U18 - Chelsea 2 - 1 Reading - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/09/21/
under-18s-report--chelsea-2-reading-1

Under-18s report: Chelsea 2 Reading 1

21 Sep 2019


The Chelsea Under-18s continued our unbeaten start to the season with a
fifth win from six matches in the Premier League South, winning 2-1
against Reading thanks to goals by Dion Rankine and George Nunn.


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The Blues struck once in each half, Dion Rankine getting the first with a
confident finish into the bottom corner one-on-one with the keeper.


George Nunn then extended our lead when he diverted in Charlie Wiggett's
shot at the back post with precise header, but the Hoops pulled one back
through Pedro Neves' volley to stop things being comfortable for the Blues
during a lenghty period of added time at the end of the game.


Ed Brand rotated his team with a number of changes to give chances to some
of the younger members of the squad and those coming back from injury,
with only five players retaining their place from the previous week's draw
at Brighton. Jake Askew came in for Lucas Bergstrom in goal, and captain
Sam McClelland was the only one of the back three to remain from Brighton,
being flanked by Wiggett and Josh Brooking.


Valentino Livramento continued in the right wing-back spot, but Sam
Iling-Junior came in on the left, while Marcel Lewis played a deeper role
in midfield with Xavier Simons suspended. Alongside him was Lewis Bate,
the only person to have started the Under-19s' midweek draw with Valencia
in the UEFA Youth League and this game.


In attack, Rankine and Joe Haigh remained in the side from the Brighton
match, but Armando Broja was replaced by Nunn as the centre-forward, the
former dropping to the bench following his scoring performance for the
Under-19s on Tuesday.


The first chance arrived for Chelsea with a lightning break-away five
minutes in. After a brave block in the wall from a Reading free-kick,
Iling-Junior surged forward on the ball with pace and was set free behind
the back line by a one-two with Lewis. He just beat the goalkeeper to the
ball and knocked it past him, but was forced wide and the defenders
recovered in time to block his shot from a tight angle.


Reading were causing problems too, though, particularly with their pace in
attack. Their first opportunity came five minutes later, when Lynford
Sackey got behind McClelland, but Askew did well to get finger tips to his
cross from the edge of the six-yard box and divert it away from the
onrushing Claudio Osorio, preventing what almost certainly would have been
a goal.


Lewis went close with a bouncing low drive from the edge of the box, after
the ball was moved from left to right well by Iling-Junior and Bate, but
it swung just wide of the left-hand post with the keeper beaten.


We were definitely making the better of the chances as the game approached
the miday point in the first half, one of the most promising coming when
Rankine capitalised on some slack passing at the back by Reading and
started running at the centre-backs. He squared the ball for Nunn, but his
powerful shot was again blocked by the defenders.


Iling-Junior was the next to have a go, getting on the end of Rankine's
deep cross, but his volley flew wide of the near post, and Nunn fired over
with a similar opportunity soon after.


We didn't have to wait much longer for the first goal. Bate found Haigh in
a promising position, who ran at the Reading defence before slipping in
Rankine. The Chelsea number 10 had too much pace for the defenders to
catch and confidently struck the ball low across the keeper and into the
bottom-left corner to give us the lead.


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Rankine scores the opening goal


Reading came close to equalising immediately, striking the base of the
post with a header from a corner, but then we gathered up the loose ball
and went straight up the other end on the counter to produce a promising
opening for Iling-Junior, but he couldn't keep his shot down.


The Reading keeper had to be alert to prevent Rankine getting a second
shortly before the break, when he reacted quickest to reach the loose ball
after a great challenge by the defender took it off Nunn's foot at the
back post following Haigh's low cross, but Harvey Collins made himself big
in the Hoops net to deny Rankine from close range.


Reading started the second half confidently and Osorio twisted and turned
his way into our box giving Wiggett problems, but McClelland came across
to cover and clear the ball to safety before the striker could get a shot
away.


We were causing plenty of problems ourselves, though, one opportunity
standing out as Haigh jinked his way through a crowd of defenders to make
space for himself, but his low shot from the edge of the box was straight
at the goalkeeper.


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Livramento on the ball against Reading


We were inches away from extending our lead at the end of an excellent
counter-attacking move involving Rankine, Haigh and Bate, which ended with
Nunn narrowly failing to reach Livramento's low cross by the smallest of
margins with the goal at his mercy.


We were starting to apply increasing amounts of pressure as the second
half went on, with Livramento finding plenty of space to exploit out wide
on the right, and his next cross found Iling-Junior charging in at the
back post, but his downward header bounced back up off the turf and over
the crossbar.


When our second goal did arrive it was through a set-piece. Bate's corner
evaded a crowd of bodies in the middle and dropped for Wiggett. It looked
like the chance might have gone when his volley bounced high heading wide,
but Nunn reacted quickly to head in well at the right-hand post.


