http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/12/ uefa-youth-league-report--chelsea-v-porto.html UEFA Youth League report: Chelsea 0 Porto 0 Wed 9 Dec 2015 Chelsea Under-19s rounded off their group stage campaign in the UEFA Youth League with a home draw and another clean sheet as they progressed to the last-16 with their unbeaten record this season intact. The young Blues had secured top spot in Group G and progression to the knockout round with three points in Israel on matchday five so it was the visitors playing for the high stakes on a sunny afternoon at the training ground. The Portuguese side needed to win and hope that Dynamo Kiev dropped points against Maccabi in the other group game in order to finish the campaign in second place. There were seven changes in personnel and a change in shape from the side that started in the 4-0 victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv a fortnight previously in this competition. Adi Viveash lined his team up in a 3-4-2-1 system with Ike Ugbo starting up front following a strong first half of the campaign with the youth team that has garnered a dozen league goals. Bradley Collins came into the side between the sticks protected by a back three consisting of Joseph Colley, Trevoh Chalobah and Jake Clarke-Salter, while Mukhtar Ali and Isaac Christie-Davies provided the central midfield cover. Jay Dasilva and Charlie Wakefield were given the task of giving the side width on the left and right wing respectively, with captain Kasey Palmer and Josimar Quintero operating centrally further up the field. It was a slow-burning start to proceedings as both teams struggled to test the opposing goalkeeper during a mostly tactical opening spell. Palmer raced on to the ball in an early sight at goal but goalkeeper Diogo Costa sped off his line to smother at the Chelsea captain's feet, before Palmer fired high over the bar from distance. It took until midway through the opening period for Porto to test Collins for the first time as Ruben Macedo's low drive was pushed away by the keeper diving low down to his right. The overlapping Fernando then found time and space to deliver from the right and pick out Macedo in the box, though the forward's effort on this occasion lacked any accuracy and flew off-target. Joao Cardoso had a close-range shot well blocked following a corner delivered from the right and David Sualehe's rising drive was too high but the visitors were buoyed as they started to take a hold of the contest. Down the other end, Palmer missed the target with a low strike that trickled just wide following Wakefield's infield pass, yet it was Porto looking more likely to grab the opener before the break. Chalobah did well to wait and time his sliding perfectly to take the sting out of Tony De Beatidi Djim's shot, while Macedo lashed an effort into the side netting and Bruno Costa rifled over as Porto finished the half with a flurry of opportunities but without the breakthrough goal. Viveash made a double switch at the break as Mason Mount and Jacob Maddox entered the fray in place of Palmer and Quintero. Mount made an instant impact as he threaded through a pass in behind for Ugbo to chase, though the delivery carried slightly too much weight and the goalkeeper won the race across the turf. Costa continued his busy start to the second half as he denied Ugbo at the near post with a smart stop before gathering Clarke-Salter's header from the resulting corner at the second attempt. There were appeals for a penalty shortly after as Maddox went down under a challenge in the box, though the officials from Iceland waved play on and Mount's deflected strike flicked wide. Collins denied Macedo before Colley produced a brilliant last-ditch challenge to thwart Moreto Cassama after the Swedish defender's header back to Collins lacked the power to reach his goalkeeper. The Blues rather fortuitously fashioned the best chance of the afternoon after 77 minutes as Mount's pass forward deflected perfectly into the path of Ali. However, the midfielder's low drive ricocheted back off the outside of the near post and away to safety. It was to prove the final action of note as the holders finished the group stage campaign with a home point and a fourth clean sheet in six Youth League matches this term. They will now face a home knockout tie in the last-16 in February, with further details to be confirmed in the New Year. == Manager reaction == After the game, Adi Viveash reflected on a pleasing afternoon's work from a young side and a successful group stage campaign. Speaking to the official Chelsea website, he said: 'It's an excellent achievement for us to keep a clean sheet against last season's quarter-finalists with a younger team out. 'We looked at a different shape and that's important to open the players up to the idea of playing in different systems. The back three were really good and Trevoh Chalobah in particular had an outstanding game. We've now had four clean sheets in our six group games and another one to follow on from Celtic in the Under-21s so that's good for our confidence because we've obviously been struggling in that area this season. 'I felt we probably deserved to win the game in the end. We were able to introduce the vibrancy of Jacob Maddox and Mason Mount in the second half and our performance in general was very good. Some of the players are really starting to put down a marker for the squad in the last-16 and that competition is great for us. 'I've been really pleased with the campaign overall. We've had a younger group this season and a tougher group; the fact that a team of Porto's calibre, who we haven't beaten over two games, have gone out tells you a lot. It was one of the most pleasing development games we've had all season today and, although we put this competition on the back-burner for now, we look forward to the knockout round in February.' Chelsea (3-4-2-1) Bradley Collins Joseph Colley Trevoh Chalobah Jake Clarke-Salter Isaac Christie-Davies Mukhtar Ali Charlie Wakefield Jay Dasilva (Dujon Sterling 60) Josimar Quintero Kasey Palmer (c) (Jacob Maddox h/t) (Mason Mount h/t) Ike Ugbo Unused subs - Nathan Baxter, Ali Suljic, Ruben Sammut, Miro Muheim Porto Diogo Costa, Fernando, Diogo Sousa, Jorge Fernandes, David Sualehe, Joao Cardoso (c), Bruno Costa (Luis Mata 67), Abou Oulam Ayoub (Rui Pires 77), Tony De Beatidi Djim (Sandro Fonseca 75), Moreto Cassama, Ruben Macedo Unused subs - Fabio Ferreira, Jose Teixeira, Generoso Correia, Idrisa Sambu Booked - Ayoub -- 當我漫遊在斯坦弗森林時，我看見了雀爾西，米爾斯的女兒，在傍晚初升的明月中，在泰晤士河旁一處林地空間上翩然舞蹈。所有痛苦的記憶都離開了我，我像落入迷離幻境中一般，因為雀爾西是伊露維塔兒女中最美的一位。她身上那襲藍色的衣裳宛如萬里無雲的晴空，她灰色的眼睛像是傍晚群星閃爍的天空；她的斗篷上繡著金色的花朵，她的頭髮漆黑如暮色中的陰影。她的榮光與美好，就像樹葉上的光芒，像是潺潺流水，像是這迷離世界上方閃爍的繁星；她臉上有閃亮的光輝。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 223.142.6.17 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Chelsea/M.1449664889.A.C33.html ※ 編輯: JamesCaesar (36.231.236.40), 07/22/2016 03:53:14

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