U18聯賽盃 - Stoke City 1 - 5 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

U18聯賽盃四強戰


https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/03/12/
under-18s-premier-league-cup--stoke-city-1-chelsea-5

Under-18s report: Stoke City 1 Chelsea 5

12 Mar 2022


Our young Blues comfortably secured their spot in the final of the
Under-18 Premier League Cup as we beat Stoke City 5-1 on Saturday
afternoon.


https://i.imgur.com/Exll3Ac.jpg


Tudor Mendel-Idowu scored twice, Silko Thomas, Ronnie Stutter and Josh
Tobin were the other scorers in today's victory.


We edged the early moments of the half without creating a clear-cut
opportunity, nonetheless we nullified the threats of our opponents.


Our endeavour and pressure were rewarded as some great work on the left
from Thomas led to a dangerous cross into the box which found the head of
Zain Silcott-Duberry. He cushioned a header to Mendel-Idowu who was on
hand to nod home.


https://i.imgur.com/GJN6cPU.jpg
Tudor Mendel-Idowu scored a brace today with one early in the first half
and another late in the second


We should have doubled our lead moments later as a fast break led by
Thomas allowed Stutter to be played through and he used his pace well to
beat his man and find Mendel-Idowu. Fantastic feet from the youngster
allowed him to beat his man but with just the keeper to beat Tommy Simkin
made an unbelievable save to keep the score at just 1-0.


A dubious offside call prevented us from doubling our lead as Stutter
tucker away following a Mendel-Idowu through ball.


We got our deserved second to give ourselves a cushion. After a long
stoppage in play due to injury we restarted play quicker than our
opponents.


A Thomas and Mendel-Idowu combination found Leo Castledine, he dinked in
behind the Stoke defence and Stutter beat the keeper to the ball to give
us a safety net.


https://i.imgur.com/run0HAk.jpg
Ronnie Stutter gave us a nice cushion on the stroke of half-time


The second half started with our boys in the ascendancy as Stutter and
Thomas both had opportunities to give us a third, but it was Stoke who
were given an opportunity to half the deficit as they were awarded a
dubious penalty following a Thomas challenge.


Emre Tezgel stepped up, but Ted Curd stood strong and saved with his feet.
Despite the missed penalty, it seemed the Potters gained confidence from
this, and they did eventually get their goal through Jack Griffiths'
acrobatic effort after a scramble in the box from a corner.


https://i.imgur.com/GltmLP9.jpg
Fantastic penalty save from Ted Curd who saved with his feet


With the pressure mounting and our opponents pushing for an equaliser we
capitalised. A loose ball in the middle led to a counter-attack as Stutter
picked up the ball and drove at the defence. He slipped in Thomas who
finished with his left foot giving him the goal his performance deserved.


Five minutes later we scored a fourth and again it came from a counter,
Billy Gee charging goalwards with the ball before his shot forced the
keeper to make a save. However he could not push it away from danger as
Mendel-Idowu was on hand to poke it in.


There was enough time to score a fifth and it was a fantastic effort from
Josh Tobin who from just inside his own half took a free-kick catching
everyone by surprise going for goal. His effort looped in over Simkin
adding extra gloss to the scoreline.


https://i.imgur.com/C9Z4yLy.jpg
Josh Tobin with the pick of the goals a long range effort from inside his
own area which caught out the keeper


We now await the winners of Leicester City and Fulham for our opponents in
the final.


Chelsea (3-4-2-1):
Ted Curd

Billy Gee Josh Tobin Luke Badley-Morgan

Silko Thomas Jimi Tauriainen Sam Rak-Sakyi Zain Silcott-Duberry
(Noah Hay 89) (Ato Ampah 82) (Alex Kpakpe 85)

Tudor Mendel-Idowu Leo Castledine (c)
Ronnie Stutter


Unused Subs - Max Merrick, Tyrique George
Scorers - Mendel-Idowu 14, 77, Stutter 42, Thomas 72, Tobin 90+4
Booked - Mendel-Idowu 50


Stoke City (3-5-2):
Tommy Simkin

Sam Knowles Josh Bickerton Iffy Udanoh
(Matthew Lusakueno 88) (Max Asplin 88)

David Okagbue Tom Curl Will Smith Ted Cargill Emre Tezgel (c)
(Josh Waite 66)

Jack Griffiths Josh Ireland


Unused Subs - Max Rowley, Connor Robson, Logan Laird, Matthew Lusakueno,
Josh Waite
Scorers - Griffiths 57
Booked - Cargill 50

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