Reading were beginning to look a little desperate, not helped by having a
second player forced to finish his day early due to injury, as shown when
midfielder Malachi Talent-Aryeetey was shown a yellow card by the referee
for a dive in the box.


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Nunn heads in the winner


Livramento was continuing to look threatening on the right and came close
to scoring a fantastic goal, when he cut inside and struck a sweet shot
with left foot, which flew just a whisker over the bar.


However, it was Reading who found the net next, pulling one back against
the run of play. Pedro Neves beat the Chelsea defenders to a cross from
the right, meeting it around the penalty spot with a right-footed volley
that had too much power for Askew to reach.


There was a long pause in play shortly after that goal, as Livramento
needed lengthy treatment after being flattened by a late challenge after
playing the ball, and that meant his game was also over, being replaced by
Jordan Aina as the match resumed with 10 minutes plus added time
remaining.


The closing stages saw the Hoops piling on plenty of pressure as they
pushed for an equaliser, but they failed to create much in the way of
chances or seriously test Askew in the Chelsea goal, with the best opening
actually coming at the other end as Iling-Junior forced a good save from
Reading's Collins.


Despite eight minutes of injury time giving the game an uncomfortable
finish, it was a deserved victory for the Blues at the final whistle,
continuing our excellent form in early stages of this season with a fifth
win from six league games in 2019/20.


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under-18s-reaction--ed-brand-on-another-win-and-fresh-faces-in-t

Under-18s reaction: Ed Brand on another win and fresh faces in the team

22 Sep 2019


Ed Brand was pleased to see his Under-18s side continue their unbeaten
start to the season with victory over Reading, even if he saw plenty of
room for improvement.


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The young Blues triumphed 2-1 at Cobham to make it five wins from six
league fixtures so far, with the only two dropped points coming against
the Premier League South's other undefeated team Brighton in our previous
match.


After seeing his Chelsea team return to winning ways against the Hoops,
Brand was pleased to both continue their run of good results and give
opportunities to some of the players who have had to be patient in the
early stages of the campaign.


'It keeps the momentum going,' he said. 'Like I keep saying, it is a work
in progress, but that keeps the energy levels high and the belief in what
we are doing.


U18 Premier League 2019/2020

POS TEAM P W D L gF gA gD PTS
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1 Fulham U18 6 5 1 0 19 5 14 16
2 Brighton and Hove Albion U18 6 5 1 0 19 10 9 16
3 Chelsea U18 6 5 1 0 11 6 5 16
4 West Ham United U18 6 3 2 1 16 12 4 11
5 Tottenham Hotspur U18 6 3 0 3 14 10 4 9


'It was good that a couple of players got on the pitch who have worked
really hard – Charlie Wiggett and Josh Brooking got their chance, it was
George Nunn's first start of the season and Jordan Aina got on at the end.


'Those were all encouraging signs and Sam Iling-Junior, who is an
Under-16, got 90 minutes as well. It's something we've always done at this
club, try to give young players an opportunity, and them getting minutes
under their belt was another positive along with the result.'


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Nunn on the ball against Reading


While it may not have been the Blues' best performance of the season, the
other point Brand took away from the game was how the players managed to
get the result they wanted despite not quite hitting the kind of form
which has led to their excellent start.


'I said to the boys afterwards we weren't good enough on the ball
throughout the game and when you don't play well you expect to lose games,
so the real plus is that they found a way in a scrappy game to take the
three points.


'Getting a cushion of two goals is something we've struggled to do this
season. We've played a lot better than we did in this game and not really
got the rewards for it, so to go 2-0 up is encouraging.


'Then again, on the flip side, I'd have liked us to have seen it out and
win the game 2-0 or 3-0, not to concede and have to defend like we needed
to in the last few minutes.


'But like everything it's a work in progress and something we'll look back
on during the week and try to improve on for the next game.'


Chelsea (3-4-2-1):
Jake Askew

Charlie Wiggett Sam McClelland (c) Josh Brooking

Valentino Livramento Marcel Lewis Lewis Bate Sam Iling-Junior
(Jordan Aina 80)

Dion Rankine Joe Haigh
George Nunn (Bashir Humphreys 70)
(Armando Broja 76)


Unused subs - Ethan Wady, James Clark
Scorers - Rankine 33, Nunn 67


Reading (4-3-3):
Harvey Collins

Jordan Hamilton Josh Hewitt Jeriel Dorsett (c) Imari Samuels
(Nelson Abbey 37)

Ollie Pendlebury Dejan Tetek Malachi Talent-Aryeetey

Lynford Sackey Claudio Osorio Pedro Neves
(Nahum Melvin-Lambert 67)


Unused subs - James Holden, Alfie Anderson
Scorer - Neves 77
Booked - Pendlebury 56, Talent-Aryeetey 70


- Match pictures courtesy of Mark Sandom

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