U21 - Reading 1 - 3 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

U21聯賽第14輪


https://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2016/03/
under-21s-report--reading-1-chelsea-3.html

Under-21s report: Reading 1 Chelsea 3

Mon 7 Mar 2016


Chelsea Under-21s continued their good recent form in the league as they
picked up three points on the road this evening (Monday).


Tammy Abraham fired us ahead within the opening two minutes at the
Madejski Stadium but his effort was quickly wiped out as Reading equalised
through Tariqe Fosu. Yet goals from Jacob Maddox and Reece Mitchell either
side of the interval ensured we secured another victory that saw us climb
above Tottenham into sixth in the league table.


Adi Viveash made seven changes from the side that were beaten
semi-finalists in a narrow defeat to PSV Eindhoven in the Premier League
International Cup four days previously. Dion Conroy and Fankaty Dabo
retained their starting spots in defence, while Mitchell and Abraham
continued in attack.


Ola Aina and Fikayo Tomori made up a back four protecting Bradley Collins
in goal, while Charlie Colkett and Mukhtar Ali joined to form the central
midfield pairing. Kyle Scott started in the number 10 midfield role, with
Mitchell and 17-year-old Maddox supporting Abraham in attack.


The visitors made a lively start as Maddox almost latched on to Abraham's
flicked header before they struck an early opener with less than two
minutes on the clock. Scott delivered a brilliant pass forward with the
outside of his right boot for Abraham to chase and the striker beat keeper
Lewis Ward to the loose ball to be handed the simple task of prodding into
an unguarded net.


Parity in the contest was restored in less than five minutes as the Royals
quickly levelled. Aaron Kuhl swung in a deep free-kick that caused
problems and as the Blues struggled to clear their lines the loose ball
fell for Fosu, who fired beyond Collins via the underside of the goal
frame.


Fosu struck over and Collins made an excellent save to deny Andrija
Novakovich from close range after a teasing delivery from the right as the
game remained an end-to-end affair. Abraham came close to netting a second
after 13 minutes following great work down the right flank by Maddox,
though his low shot rebounded back off the far post and away to safety.


The striker was denied again moments later, this time by Ward after a
lovely pass down the middle from Colkett, before Collins was forced into a
smart reaction stop to shovel a loose ball away from Novakovich in the
six-yard box.


The game's third goal did arrive midway through the half and Abraham was
heavily involved again as he burst forward before finding Maddox in space.
The first-year scholar kept his composure as he rounded the keeper and
slotted the ball into the net for his maiden Under-21 goal on his first
start with the older age group.


The game calmed following a pulsating first 25 minutes, with the visitors
growing in confidence and beginning to control possession. It would have
been 3-1 before the break but for the efforts of Ward, who got down well
to his left to push Aina's low drive round the post.


Collins produced a good save to push away Samuel Fridjonsson's front-post
header early after the restart as the hosts enjoyed a threatening period
but the introduction of Kasey Palmer gave Viveash's side an added
attacking impetus. The midfielder combined brilliantly with Abraham to set
up a chance for Mitchell but the pass across the face of goal was just in
front of the supporting forward.


Yet Mitchell made no mistake with his supporting run moments later as he
arrived on time to extend our advantage. Palmer was again at the creative
heart of the attack, spinning away from a defender with a deft touch
before flicking the ball into Mitchell's path, gifting his teammate a
simple finish from eight yards out.


It was a goal that appeared to deflate Reading's hopes somewhat, although
they continued to push forward in search of a route back into the game.
However, it was Chelsea next coming close to another goal as Scott was
twice denied in quick succession. His initial effort was kept out by
Ward's smart save before a second try seconds later saw his deflected shot
squirm narrowly over the crossbar and onto the roof of the net.


Liam Kelly shot narrowly off-target as the final whistle loomed, while
Collins denied Fridjonsson as the visitors claimed the victory that
stretches their unbeaten league run to six matches.


== Manager reaction ==


After the game, Adi Viveash reflected on a pleasing performance from his
side as they made it four wins and two draws from their six away league
games this season. Speaking to the official Chelsea website, he said:
'Reading is a difficult place to come and the pitch made it tricky but I
felt we delivered a performance fitting of a league side.


'We won the second balls and had some really good performances throughout
the team. We were a bit too open in the first half so we swapped Charlie
and Kyle in midfield and that gave us a bit more of the control that we
needed.


'Tammy led the line really well and we should have scored every time we
attacked in the first half. We broke well into the space behind their high
defensive line and then managed the game really well in the second half.


'I was really pleased with how we played in the final 20 minutes; we had
to scrap and fight but we did that and put in some great blocks on the
edge of the box. We probably could have had a couple more goals on the
break but it's a pleasing evening. We keep our little unbeaten run going
and that's another positive for us tonight.'


Chelsea
Bradley Collins

Fankaty Dabo (c) Dion Conroy Fikayo Tomori Ola Aina

Charlie Colkett Mukhtar Ali
(Kasey Palmer 54)

Jacob Maddox Kyle Scott Reece Mitchell
(Alex Kiwomya 76)
Tammy Abraham


Unused subs - Nathan Baxter, Josimar Quintero, Kevin Wright
Scorers - Abraham 2; Maddox 21; Mitchell 63
Booked - Colkett, Aina


Reading

Lewis Ward, Tennai Watson, Nana Owusu (Andy Rinomhota 70),

Samuel Fridjonsson, Zak Jules, Conor Shaughnessy (Noor Husin 72),

Andrija Novakovich (Gabriel Osho 62), Aaron Kuhl (c), Harry Cardwell,

Liam Kelly, Tariqe Fosu


Unused subs - Luke Southwood, Lisandro Semedo
Scorer - Fosu 7
Booked - Kelly, Fridjonsson, Husin


Referee - Mr S Plane


Pictures courtesy of Mark Sandom.

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