[情報] 青年足總盃 - Norwich 0-0* Chelsea
青年足總盃第四輪精華
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YOUTH CUP REPORT: NORWICH CITY 0 CHELSEA 0 (2-4 ON PENS)
Posted on: Wed 11 Jan 2012
Adi Viveash's side secured their place in the fifth round of the FA Youth
Cup, beating Norwich in a tense penalty shootout after the game at Carrow
Road had ended 0-0.
120 minutes of football had failed to separate the sides, and Blues keeper
Jamal Blackman was the hero on the night, saving from Joshua Murphy who
took the second kick of the shootout which the Blues went on to win 4-2.
Norwich had put the first against the bar.
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Blackman saves pen
There was only one change from the Blues team which beat Doncaster in the
third round, with Daniel Pappoe coming into the centre of defence,
allowing captain Nathaniel Chalobah to move into midfield alongside John
Swift and Lewis Baker. Alex Kiwomya had to be content with a place on the
bench.
It was a cagey opening few minutes with neither side wanting to make any
early mistakes, though Nathan Ake had to be alert to clear a Harry Toffolo
cross from the left in the first real attack of the match.
The hosts almost took the lead in the ninth minute when Cameron McGeehan
rose highest to meet a Michael Clunan free kick at the far post, but the
midfielder, under pressure from Todd Kane, could only manage to direct his
header wide.
Jamar Loza was then brought down on the edge of the box by Ake to present
Norwich with a free kick in a dangerous position, but Toffolo curled his
effort harmlessly over the bar.
Ake was the architect of our first sight on goal in the 21st minute,
skilfully bursting through from the back to play a delightful through ball
to Lucas Piazon, who fired straight at Remi Matthews as the goalkeeper
advanced off his line.
The home side had the best chance of the game minutes later when Reece
Hall-Johnson whipped a cross across the face of the goal following a
marauding run down the right; Pappoe did well to intercept but in doing so
rolled the ball into the path of the onrushing Jamar Loza, whose effort
from only yards out was brilliantly saved by Blackman.
In making the tackle, Pappoe suffered an injury to his knee and Adi
Viveash was forced into the first substitution of the match, replacing him
with Archange Nkumu. Pappoe was in some distress and left the field on a
stretcher. Having suffered a string on injuries and only just back from
one to the knee in October, it was a sad sight.
A neat interchange between Swift and Lewis Baker almost played in Feruz,
but Norwich managed to clear, while a minute later Baker evaded his man
but could only fire his shot wide as he looked to bend it in the far
corner.
The Blues were almost in front shortly after, with Baker again at the
heart of it, this time releasing Kane who did well to round the keeper,
only to lose the ball under pressure from two Norwich defenders.
A delightful ball in from the left by Nditi was almost met by Feruz, but
the delivery had just a little too much pace on it and rolled away.
Schoolboy striker Feruz had the first sight of goal in the second half,
using his pace to latch on to a hopeful clearance by Ake, but as he pulled
the trigger with his left foot, Norwich captain Taylor McKenzie did well
to block.
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Feruz
We began the second spell on the front foot with both Swift and Baker
looking the most likely to unlock the door.
It was Norwich, however, who almost broke the deadlock, when Jacob Murphy
reacted quickest in the penalty area to fire goalwards, but Ake was on
hand to force the ball behind for a corner.
With the Blues lacking a cutting edge, Viveash replaced Amin Affane on the
right with Kiwomya in an attempt to freshen things up, and Swift almost
opened the scoring in the 64th minute with a rasping effort that was well
saved.
Baker was then shown a yellow card for a late tackle on Hall-Johnson as
the midfielder's frustration began to grow.
Piazon was soon brought down right on the edge of the Norwich box by
McKenzie, with the Chelsea supporters inside Carrow Road appealing for a
penalty. Baker took the resulting kick but his effort cannoned off the
wall.
Baker did well to get on the end of an Nditi cross in the 78th minute, but
with too much height on the delivery he failed to connect with any
conviction and his effort rolled wide.
