U19 - IF Elfsborg 0 - 3 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2018/11/7/uyl-report--elfsborg-v-chelsea

UYL report: Elfsborg 0 Chelsea 3

07 Nov 2018


Our Under-19s gained the upper hand in their UEFA Youth League knockout
tie with a deserving victory in Sweden.


https://i.imgur.com/0HHwFAd.jpg


On a chilly evening in Scandinavia, the young Blues applied themselves
well and scored early on through Charlie Brown, the leading scorer in this
season's competition.


The frustration for Joe Edwards and his players was their inability to
build on that early advantage, with the contest lacking urgency and tempo.
However, two further goals in the final five minutes reflected the control
displayed by last year's runners-up in this contest. Billy Gilmour fired
in a second from the spot before Brown added a late third.


Edwards picked the same starting 11 as the first leg against Molde in the
previous round, which ended 10-1 to the hosts at Cobham at the start of
last month. Daishawn Redan and Brown combined for five of the goals that
afternoon and the duo continued up front, while Joseph Colley, Marc Guehi
and Ian Maatsen were the back three in front of goalkeeper Jamie Cumming,
who signed a new contract earlier this week.


George McEachran, Conor Gallagher and Gilmour started in midfield, with
Juan Castillo at left wing-back and Tariq Lamptey on the opposite flank.
The Blues had blown away Scandinavian opposition less than a quarter of
the way through their two-legged first round tie and a fast start was
their intention once again on the artificial surface at Elfsborg's Boras
Arena.


https://i.imgur.com/HhJhy9V.jpg


The home side's back four reverted to a defensive six out of possession as
both wide players were tasked with tracking our wing-backs, though the
imposing striker Alexsandar Ceganjac represented a focal point for the
Swedes to aim for and play off. However, growing pressure in the opening
exchanges quickly paid dividends for Edwards's boys, who took the lead
inside 15 minutes.


It was an opening goal that owed much to the direct running and trickery
of Lamptey down the right, the wideman skipping away from the challenge of
Isaac Prince Kouame and finding Gilmour on the edge of the box with a
precise low cross. The Scotland Under-21 midfielder struck well but
straight at Tim Ronning, the goalkeeper, who could only parry into the
grateful path of Brown. There was still work for the 19-year-old but his
quick feet made it look easy as he turned the ball into the net for his
sixth UEFA Youth League goal of the season.


https://i.imgur.com/xxatrFf.jpg
Charlie Brown turns the ball into the net for his sixth UEFA Youth League
goal of the season


Falling behind early on was never likely to change Elfsborg's game plan
and they remained set in a deep defensive shape, challenging their
visitors to break through. Lamptey continued to cause problems and teed up
Redan with an inviting cross towards the front post, though the Dutchman
fired just wide from a difficult angle.


Janne Mian's side had beaten KR Reykjavik to reach this second knockout
round in the Domestic Champions side of the draw, with our Under-18
Premier League success last term providing an opportunity for European
involvement in light of the first team's absence from the UEFA Champions
League.


The boys from Boras, a city some 40 miles east of Gothenburg, had run Real
Madrid close on their previous run in the competition in 2015/16 and they
seemed intent on learning from the mistakes of Molde. Their challenge was
to pose an attacking threat of their own while staying compact at the
back. Cumming's only work of note in the first half was to pluck Johannes
Vedin's cross from the air, which only provided further evidence of the
difficult task for the hosts.


Yet our own attacking ambitions remained curbed as the first period wore
on. The lively Castillo fashioned an opportunity by stealing the ball on
halfway and feeding Brown but McEachran's header from the resulting cross
was comfortably gathered by Ronning. Patient build-up play then created a
shooting chance for Maatsen, though the 16-year-old could not keep his
fierce drive from rising above the crossbar and into the stand behind the
goal.


https://i.imgur.com/QbSzrPZ.jpg
Tariq Lamptey was a livewire down the right flank


The period before the break was light on action of any real substance,
with Elfsborg defending well and making fouls where appropriate, while our
play in the final third lacked tempo and a clinical edge. The restart and
early withdrawal of Redan saw Edwards switch his system to 4-3-3, with
Marcel Lavinier introduced at right-back and Lamptey pushed further
forward.


However, it was the hosts who sensed an opportunity to capitalise and only
brave defending prevented the need for Cumming to save his side. Lavinier
was first to intervene, throwing himself in front of Ceganjac's drive
after an inviting pull-back from the right, before captain Colley denied
Prince Kouame with a similarly important block.


Down the other end, Castillo had a chance to add a goal to an
eye-catching display as he powered on to Lamptey's hanging delivery but
the ball was quickly smothered to safety. Brown then saw a deflected shot
saved from 25 yards out before Lamptey's effort hit a defender and flew
behind for a corner, which came to nothing.


https://i.imgur.com/m18W8a6.jpg
Juan Castillo on the ball at the Boras Arena


Elfsborg were wishing and waiting for one clear chance and their moment
arrived with 75 minutes on the clock. Prince Kouame accelerated away from
Maatsen down the right, picked out Eduart Iljazi in the centre and the
winger turned swiftly to get a shot in at goal. If he had directed the
effort to the left or the right of Cumming, it would have been the
equaliser but the ball flew into the grateful midriff of our goalkeeper
and the visitors were reprieved.


Tim Stalheden had the next best opportunity for the home side but failed
to put enough purchase on his header at the back post and those misses
were punished late on as a second goal for the Blues put daylight between
the two teams in the tie.


https://i.imgur.com/hR0PiCr.jpg
Billy Gilmour slots in our second from the spot


Guehi stepped out of defence purposefully and was brought down by Vedin as
he moved into the box, leaving the Finnish referee with no option but to
point to the spot. Gilmour stepped up to assume responsibility from 12
yards and his spot-kick was emphatically planted into the bottom corner.


The deficit was extended further in added time as Brown rifled a smart
finish into the roof of the net from a tight angle and handed our
youngsters a healthy lead at the midway point of the knockout tie. The two
sides meet again at the end of the month for the deciding second leg when
Elfsborg travel to Cobham on Wednesday 28 November.


Chelsea (3-5-2)
Jamie Cumming

Joseph Colley (c) Marc Guehi Ian Maatsen
Tariq Lamptey (George Nunn 76) Juan Castillo

Conor Gallagher George McEachran Billy Gilmour

Daishawn Redan Charlie Brown
(Marcel Lavinier 49)


Unused subs - Henry Lawrence, Karlo Ziger, Jon Russell
Scorers - Brown 13, 90+3; Gilmour (pen) 86
Booked - Brown


Elfsborg (4-5-1)
Tim Ronning

Johannes Vedin Filip Schyberg (c) Tim Stalheden Oliver Zanden
(Gustav Broman 57)
Eduart Iljazi Isaac Prince Kouam

Nattnael Zerai Jesper Sandberg Hesselgren Joakim Engstrom
(Noah Soderberg 27)
Alexsandar Ceganjac
(Jack Cooper Love 90+1)


Unused subs - Sebastian Jonsson, Joel Viktorsson, Makwan Sawsami, Kevin Holmen
Booked - Schyberg, Zerai


Referee - Jari Jarvinen (FIN)

Crowd - 3,612

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