青年足總盃 - Chelsea 4 - 0 Sheffield Wed - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

青年足總盃第五輪


https://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2017/01/
youth-cup-report--chelsea-v-sheffield-wednesday.html

Youth Cup report: Chelsea 4 Sheffield Wednesday 0

Wed 1 Feb 2017


Our Under-18s booked themselves a place in the FA Youth Cup quarter-finals
for the eighth year in a row following a comfortable victory at rainy
Aldershot this evening (Wednesday).


Goals from Trevoh Chalobah and Ike Ugbo were followed by strikes from
Mason Mount, his fifth goal in the competition this season, and Callum
Hudson-Odoi as the Blues cruised into the sixth round. Jody Morris's side
will find out their last-eight opponents later this week as they prepare
for a trip to either Middlesbrough or Leicester City.


Morris made four changes and implemented a significant reshuffle as he
switched to a 4-3-3 system, with much of the tinkering coming at the back
as goalkeeper Jared Thompson replaced Jamie Cumming between the sticks. A
back four was preferred to the 3-4-3 shape deployed in the fourth-round
win at Birmingham, with Joseph Colley and Reece James drafted in at
centre-back and right-back respectively. Colley was partnered by Chalobah,
while Marc Guehi moved from a central role to start at left-back.


Jacob Maddox and captain Mount retained their places in central midfield,
with the addition of Luke McCormick to bolster the defensive mindedness of
the side in the middle of the pitch. Hudson-Odoi and Ugbo remained in the
side in attack, with Dujon Sterling moved into a more advanced wide-right
role.


Wednesday made just one change from their 3-0 win over Gillingham in round
four and lined up with five at the back in an attempt to combat the
attacking threat of the holders, who had scored 10 in two games in the
competition to date. Their challenge would be not to repeat the errors of
Birmingham and Cardiff in previous rounds against the Blues, defending
strongly whilst maintaining an attacking threat of their own.


Goalkeeper Dan Wallis had not conceded a goal in his side's first two ties
but he was always going to be a busy man up against Morris's men. His
first action of the night came after seven minutes as he dived well to his
right to push away Mount's curling free-kick from 25 yards before an agile
stop to palm Maddox's effort over the bar.


The Blues kept up the pressure from the following corner, with Guehi's
header cleared from close range, before Hudson-Odoi supplied dangerously
from the left. The schoolboy's delivery to the far post was headed back
across goal by James and Chalobah was on hand to break the deadlock with
an acrobatic volleyed finish for his maiden Youth Cup goal.


The pace, power and direct running of Sterling down the right was a
constant cause for concern for the visitors, though the 17-year-old was
unable to pick out Ugbo in the centre following a threatening advance
after 20 minutes. The striker did fashion a sight at goal for himself
moments before the half-hour mark, again after progress on the right side,
but his rising drive flew narrowly wide.


The hosts continued to probe and assert their technical quality on the tie
as the half progressed. Guehi's forward pass was laid off nicely into the
path of Mount by Ugbo and the two combined intricately before Wallis
smothered the ball at the striker's feet.


Wednesday, managed by former Everton defender Danny Cadamarteri,
threatened only fleetingly. While energetic and tenacious in their
approach, their best opportunity of the opening period came from Joe
West's inswinging free-kick, headed harmlessly over by Joe Cook.


Morris gestured for more urgency from his young charges and when they
increased the tempo of the game, the Owls struggled to cope. Pushing for a
second goal before the break, Mount struck the post with a brilliant
individual attempt from distance after showing some eye-catching trickery
before Hudson-Odoi's shot from the left deflected inches wide of the far
post.


The advantage was doubled four minutes before half-time and it arrived at
the end of an incisive Blues counter-attack. Chalobah had taken a
flailing arm in the face when challenging for a high ball at the back and
the blow seemed to fire him into life.


Regaining possession, the centre-half stepped boldly into midfield and
started the break, charging forward into the box after laying the ball to
Sterling on the right. The delivery was too strong for Chalobah but
flighted perfectly for Ugbo to thump a header beyond Wallis and claim his
11th goal of the campaign.


The traffic continued in a similarly one-way fashion in the second half,
with Chalobah heading a great chance over the bar following Mount's
dangerous inswinging corner. Mount then fired a left-footed shot just wide
after advancing promisingly infield from the right before Chalobah nodded
another header over.


With chances sure to be at a premium for the visitors, the need to be
clinical when the few came along was obvious. Hirst was handed a rare
opportunity to test Thompson eight minutes after the restart from Liam
Williams's centre but the England Under-18 striker skewed his strike
harmlessly off-target.


James's strike on the half-volley was well blocked as we pushed to add
further goals to the scoreline, with Hudson-Odoi's strike troubling
Wallis but arrowing just wide of the far post. It was 3-0 with 74 minutes
on the clock and it was the skipper celebrating a goal for the third
successive Youth Cup tie as he weaved between defenders and found the back
of the net with a sweet strike.


Morris introduced further attacking impetus for the final 15 minutes as he
looked to expose the tired legs of the visitors, with George McEachran and
Martell Taylor-Crossdale entering the fray. However, it was also down the
other end that the holders recorded another impressive showing, having not
conceded a goal yet in the competition this campaign. James defended well
at the back post to keep that shutout intact before Hudson-Odoi finished
expertly in added time to complete the scoring.


