U21 - Southampton 0 - 0 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

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https://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2016/02/
under-21s-report--southampton-v-chelsea.html

Under-21s report: Southampton 0 Chelsea 0

Mon 29 Feb 2016


Chelsea Under-21s picked up a point on the road as they played out a
goalless draw at St Mary's.


In a fairly even contest of limited clear-cut opportunities for either
side, it was the hosts handed a great late opportunity to take all three
points as they were awarded a penalty close to the end.


However, striker Sam Gallagher spurned the chance from 12 yards as he
blazed over the bar. Substitute Tammy Abraham then struck the post as the
Blues finished strongly but could not find the breakthrough to take the
league points home.


With a busy Academy schedule over the previous week, including a UEFA
Youth League last-16 tie and a quarter-final in the FA Youth Cup within
four days, Viveash made seven changes from the side that were 5-0 winners
against Norwich in this competition 12 days previously.


Just Ola Aina, Jordan Houghton, Fankaty Dabo and Kasey Palmer kept their
places in the side, with Aina and captain Dabo joined by Kevin Wright and
Dion Conroy in a back four protecting Bradley Collins in goal. Conroy had
signed a new two-year contract at the club earlier in the day.


Alex Kiwomya, recently returned from a loan spell at Fleetwood Town in
League One, came into the team to lead the line up front and he was
supported by Josimar Quintero, Palmer and Mason Mount, the latter making
his Under-21 debut. Charlie Colkett and Jordan Houghton lined up in the
centre of midfield.


The young Blues came into the contest on the south coast unbeaten in their
last four matches but it was the hosts, two places and two points behind
in the league table, who carved out the game's first opportunity with just
three minutes on the clock. Dominic Gape intercepted Conroy's pass out
from the back and the ball fell kindly for Sam Gallagher, however the
striker who made 15 appearances with MK Dons in the Championship earlier
in the campaign, could only drag his strike wide.


Kiwomya and Mount brought routine stops from home goalkeeper Paulo
Gazzaniga before Colkett sliced wide as the visitors grew stronger
throughout the opening exchanges. However, they continued to be restricted
to efforts from outside the box as Kiwomya warmed the gloves of the Saints
stopper once more.


Down the other end, Gallagher came close after charging down a clearance
from Collins and seeing the ball narrowly over the crossbar, while Thomas
O'Connor saw a header from Jake Vokins's inswinging corner gathered with
ease by Collins.


The Chelsea number one's competency was tested more threateningly moments
later as Gallagher worked himself a sight at goal with a neat touch and
spin away from Wright, though Collins was quick off his line to thwart the
striker and then watched as the rebound was lashed off-target. Aina
volleyed over at the back post as Colkett's corner found its way all the
way through to the defender as an even first period ended goalless.


Viveash made a switch at the break that saw Reece Mitchell introduced in
place of Quintero, with Kiwomya moving to the right-wing and Mitchell
leading the line. Collins kept out Vokins's free-kick early after the
restart following a foul on the edge of the box, while Houghton twice went
close with a drive blocked and an effort that arrowed wide.


With his team needing a breakthrough goal, the manager turned to his bench
again after an hour as Tammy Abraham , with 22 goals to his name already
this term, entered the fray. It coincided with the Blues's brightest spell
of the half as Mount fired over and then could not stretch quite enough to
get on the end of Palmer's pass after the best passage of play of the
evening from the visitors.


Abraham was handed his first chance since his entrance with 75 minutes on
the clock but could only direct his header over the bar following Palmer's
right-sided corner. Mount, who looked at ease on his first Under-21
appearance, struck over from Kiwomya's deep cross and then Kiwomya shot
into the ground and wide as the visitors pushed forward for a winner late
on.


Yet it was the Saints handed a golden opportunity to snatch all three
points with nine minutes remaining as loose play at the back saw the Blues
get into trouble and Dabo was adjudged to have fouled Gallagher just
inside the area. The contact seemed minimal and the decision harsh, though
it mattered little as Gallagher blazed over from 12 yards. It was the
third successive penalty miss against a Chelsea Academy side in normal
play over the last seven days.


There was still time remaining for Viveash's side to win it and Abraham
came so close as he swung a leg to connect to Palmer's sublime clipped
ball forward. With Gazzaniga beaten, the striker could only watch as his
effort bounced off the far post and away to safety. Kiwomya had the game's
final chance, firing straight at the keeper after advancing from the right
flank, as both sides had to settle for a share of the league points.


== Manager reaction ==


After the game, Adi Viveash admitted his overriding emotion was
disappointment at not claiming all three points but he reflected on his
pleasure to see our unbeaten run of form continue.


Speaking to the official Chelsea website, he said: 'We're disappointed we
didn't win but it's another point on the board for us and we're now five
unbeaten so it keeps this little run going. I thought our second half
might have merited a win but then we were fortunate to still be 0-0 at
half-time because we weren't good in the first half.


'Both teams gave the ball away in key areas and couldn't get any fluidity
to their game. We certainly didn't control the game like we wanted to but
we changed shape in the second half, reverted to our usual 4-3-3 and
looked much better with that. I thought it was a harsh penalty but we were
always liable to being hit with a sucker-punch like that.


'Tammy then hits the post down the other end when we could have won it but
we're still unbeaten on this current run and players have got valuable
minutes tonight so those are the positives we take away.'


Chelsea
Bradley Collins

Fankaty Dabo (c) Ola Aina Dion Conroy Kevin Wright
(Fikayo Tomori 66)

Jordan Houghton Charlie Colkett
(Tammy Abraham 61)

Josimar Quintero Kasey Palmer Mason Mount
(Reece Mitchell h/t)
Alex Kiwomya


Unused subs - Jared Thompson, Kyle Scott


Southampton

Paulo Gazzaniga, Dominic Gape (c), Jake Vokins, Harry Reed, Ollie Cook,

Alfie Jones, Olufela Olomola, Armani Little, Sam Gallagher,

Thomas O'Connor (Josh Sims 73), Jake Hesketh


Unused subs - Harry Lewis, Yan Valery, Dan N'Lundulu, Harley Willard
Booked - Jones


Referee - Adam Ricketts

Pictures courtesy of Mark Sandom.

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