


That final goal came 14 minutes from time and left little room for any
kind of response form Chelsea and the defeat leaves us in sixth place on
23 points in the league standings.


== What's next? ==

Next up for Brand's boys is the return fixture against West Brom at
Cobham. Kick-off next Saturday is noon.


Chelsea 3-4-3:
Ted Curd
(Prince Adegoke 39)

Alfie Gilchrist (c) Brodi Hughes Luke Badley-Morgan

Josh Brooking Josh Tobin Charlie Webster Dion Rankine

Silko Thomas Joe Haigh
(Leo Castledine 53) Bryan Fiabema
(Ronnie stutter 53)


Unused subs - Derrick Abu, Edwin Andersson
Booked - Brooking 4; Webster 44
Scorer - Haigh 58


Tottenham:

Thimothee Lo-Tutala (c), Dermi Lusala, Jeremy Kyezu, Matthew Craig,

Marqes Muir, Maksim Paskotsi, Roshaun Mathurin, Michael Craig,

Dane Scarlett (Jezreel Davies 73), Alfie Devine (Tarelle Whittaker 62),

Romaine Mundel


Unused subs - Kullum Cesay, Adam Hayton
Booked - Kyezu 61
Scorer - Lusala 6; Scarlett 14, 47; Mathurin 21, 50, 76

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