U23 - Everton 2 - 0 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmnroQrpHtU U23聯賽第23輪全場比賽


https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/04/15/pl2-report--everton-vs-chelsea

PL2 report: Everton 2 Chelsea 0

15 Apr 2022


Our development squad were defeated in a big fixture at the bottom of the
Premier League 2 table as they could not overcome the 2-0 deficit despite
a great attempt in the second half.


https://i.imgur.com/892ZXZi.jpg


The young Blues created a number of opportunities in the second period but
they could not unlock the Everton defence, making it one win in the last
eight and heightening relegation fears. We are now four points adrift of
Leeds United, the only side we can leapfrog out of the bottom two, with
just three games remaining.


In the first half, defender Xavier Mbuyamba had our best chance as his
looping header under pressure was headed off the line by Tom Cannon. Apart
from that, the first period was dominated by Everton as they could have
taken the lead early on after being awarded a soft penalty. Lewis Dobbin
stepped up to take the spot-kick but Lucas Bergstrom saved well with a
strong hand.


Dobbin soon had another opportunity, one-on-one with Bergstrom, but it was
the big keeper who came out on top again. However, it was third time luck
as Everton would not be denied, with Cannon finishiing well inside the box
after a back-heel by Tyler Onyango. The lead was then doubled just after
half-time as Rafael Garcia curled an effort from inside the box into the
far corner of the goal.


Following two half time changes, our young Blues created a number of
opportunities. Lewis Hall, Bashir Humphreys, Jude Soonsup-Bell and Josh
Brooking all had sights of goal. However, a combination of good defending
and good goalkeeping from Harry Tyler were enough to allow the home side
to see the game out.


== Cagey opening edged by Everton ==


It took five minutes for the game's first chance and it fell to the home
side as Garcia drove through the centre of the pitch and slid in a neat
ball to Cannon, whose left-footed shot hit the side-netting in an early
warning sign for the visitors.


There was no real flow to the game with both sides having spells of
possession but a simple pass down the line isolated Dobbin with Mbuyamba.
The young attacker managed to find his way past the Dutch defender and the
referee adjudged him to have fouled Dobbin as he went down under his
pressure.


Dobbin picked himself up to take the penalty, but Bergstrom was up to the
task saving well with a strong left hand to keep the scores level.


https://i.imgur.com/TXpE3yT.jpg
Bergstrom saves a low penalty from Lewis Dobbin


The ball was now being moved better by the home side as our boys were
trying to contain the Toffees. Bergstrom came out on top once again with a
big save to deny Dobbin who had been played in by Isaac Price.


== Early blow ==


We eventually settled into the game nicely after overcoming some early
scares and from a Dylan Williams corner we almost opened the scoring. His
whipped delivery found the head of Mbuyamba, who managed to get his head
to the ball despite pressure from the keeper and an Everton defender. His
aerial effort looped goalwards but Cannon was able to clear off the line.


After we were just finding our feet in the game, the Toffees were the ones
who broke the deadlock as a Stan Mills long ball found Onyango clean
through on goal. Brooking managed to recover the ground but the big
midfielder composed himself to back-heel the ball towards Cannon, who
fired into the right-hand bottom corner of the net.


Our boys needed to regroup quickly but we almost allowed Everton to double
their lead as miscommunication between Mbuyamba and Dion Rankine allowed
Cannon to drive towards goal. He could have laid off Dobbin but decided to
go himself and fired well over the bar.


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Soonsup-Bell went closest for the visitors with an effort cleared off the
line


Thierno Ballo, who had a quiet first period, then unleashed a shot which
just went over the bar, but our young Blues were struggling to create
anything clear-cut with the half-time whistle approaching.


== Mountain to climb ==


With half-time approaching and the Toffees in the ascendancy, it was
important that we did not concede another before half-time. With the last
attack of the first period however, Everton doubled their lead.


Stan Mills jinked his way into the box beating multiple opponents and
hurdling a number of tackles before laying the ball off to Garcia, who
used Brooking as a guide to bend it past Bergstrom. It was a painful blow
before half-time for our young Blues.


== Sustained pressure ==


Myers made two changes at the break and immediately the away side raised
their impetus. Lewis Hall, one of those introduced, smashed an effort
goalwards which was saved well by keeper Tyler, who was called into action
again as Webster was slid in but his shot was tame and the keeper gobbled
it up.


https://i.imgur.com/nncY1pL.jpg
Rankine battles to retrieve possession


A slip from Tyler due to Chelsea pressure highlighted the change in
momentum in the second period. Simons, after good work from Vale down the
right, had a left-footed effort which again was saved by the busy Toffees
keeper


The home side did remind our development squad of the threat they posed as
Cannon isolated and beat Humphreys one-on-one and unleashed a shot which
was saved well by the feet of Bergstrom. We had another opportunity to
halve the deficit as Brooking swivelled and shot following a corner and it
only just went over the bar.


== Chance after chance ==


The pressure was relentless and after fantastic work on the right by Vale
he stood up a cross for Humphreys to attack but again Tyler was positioned
well to save. We also had strong shouts for a penalty as a high foot in
the box on Humphreys clearly put the player in danger, but the referee
waved away those claims.


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Vale pushes forward


A massive chance came our way as a blocked free-kick from Vale fell kindly
back to Webster, who drove into the box and delivered across the face of
goal. It seemingly gave Ballo a tap-in but a last-ditch challenge from
captain Braithwaite prevented us from scoring.


Yet another opportunity fell our way as Soonsup-Bell this time beat his
man down the left with a step-over from a tight angle before putting in a
cross which the keeper got a hand to, thereby preventing it from landing
to a Chelsea player.


Despite being deserving of a comeback we were left to rue the missed
chances in the second half and the mountain we gave ourselves from the
first. A 2-0 defeat now means that we remain four points behind Leeds,
albeit with a game in hand over the young Yorkshiremen. With three matches
remaining, it becomes paramount that we secure maximum points in all those
games to ensure we put the pressure on the only team we can now leapfrog
in the battle for PL2 survival.


Chelsea (4-2-3-1):
Lucas Bergstrom

Josh Brooking Xavier Mbuyamba Bashir Humphreys (c) Dylan Williams
(Lewis Hall h/t)

Charlie Webster Xavier Simons

Dion Rankine Thierno Ballo Harvey Vale
(Joe Haigh h/t) (Jayden Wareham 78)

Jude Soonsup-Bell


Unused subs - Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Ben Elliott
Booked - Humphreys 39; Ballo 66


Everton (4-2-3-1):
Harry Tyler

Stan Mills Reece Welch Jarrod Braithwaite (c) Eli Campbell
(Luke Butterfield 80)
Isaac Price Tyler Onyango

Charlie Whitaker Lewis Dobbin Rafa Garcia
(Sean McAllister 65) (Emilo Lawrence 87)
Tom Cannon


Unused subs - Joe Anderson, Billy Crellin
Scorers - Cannon 32; Garcia 45+1
Booked - Campbell 90+5

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