[情報] 德魯米、巴斯：NextGen 不凡的旅程
http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3129465/
NEXTGEN REACTION: WORTHWHILE JOURNEY
Posted on: Tue 02 Apr 2013
Ultimately the tournament ended with a disappointing result but with many
high points along the way and more importantly, much learned by the
players, there were few regrets about Chelsea's first entry in the NextGen
Series tournament.
Our Under-19s lost Monday's final in Italy to two second-half penalties,
Aston Villa the winners of the European competition. Dermot Drummy, the
manager of the team, and Neil Bath, Chelsea's Academy manager, spoke to
the official Chelsea website about the game and the tournament as a whole.
'It has been a fantastic journey and I have to give credit to the boys,'
said Drummy. 'They have gone a long way against some very good sides,
gained some experience and losing is part of the journey.
'We are all bitterly disappointed. In the first half we had enough chances
but second half you have to give credit to Villa, they shut us out and
created their own chances. While we are disappointed, I am not laying any
blame on the boys, they did the best they can.'
With Adam Nditi, who had played as the wide-left attacker, injured in the
Friday's semi-final and Nathan Ake (pictured above) becoming available,
the shape of the side altered slightly, as Drummy explained.
'Because we brought Nathan in, I had to switch Lewis Baker and I said to
Lewis or Jeremie Boga to play in the left-hand pocket, and always when you
tinker with the formation you know that if you don't put players in their
natural positions, sometimes it is a bit different.
'Losing Adam meant we lost that fluency but even then in the first half we
created four chances and if they go in, we control the game. If they don't
go in, as the game runs away from us you have to accept that.
'The Villa keeper made some very good saves and you have to give credit to
Aston Villa. You can look at us and say what we did and didn't do, but
Aston Villa performed admirably in the second half.'
That second period began with Chelsea conceding a penalty in the opening
minutes and for inexperienced players on one of the biggest stages they
have performed, it is hardly surprising if a goal against does affect
belief.
'I think it does with young lads,' said Drummy. 'I went to three at the
back to get Charlie Colkett on and he is an Under-16 against some
tough-tackling defenders and he will learn from that. Jeremie is also an
Under-16 and he will learn from it as well.
'Lewis Baker was named player of the tournament and he was worthy of the
award as someone who has been a good player and a good leader on the pitch
throughout. All the players have done well.
'Winning would have been a fantastic achievement for the club but we have
to accept we didn't. Villa are a very good academy and we have gone a long
way. We are gathering momentum and we are going in the right direction.
'Most of the squad will now go with [youth team manager] Adi Viveash and
will go to Anfield for the FA Youth Cup semi-final first leg, and we wish
them all the best with that.'
Bath saw plenty of value in the club's first participation in what was the
second year of the NextGen competition.
'We want to thank NextGen for putting on a fantastic tournament and
congratulations to Villa,' our Academy manager said.
'We have had a fantastic experience for the boys, we didn't take our
chances in the first half and that's the way it goes,' he said.
'Well done to the English clubs because youth football in England can get
a lot of criticism but there were two clubs playing good football in the
final and three clubs in the last four.
'About half of our squad have been with us a long time - from between the
ages of eight and 11 - and I am extremely proud of the brand of exciting
football we play.
'Since restructuring a few years back we are now playing in tournaments
across Europe in a lot of age groups and are seen as a club that competes
for and wins a lot of those tournaments. On this occasion it wasn't to be
and I am gutted for the boys and the staff because they put so much in to
it.'
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