[情報] U18 - Chelsea 3 - 0 Arsenal
U18聯賽第12輪精華
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Under-18 report: Chelsea 3 Arsenal 0
Fri, 21 Nov 2014
Victory at Cobham this afternoon (Friday) extended our youth team's lead
at the top of the league.
Dominic Solanke scored inside 10 minutes before Tammy Abraham added a
second midway through the first half. Joe Edwards' team continued to
dominate in the second period and Solanke secured the victory in the
closing stages with a neat finish from close range.
== Team news ==
There were seven changes from the side that started last week's 3-2 win
over Fulham as a break in the Under-21 programme allowed many of Adi
Viveash's group to feature. Fikayo Tomori and Jay Dasilva continued in
defence alongside Jake Clarke-Salter and Ola Aina, with Bradley Collins
returning from injury to start in goal.
Solanke led the line up front supported from out wide by Izzy Brown and
the youth team's top goalscorer Abraham, while Kyle Scott, Charly Musonda
and captain Charlie Colkett comprised the midfield trio.
== First half ==
The Blues set the early tempo and were rewarded for their positivity in
the early exchanges as they grabbed an eighth-minute lead. A neat exchange
of quick passes fashioned some time and space for Brown to slide a forward
pass to Solanke, and the striker produced a confident low finish to beat
Ryan Huddart and notch his seventh goal of the campaign.
The subsequent quarter of an hour was well-contested but short of
clear-cut opportunities, with both sides working hard to put pressure on
those in possession, particularly in midfield areas. Yet a
counter-attacking move of real quality proved decisive after 25 minutes as
the hosts doubled their lead.
From a throw-in deep in their own half, the Blues worked the ball out
quickly and Colkett led a determined charge forward with plenty of numbers
in support. He opted to shift the ball to Abraham on the right and the
forward rounded off a sublime move with an emphatic finish beyond Huddart.
It was his 18th goal of an impressive goalscoring campaign to date.
Musonda's drive was held comfortably by Huddart before Arsenal fashioned a
great chance to reduce the deficit. Dan Crowley's quick thinking fed in
Stephy Mavididi and the striker showed strength and pace to beat
Clarke-Salter to the byline and cut a dangerous ball back towards Aaron
Eyoma. The wideman had supported the attack well however his final effort
was dragged wide of the far post.
== Second half ==
Collins was called into action early after the restart as he held
Crowley's rising strike comfortably, yet it was Chelsea looking most
likely to snatch another goal as they attacked with intensity and purpose
time and again. Brown's dipping half-volley was palmed behind by Huddart
and then Solanke headed the resulting corner narrowly wide of the far
post, while a period of pinball in the visitors' penalty box saw Brown's
close-range shot blocked and then a ricochet off Musonda somehow miss the
target.
After losing a two-goal lead last week against Fulham, the hosts were
eager to learn from their mistakes and protect their advantage, while also
seeking to add a decisive third goal. Clarke-Salter blocked bravely from
Mavididi's close-range effort after a deep cross to the back post caused
problems, however the league leaders soon extended their lead after 70
minutes.
An incisive attack was started by Aina as he fired an excellent ball into
substitute Kasey Palmer's path down the right flank. The midfielder
galloped clear before delivering a perfect low cross for Solanke in space
in the middle and the striker had the simple task of prodding the ball
beyond a helpless Huddart.
Tomori created a chance for himself and fired narrowly beyond the far
upright in the closing exchanges, yet the Blues were comfortable to see
out the game with their advantage and extended their lead at the top of
the Southern section of the Under-18 Premier League with the victory.
Next up for the youth team is a trip to Southampton next Friday 28
November. Meanwhile, our Under-19 side resume their UEFA Youth League
campaign on Tuesday as they travel to face Schalke.
== Manager reaction ==
Joe Edwards reflected after the game on lessons learned from his side's
last league outing and an important clean sheet to go alongside another
victory and an impressive display. Speaking to the official Chelsea
website, he said: 'I'm delighted with the result and the performance
today. It's important to keep a clean sheet and it's something we've
spoken about this week after the Fulham game.
'We were in a similar position today to last week where we had a 2-0 lead,
were playing lots of good football and seemed in control and then Arsenal
looked like they might get something, but obviously today we went on to
get that third goal and also keep the clean sheet.'
The manager also admitted his team selection was partly with the imminent
FA Youth Cup third round trip to Leeds United in mind and he stressed how
every one of his players was fighting hard for a place in the team for
that highly-anticipated clash.
'We had a few different faces involved compared to last week and, with the
Youth Cup around the corner, we wanted to resemble a little bit the team
that could play at Leeds. There's a lot of competition for places and the
boys that started today knew they had to make a statement to hold on to
their places. We tried a couple of new things and we were pleased with how
that looked and the clean sheet reflects on how you defend as a team and
not just a back four and goalkeeper.
'We played away at Arsenal earlier in the season and despite it being
quite an even game they had some individual quality that really hurt us
and we were on the end of a bit of a beating. We wanted to put that right
today and the most pleasing thing for me was our discipline and work-rate
without the ball. To nullify a strong Arsenal team with a lot of
second-years involved to just a couple of shots from distance shows the
quality and structure of the team today.'
Chelsea
Bradley Collins
Fikayo Tomori Ola Aina Jake Clarke-Salter Jay Dasilva
(Charlie Wakefield 83)
Charlie Colkett (c) Charly Musonda
(Ruben Sammut 72)
Kyle Scott
Tammy Abraham Izzy Brown
(Kasey Palmer 60)
Dominic Solanke
Unused subs - Jared Thompson, Ali Suljic
Scorers - Solanke 8, 70; Abraham 25
Arsenal
Ryan Huddart, Tafari Moore, Marc Bola,
Ainsley Maitland-Niles (George Dobson 69), Stefan O'Connor,
Julio Pleguezuelo (Ben Sheaf 69), Aaron Eyoma (Tyrell Robinson 76),
Gedion Zelalem, Stephy Mavididi, Dan Crowley, Christopher Willock
Unused subs - Hugo Keto, Ilias Chatzitheodoridis
By Sam Poplett
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