U18 - Chelsea 3 - 0 Birmingham City - 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/2021/09/11/
under-18s-report--chelsea-v-birmingham

Under-18s report: Chelsea 3 Birmingham 0

11 Sep 2021


Our youth team continued their winning start to 2021/22 with goals from
Louis Flower and a Malik Mothersille brace at Cobham.


https://i.imgur.com/pBeY6MZ.jpg


It made it four victories from four at the start of the new campaign and
takes Chelsea up to 17 goals scored during that time.


== The selection ==


The young Blues came into this fourth round of fixtures in the Under-18
Premier League as one of four teams in the southern section with a 100 per
cent winning record. Yet this was a young team featuring four Under-16s
from the start hoping to build on the season's positive start.


Ronnie Stutter and Malik Mothersille, both scorers at Norwich a fortnight
ago, started alongside Flower in attack, while Teddy Curd kept his place
in goal.


== Early probing ==


It was almost a perfect opening under a smattering of clouds at Cobham as
Stutter forced a save up high from Alfie Brooks within the first few
minutes, the visiting keeper flinging a strong hand above his head to push
the striker's stinging drive over.


From the resulting corner, Leo Castledine headed straight at Brooks from
close range when placing into either corner would have been a certain
breakthrough.


https://i.imgur.com/avdSmz1.jpg


Birmingham, new to the Category One programme of elite academies this
term, carried a threat of their own as they looked to follow up a maiden
win at this level last time out against Tottenham. George Hall provided a
threat down the right, forcing Kaiden Wilson into intelligent covering and
a smart block.


== Striking from the front ==


Down the other end, Castledine lacked the accuracy to trouble Brooks with
a free-kick from a promising position before putting the Midlands side's
shot-stopper to more pressing work with a decent effort that required
saving.


The midfielder, who had scored last week on international duty with
England's Under-17s, was proving a lively epicentre of our creative play,
though it was the intense pressing of Stutter and Flower from the front
that led to the game's opening goal midway through the first half.


https://i.imgur.com/X7GteMY.jpg
Flower was lively in attack for the Blues


Flower proved the ultimate beneficiary, pouncing on a mistake from Brooks
to steal the ball off the goalkeeper's toe and slam it into the unguarded goal
for his first of the campaign.


However, the hosts were not having it all their own way and Curd
demonstrated his impressive shot-stopping attributes with saves from Hall,
Callum Sullivan and Jordan James. The latter should have levelled before
the break, teed up from the right by the younger Bellingham brother Jobe,
but scuffed his shot wide.


== Revved-up restart ==


The Blues were buoyed at the start of the second half and fashioned a good
chance to double their lead when Mothersille exposed Birmingham's high
defensive line to escape in behind.


Brooks produced another important save to keep his team in the game, as he
did moments later to deny Michael Golding, but Ed Brand's boys were
proving persistent and it always felt a matter of time before they would
capitalise on the space in Birmingham's half.


That was the case on 65 minutes as Mothersille raced on to a quick
free-kick down the left, advanced towards goal and even had time to check
back before placing his finish into the bottom corner.


== Seeing it out and seeing them off ==


Curd continued to impress in between the posts for the home side, working
hard to maintain our two-goal advantage and his own clean sheet with a
couple more decent saves.


https://i.imgur.com/462NVbp.jpg
Schoolboy keeper Teddy Curd made some important saves


Changes disrupted the momentum in the final 20 minutes and clear-cut
chances were at a premium but the Blues did add a third late on when
Stutter burst down the right and teed up Mothersille for a simple
close-range finish.


== What's next? ==


The youth team host Blackburn Rovers in the first group game of this
season's Under-18 Premier League Cup next weekend. Before then, our
development squad are in Manchester to take on City in Premier League 2
this afternoon, with kick-off at 3pm.


Chelsea (3-4-3):
Teddy Curd

Richard Olise Kaiden Wilson Billy Gee

Zain Silcott-Duberry Michael Golding Leo Castledine Somto Boniface
(Silko Thomas 61) (Reiss Denny 71)

Louis Flower Ronnie Stutter Malik Mothersille
(Tyrique George 86)


Unused sub - Luke Campbell
Scorers - Flower 21; Mothersille 65, 83
Booked - Gee


Birmingham City:

Alfie Brooks, Callum Sullivan, Ife Oni (Brandon Khela 65), Cianole Nguepissi,

Rico Browne, Chris Ogore, George Hall, Jordan James, Kieron Wakefield,

Rico Patterson, Jobe Bellingham (Niall Rushton 75)


Unused subs - Brad Mayo, Josh Home, Engwau Oduka
Booked - James



Referee - Dean Carney

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