U23 - Man City 0 - 0 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

U23聯賽第一輪



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PL2 report: Man City 0 Chelsea 0

Fri 11 Aug 2017


Our development squad opened the new season with a point on the road at
last term's Premier League 2 runners-up on a drizzly evening in
Manchester.


The Etihad Stadium played host to the campaign curtain-raiser as Joe
Edwards took charge of our oldest development age group for the first time
in a competitive game. It was a deserved point for the visitors, who grew
stronger throughout the contest and enjoyed the bulk of the goalscoring
opportunities but could not get past Daniel Grimshaw in the home goal.


Jacob Maddox's chance almost immediately after the second-half restart was
possibly the best for the Blues, while Grimshaw made a similarly important
stop to deny Dujon Sterling later in the half as the sides shared the
spoils.


Edwards started with five of those who lined up in the FA Youth Cup final
between the two sides in April, while there was a Chelsea debut in defence
for Ethan Ampadu, one of two 16-year-olds featuring for the visitors.


Ampadu, Reece James and Joseph Colley made up the back three with Jamie
Cumming in goal, while Sterling and Juan Castillo continued in wing-back
roles further up the field. In midfield, Ruben Sammut and Isaac
Christie-Davies started as the deeper duo, with Callum Hudson-Odoi and
Maddox supporting Harvey St Clair in attack.


City had six of their Youth Cup final line-up on the field from the start,
including second-leg goalscorer Lukas Nmecha who led the line up front.
The Chelsea 18-yard-box saw the early action inside two minutes as Colley
threw his body at the feet of Taylor Richards to block the forward's shot
before Benjamin Garre prodded the loose ball over the crossbar.


The hosts continued to enjoy the better of the opening period as Javairo
Dilrosun's cross was poked over at the back post by Richards, who also
picked up the game's first booking for a poor late challenge on
Hudson-Odoi midway through the half.


Hudson-Odoi carried the biggest threat for the visitors and steered our
first effort of the evening narrowly wide of the left upright after half
hour as Edwards's side grew stronger in the final 15 minutes of the half.
Christie-Davies struck just off-target with the ball slightly behind his
stride after a flowing move from left to right, while Maddox's deflected
shot spun just past the goalkeeper's far post.


From the following corner, Grimshaw was almost punished for a critical
error as he fumbled the high delivery back towards his own goal, with a
defender on the line heading clear the danger at the last moment.


Both sides fashioned presentable opportunities to open the scoring either
side of the interval. Cumming kept his sheet clean with an impressive save
to tip Nmecha's close-range header beyond the post before Maddox raced
clear straight from the restart but could not skip past the goalkeeper,
who clawed the ball away.


Grimshaw was certainly the busier of the two keepers in the second period
as the visitors controlled proceedings and created a steady stream of
chances. He was agile in racing off his line to deny Sterling and then
well-positioned to hold on to a fierce strike from the same player as the
young Blues pushed to convert one point into three.


Edwards introduced Luke McCormick and Cole Dasilva from the bench and the
latter took every opportunity to test Grimshaw in the home goal, firing
over the bar from outside the box on two occasions. While quiet in
possession, the hosts always had a threat with their quality in the final
third and Colley was forced to make another crucial challenge to block
from Garre before sub Tom Dele-Bashiru shot wide.


Down the other end, our Swedish defender headed over Hudson-Odoi's
right-sided corner while Grimshaw parried St Clair's right-footed attempt
down and Christie-Davies struck wide. City came stronger in the final 10
minutes but we defended the box bravely and kept Cumming's goal
well-protected en route to securing our first point of the new season.


Chelsea (3-4-3)
Jamie Cumming

Reece James Joseph Colley Ethan Ampadu

Dujon Sterling Christie-Davies Ruben Sammut (c) Juan Castillo
(Cole Dasilva 64)

Jacob Maddox Harvey St Clair
(Luke McCormick 57) Callum Hudson-Odoi (Martell Taylor-Crossdale 89)


Unused subs - Marcin Bulka, Miro Muheim


Manchester City

Daniel Grimshaw, Demeaco Duhaney, Charlie Oliver, Ed Francis, Tyreke Wilson,

Jacob Davenport, Javairo Dilrosun, Matt Smith,

Taylor Richards (Tom Dele-Bashiru 61), Benjamin Garre (Rabbi Matondo 71),

Lukas Nmecha (c)


Unused subs - Kjetil Haug, Joel Latibeaudiere, Lorenzo Gonzalez
Booked - Richards, Smith


Referee - Paul Marsden

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