With five minutes remaining, Kiwomya did well to cut inside Toffolo out
wide on the right, the winger failed to look up though, and his cross
rolled aimlessly behind for a goal kick.
Ake almost threw the game away for us with less than two minutes to play,
carelessly losing possession inside our half, but as Loza looked as though
he was about to win the game for Norwich, Nkumu made a timely intervention
to keep the scores level and send the game into extra time.
There were appeals for handball when Piazon attempted to put Feruz through
in the 96th minute, but the referee waved them away to the relief of the
home supporters inside the stadium.
Clear-cut opportunities were proving hard to come by as both times tired;
Piazon released Kiwomya whose cross was easily cleared, while Ricky
Martin's side went close when the substitute Murphy's header had to be
expertly tipped over by Blackman.
Blackman was called upon in the opening minute of the second period of
extra time once again, saving well from Murphy's powerful angled drive.
Blues boss Viveash then made his final substitution of the evening,
replacing Feruz with Alistair Gordon.
Kiwomya had a perfect opportunity to play in Kane who had made a bursting
run from deep, but the forward put too much weight on the pass, giving the
right-back far too much to do. Baker then hit one from distance but it
sailed over the bar.
Murphy was becoming a real danger for the home side, and he again went
close after a lovely piece of play, but his effort lacked the power to
trouble a keeper of Blackman's quality, ensuring the game would be decided
by a penalty shootout.
Cameron McGheean was first up for Norwich, but the midfielder saw his
strike crash against the bar. Chalobah took the Blues' first kick and
scored easily.
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Missed pen
Murphy stepped up next for the Canaries, but Blackman saved brilliantly
down to his left, putting us in the driving seat. Piazon calmly made it
2-0 to the Blues.
Clunan pulled Norwich back into it next, driving into the top corner,
before Kiwomya made it 3-1. Loza ensured it would be a tense finish,
calmly slotting home to make it 3-2, but fittingly it was Baker who sealed
the win for Chelsea with an expertly taken kick, making it 4-2 in the
shootout.
Chelsea manager Viveash was delighted with the outcome, and when he spoke
to the official Chelsea website after the final whistle, his relief was
clearly apparent.
'It was 120 minutes of two young teams going at it hammer and tong, and
they both worked their socks off,' he said. 'To be fair to Norwich, they
stopped us playing, and for the majority of the game it worked. We did
have chances and their keeper made three fine saves, but Jamal Blackman's
had a big night for us, he came for crosses, he came for every corner and
made some outstanding saves.
'We all know penalties are a lottery, it's a shame but somebody's got to
lose. Our players were calm, assured and took four great penalties,
Jamal's made a brilliant save and that's football. We're glad to be
through, it will take a few days for it all to calm down but we're through
and that's the important thing.
'It's West Ham next which is a mouth-watering tie in the next round,
they've got some very good individual players, we played them on Saturday
so we know a lot about them and I'm sure it will be a very good football
game, both teams like to play in the right way so it will be a good
contest.'
Chelsea will now play West Ham United in the fifth round at home; the game
will be played at Staines Town FC, date yet to be confirmed.
Chelsea (4-3-3):
Jamal Blackman
Todd Kane Daniel Pappoe Nathan Ake Adam Nditi
(Archange Nkumu 28)
John Swift Nathaniel Chalobah (c) Lewis Baker
Amin Affane Islam Feruz Lucas Piazon
(Alex Kiwomya 60) (Alistair Gordon 106)
Unused subs: Mitchell Beeney, Anjur Osmanovic.
Norwich City (4-3-3):
Remi Matthews;
Cameron Norman, Harry Barker, Taylor McKenzie (c), Harry Toffolo;
Michael Clunan, Cameron McGeehan, Dean Florence (Jason Dobbs 102);
Jacob Murphy (Joshua Murphy 71), Jamar Loza, Reece Hall-Johnson.
Unused subs: Theo Jones, Conor Cable, Kyle McFadden
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