Three clean sheets, 14 goals scored and another well-deserved win means
our defence of the FA Youth Cup, a trophy we have lifted in five of the
past seven seasons, continues determinedly.


The young Blues return to action in the Under-18 Premier League this
Saturday 4 February with a trip to Reading, in which a victory will
guarantee their place in the elite play-off round. The following
afternoon, our development squad also face the Royals in Premier League 2.
Adi Viveash's side kick off at 12.05pm at Aldershot.

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youth-cup-reaction--clean-sheets-and-competition.html

Youth Cup reaction: Clean sheets and competition

Thu 2 Feb 2017


Our youngsters advanced to the last-eight in the FA Youth Cup following a
4-0 victory against Sheffield Wednesday at Aldershot last night
(Wednesday).


A third successive clean sheet in this Cup run was built on with goals
from four different scorers as Trevoh Chalobah, Ike Ugbo, Mason Mount and
Callum Hudson-Odoi all netted. It took our tally of goals scored in the
competition this term to 14 following consecutive 5-0 victories against
Cardiff City and Birmingham City.


Manager Jody Morris felt his side did more than enough to earn their place
in the quarter-finals but he admitted they were far from their best
against another defensive opponent. Speaking to the official Chelsea
website after the game, he said: 'There were spells where we played some
really good stuff and scored some lovely goals but there were also dips
where we took our foot off the gas as far as our tempo was concerned.


'We moved the ball a little too slowly and looked a bit predictable at
times, not switching the play enough after speaking about that beforehand.
We had a 15-minute spell in the first half and about 10 minutes after
half-time where the game became a bit dogged but you have to expect that
against a team who are trying to slow the game down and upset our rhythm.
When you're working with young teenagers, they can fall into that trap but
we tried to stay on top of it and I was also really pleased with another
clean sheet.'


Mount's second-half strike took his Youth Cup tally this term to five, the
joint-second highest in the competition, with the midfielder having netted
in all three of our ties so far. Morris, himself a goalscoring midfielder
who wore the number eight for the Blues in the Youth Cup, praised the
impact of his captain in the final third and urged him to strive for more
as we head towards the business end of the campaign.


'It's nice to see Mason continue his goalscoring run. When you rack up the
goals in a competition like this, you do start to look around to other
teams to see who else is scoring as many as you. I want him to stay hungry
and keep on arriving into the box late because we know he has the ability
to open up teams, whether it be with a pass, a bit of skill or a fantastic
strike from distance.


'Trevoh scored a fantastic goal and he does give us that quality when he
gets forward and that threat from set-pieces. You always need goals
throughout the team but I'm more pleased to see an attacking player like
Callum get his goal because he's been snatching a little at chances and
that goal will be good for him going forward.’


Picking his starting side has proved far from simple for the manager as
individuals continue to impress both for his league side and Adi Viveash's
development squad, with neither side having lost a league game since
September. It means the boss has tough decisions to make but he believes
such difficulties are just par for the course at a top club.


'As a manager of a team at any level, you want competition for places and
I quite like that it can remind a couple of those starting that they're
not a shoe-in for the first 11. If he hadn't been out injured recently,
Tariq Uwakwe would have started the game because of the form he has been
in over the past couple of months but then Marc Guehi has also been in
great form that I didn't want to leave him out.


'George McEachran was also unlucky because he was outstanding against
Spurs at the weekend. It's a difficult one and the way people are
performing at the minute, if you were to ask me to pick my team for the
next game, I'm not sure I could tell you.'


A trip to Middlesbrough or Leicester City awaits the holders, with the two
sides going head-to-head at the Riverside tomorrow. It will be the first
time in this campaign that the Blues have faced a fellow Category 1
academy side and Morris knows that will represent the toughest test of
the run so far for his youngsters.


'I remember when we played Middlesbrough in the league a couple of years
ago, they beat us up all over the pitch. We lost 3-0 and I think that was
the last time we lost at home. We've also had some great battles with
Leicester, especially away from home. We'll be focused and prepared but at
the same time we will recognise, like we did for Sheffield Wednesday, that
it's another step up in quality, whoever we face.'


Before then, our youngsters can guarantee their place in the elite
play-off round in the Under-18 Premier League and take a step closer to
winning the south section this weekend. They travel to Reading on Saturday
morning for an 11am kick-off, where a win could take them eight points
clear with just three games remaining.


Chelsea (4-2-3-1)
Jared Thompson

Reece James Joseph Colley Trevoh Chalobah Marc Guehi
(Tariq Uwakwe 71)

Jacob Maddox Luke McCormick
(George McEachran 75)

Dujon Sterling Mason Mount Callum Hudson-Odoi

Ike Ugbo
(Martell Taylor-Crossdale 75)


Unused subs - Josh Grant, Jamie Cumming
Scorers - Chalobah 13; Ugbo 41; Mount 74; Hudson-Odoi 90+4
Booked - James


Sheffield Wednesday (5-3-2)

Dan Wallis

Ciaran Brennan Joe Cook Liam Williams Jack Lee Joe West
(Ben Hughes 86)

Lewis Price Connor Kirby (c) Liam Waldock
(Alex Hunt 58) (Stefan Gavrilov 73)

Fraser Preston George Hirst


Unused subs - Joe Walker, Josh Reaney
Booked - Brennan, Cook, Kirby


Referee - Ian Fissenden


- Additional pictures courtesy of Mark Sandom and Dan Davies

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