U18 - Chelsea 5 - 0 West Bromwich - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

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Under-18s report: Chelsea 5 West Bromwich Albion 0

Sat, 20 Sep 2014


== Summary ==


Our Under-18s produced a dazzling display at Cobham this afternoon
(Saturday) as they ran out 5-0 winners against West Brom.


First half goals from Miro Muheim, Charlie Wakefield and Tammy Abraham
sent Joe Edwards' side in at the break with a commanding advantage, before
Abraham added a personal second and substitute Faiq Bolkiah rounded things
off with a fifth.


== Team news ==


Edwards made two changes from the starting side that drew 2-2 with West
Ham last weekend as new scholars Wakefield and Muheim made their first
starts of the campaign. The duo supported Abraham in attack, while Ruben
Sammut, Mukhtar Ali and Kyle Scott comprised the midfield trio.


The back five were unchanged from last week with Jay Dasilva, Fikayo
Tomori, captain Jake Clarke-Salter and schoolboy Josh Grant protecting
Bradley Collins in goal.


== First half ==


The hosts started confidently in possession, moving the ball quickly as
they sought to find spaces in West Brom's compact midfield zone. Collins
saw an early header float harmlessly over his bar following Chay Scrivens'
free kick from the right before the young Blues grabbed the lead inside 11
minutes with their first chance of note.


A quick break was spearheaded by Abraham's advance down the right and the
striker had good options in the penalty box as Scott and Muheim supported.
He opted to find Muheim at the far post and the Swiss Under-17
international produced a neat low finish into the far corner to net his
first goal in Chelsea blue.


The young Blues continued to control and create throughout the half and
Ali fired narrowly wide from a good position after more strong work down
the right from Abraham. Albion's Bradley Sweeney almost capitalised on
some loose possession play at the back from Chelsea, though it was
Edwards' team causing most problems as Abraham flashed a shot across the
face of goal and Alex Palmer in the visitors' goal saved from Sammut's
header.


Patience and pressure soon prevailed as the Blues doubled their advantage
through winger Wakefield. Abraham stole the ball from Phil Gannon in
midfield and shifted it to Scott, who advanced and found Wakefield. The
England youth international picked it up and finished well beyond Palmer
with the aid of a slight deflection.


That ruthlessness continued as Chelsea scored a third goal moments before
the break. A brilliant passing move from back to front came to a head as
Wakefield found Abraham and the striker finished expertly to give his side
a three-goal cushion at the interval.


== Second half ==


West Brom started the second period with a higher intensity and Sweeney
had an effort loop narrowly over the bar, though it wasn't long before the
Blues were on the scoresheet again and it was Abraham notching his third
goal in two games. Another great flowing attack down the right saw Scott
turn creator once more and advance to the byline, where his cross was
finished neatly from close range by the England Under-18 striker.


Andre Wright escaped briefly in behind for the visitors but pressure from
recovering defenders meant his poked shot was comfortable for Collins,
while both Ali and substitute Isaac Christie-Davies fired over and Tomori
headed inches wide as Chelsea continued to carve out opportunities to add
further goals.


A fifth goal did arrive in the 73rd minute as substitute Bolkiah slalomed
his way past a couple of defenders and hit a strong effort at goal that
squirmed past Palmer and into the back of the net. The young Albion
goalkeeper soon redeemed himself with a great save to deny Christie-Davies
from close range, though it was to be Chelsea's day as an impressive
performance was capped with an emphatic victory to send them joint-top of
the table.


Next up for the Under-18s is a trip to London rivals Tottenham next
Saturday 27 September, while our Under-21 side are also in league action
on the same afternoon as they travel to Leicester City.


== Manager reaction ==


Edwards expressed his satisfaction with his team's display and highlighted
the attacking and creative performance of his forward players as a
particularly pleasing aspect of the victory. Speaking to the official
Chelsea website, he said: 'I'm delighted with the performance today. After
the draw against West Ham last week we were focusing on getting a result
today, not just a performance, and we achieved that really well.


'We changed the system a little and went back to 4-3-3, which the boys
know really well and allows us to make the pitch really big. Having Miro
Muheim and Charlie Wakefield, two naturally wide players, back from injury
allowed us to go back to that system and I felt that was a key feature of
the game right from the start. We knew West Brom would come here and be
organised but we were patient with a purpose of opening the pitch up and
making them work.


'You often hear people saying it's nice when players all over the pitch
are chipping in with goals but ultimately you want your attackers creating
and scoring goals so that was pleasing today to have three wingers on the
scoresheet and Tammy getting two goals. Like last week, we played really
well in the first half but the difference today was punishing them with
the goals before half time.'


The manager also reflected on a strong defensive performance as his side
secured their second clean sheet in three outings, following eight goals
conceded in their opening two games.


'We've conceded too many goals so far this season and it's something we're
disappointed with and know we have to improve on but today you could see
in the second half how important the clean sheet was for the boys. They
kept talking and showed great focus and discipline to make sure they
didn't concede.


'The back four built from their defensive strengths early on and Jake
Clarke-Salter and Fikayo Tomori as a pair were very good against a tricky
centre-forward. In midfield, Ruben Sammut and Mukhtar Ali are developing a
nice partnership and they dominated that area both on and off the ball
today.


'People that have followed this group of players for a while will have
known a result like this was going to come sooner or later. Confidence is
a big thing in those early days of being a new scholar and it takes a bit
of time for that to grow but you saw it today as the game went on and we
played some fantastic football and scored some outstanding goals.'


Chelsea:
Bradley Collins

Josh Grant Fikayo Tomori Jake Clarke-Salter Jay Dasilva

Ruben Sammut Mukhtar Ali

Charlie Wakefield Kyle Scott Miro Muheim
(Isaac Christie-Davies 68) (Faiq Bolkiah 63)

Tammy Abraham
(Ike Ugbo 70)


Unused subs: Jared Thompson, Ali Suljic
Scorers: Muheim 11; Wakefield 40; Abraham 43, 57; Bolkiah 73


West Brom:

Alex Palmer, Jack Fitzwater (James Gregory 79), Jack Hallahan,

Phil Gannon (c), George Cleet, Daniel Barbir,

Chay Scrivens (Callum Pritchatt 72), Bradley Sweeney, Andre Wright,

James Smith (Ben Miller 60), Tahvon Campbell


Unused subs: Evan Moran, Sam Field, Callum Pritchatt

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