U18 - Chelsea 5 - 0 Swansea City - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

U18南區聯賽第九輪


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Under-18s report: Chelsea 5 Swansea City 0

Sat 10 Oct 2015


Our youth team made it three successive league wins to stay top of the
south section in the Under-18 Premier League in emphatic finish at Cobham
this morning (Saturday).


Mukhtar Ali opened the scoring after 12 minutes and set the tone for a
dominant display against the young Welshmen. Isaac Christie-Davies and
Jacob Maddox put the hosts 3-0 up at the break and, despite a slow start
to the second period, Maddox and substitute Malakai Hinckson-Mars netted
late on to give the scoreline a convincing look.


Edwards made six changes from the side that started last week's impressive
away victory at Tottenham as international duty brought absences for the
likes of Ruben Sammut and Ike Ugbo. Jared Thompson continued his return
from injury by starting between the sticks and he was protected by a back
four comprising captain Josh Grant, Joseph Colley, Richard Nartey and Cole
Dasilva.


Maddox led the line up front supported by Charlie Wakefield,
Christie-Davies and Ali, while Trevoh Chalobah partnered Luke McCormick in
central midfield.


It was top-versus-bottom in the league but the young Swans gave a good
account of themselves early on despite their precarious position in the
league table. However, after a well-contested start, it was the Blues
celebrating the lead after 12 minutes.


McCormick won possession in midfield and set the hosts on the attack
swiftly, with Dasilva combining with Ali before the midfielder spun
expertly and finished into the bottom corner beyond the despairing dive of
Lewis Thomas.


The visitors responded well to going behind and threatened Thompson's goal
on a number of occasions. Tom Dyson's shot was blocked by a brave header
before Connor Quigley was twice thwarted and then Aaron Lewis missed the
target by inches with a fierce rising drive.


Down the other end, Maddox came close to doubling our advantage after a
brilliant one-two exchange with Ali on the edge of the box, however Thomas
raced off his line to make an impressive stop with his feet.


Yet the visiting stopper was helpless moments later as Grant advanced in
behind down the right flank and cut the ball back invitingly for the
supporting Christie-Davies, who steered his finish into the bottom far
corner.


Chalobah came close to adding a sensational third with a thumping effort
from 35 yards out that rebounded off the top of the crossbar and away to
safety, before Maddox did extend the lead three minutes before the break.
Grant turned provider again and the makeshift striker evaded the defender
with his first touch before drilling the ball low past Thomas.


The second half restarted in less eventful fashion, with Thomas's early
save from Wakefield the only notable action during a quiet first 20
minutes. Substitute Dan Kemp sparked the game into life after his
introduction, dazzling past two defenders before being brought down in the
box. The winger picked himself up to take the spot-kick but his effort
from 12 yards thumped back off the bar.


Dasilva then tested Thomas cutting inside from the left before Maddox
netted his second of the game, turning the ball in from close range after
Grant's shot was parried away. Malakai Hinckson-Mars then added a late
fifth, prodding the ball beyond Thomas for his first Under-18s goal as
Grant assisted for the fourth time.


== Manager reaction ==


After the game, Joe Edwards reflected on a dominant display from his side.
Speaking to the official Chelsea website, he said: 'You could see in the
opening stages that Swansea are a side who have been getting beat a lot
recently and have been working defensively on their game.


'They were well-organised early on and were hard to break down so we had
to persevere and keep moving the ball quickly. We put together some really
good moves in the first half and obviously scored a few of them, but
getting a clean sheet was pleasing as well because we targeted that
beforehand after conceding too many goals of late.


'Overall it was a dominant performance. The back four were very good and
Josh Grant was outstanding; he made some big tackles and then the threat
he gave us going forward was massive.


'When you work teams defensively as hard as we did to Swansea today then
it's going to tell at the end. We could have scored a lot more goals but
it was great for Malakai to get his first Under-18s goal and for George
McEachran to make his youth team debut so it's been another good day for
us.'


The youth team return to league action next Saturday 17 October when they
travel to face Fulham. Before then, Adi Viveash's Under-21s host Benfica
in their second group game in the Premier League International Cup. The
game takes place on Friday 16 October at Aldershot Town.


Chelsea
Jared Thompson

Josh Grant (c) Joseph Colley Richard Nartey Cole Dasilva

Trevoh Chalobah Luke McCormick
(George McEachran 81)

Mukhtar Ali Isaac Christie-Davies Charlie Wakefield
(Dan Kemp 56) (Malakai Hinckson-Mars 65)

Jacob Maddox


Unused subs - Jamie Cumming, Marc Guehi
Scorers - Ali 12; Christie-Davies 34; Maddox 42, 78; Hinckson-Mars 80


Swansea

Lewis Thomas, Mael Davies, Joe Lewis (Causso Darame 73), Jack Evans,

Connor Quigley (Jordan Jones 65), Brandon Cooper, Aaron Lewis, Tom Dyson,

Liam Edwards (Brandon Griffiths 56), Jack Watts, Kieran Evans


Unused subs - Ben Jones, Alex Long


Pictures courtesy of Mark Sandom.

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