[情報] U23 - Swansea City 2 - 0 Chelsea
U23聯賽第13輪精華
https://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2018/01/
pl2-report--swansea-v-chelsea.html
PL2 report: Swansea City 2 Chelsea 0
Sat 6 Jan 2018
Goals early and late in a well-matched contest proved the difference
between our development squad and their Welsh counterparts on a cold
afternoon in Swansea.
Adam King's strike inside 15 minutes handed the home side an advantage
they held for the remainder of the game, the midfielder finding the top
corner with a curling effort from outside the box. Isaac Christie-Davies
had two of our best opportunities but was denied by the home goalkeeper on
both occasions, while neither adjustments to our shape or personnel in the
second half could spark the comeback, with substitute Liam Cullen sealing
the points in stoppage time.
Joe Edwards made four changes from the side that concluded match action in
2017 with a 3-2 league victory against Manchester City, with both Marcin
Bulka and Jacob Maddox among the travelling party to Norwich with Antonio
Conte's first team squad, along with Dujon Sterling, Ethan Ampadu and
Callum Hudson-Odoi. Maddox's absence meant that Ruben Sammut, skippering
the side in central midfield, remained the only PL2 ever-present this
campaign.
James Russell started in goal behind a back three of Josh Grant, Richard
Nartey and Trevoh Chalobah, while Reece James and Cole Dasilva lined up in
the wing-back positions as Edwards opted for a 3-4-2-1 system. Kyle Scott
partnered Sammut in midfield, with Christie-Davies and Harvey St Clair
acting in support of Kylian Hazard in attack.
The visitors started brightly despite chilly conditions in South Wales,
buoyed by a run of three consecutive victories before the festive break
and eyeing three points that would take them level with the fifth-placed
Swans.
Making his first league start since September, Christie-Davies was
fashioned the first opportunity of the afternoon after just three minutes
following an intricate attacking move involving Hazard and St Clair. The
20-year-old was well-positioned to turn the ball towards the bottom corner
but his finish lacked the power and keeper Gregor Zabret gathered.
It proved our best chance of the opening half hour as the home side
gathered momentum in the contest. An attack down the right resulted in a
blocked shot from Aaron Lewis before Grant was forced to stoop low and
head clear a dangerous delivery from the opposite flank.
Swansea had claimed a 3-1 win at Aldershot in the previous meeting between
the sides back in October and repeated the trick of taking the lead with a
breakthrough goal after 14 minutes. Lewis made good progress advancing
from right-back and shifted the ball infield to King, whose sweeping
finish flew into the top far corner beyond Russell's despairing dive.
A patchy pitch was not the most conducive to slick passing football but
the Blues were compounding their struggles with sloppiness in possession
and a lack of purpose in moving forward. Nevertheless, their best chance
for an equaliser was carved out just after the half-hour mark as the
visitors kept alive St Clair's free-kick. The ball was returned into the
box and Christie-Davies latched on to it again, this time forcing an
impressive low stop from Zabret, who clawed it behind for a corner.
George Byers went close to doubling the advantage before the break,
capitalising on a weak clearance from Nartey, but his deflected strike
arrowed just wide before substitute Brandon Cooper fired a fierce effort
across the face of goal.
There was frustration for the visitors as they returned to the changing
room at the interval, though just a one-goal deficit kept them firmly in
the match. Scott brought a comfortable save from Zabret shortly after the
restart after a quick break led by Dasilva and Hazard before Swansea
thought they had scored again down the other end.
A floated corner from the left was spilled by Russell and palmed down into
the goalmouth, with the hosts claiming it had crossed the line, though the
officials were unmoved and our 30-year-old 'over-age' keeper was relieved.
Sammut and Nartey made important blocks before the latter made an even
better intervention, spotting the danger as a low corner was delivered
towards Kenji Gorre and throwing himself bravely in front of the forward's
shot.
Edwards made changes to the system and his playing options as the midway
point of the second period approached, introducing Luke McCormick and
Martell Taylor-Crossdale to add energy and threat. Chances to trouble
Zabret remained few and far between though, with Sammut rueful of missing
the target with a header from St Clair's flat corner.
St Clair then switched from provider to beneficiary, jinking into the box
from the left wing but failing to connect sufficiently to his strike,
allowing the keeper to gather with ease again. It was a recurring
frustration for Edwards's side, who had fashioned four presentable sights
at goal but lacked a clinical finish.
As the visitors pushed forward and increased their risk-taking, Swansea
capitalised with a second goal in stoppage time. Dasilva was beaten for
pace by Jordon Garrick down the right, who supplied a low centre for
Cullen to poke in from close range.
The defeat leaves the Blues eighth in the PL2 Division One table with
their next outing in the Checkatrade Trophy last-16 away at Portsmouth
next Tuesday 9 January.
Chelsea (3-4-2-1)
James Russell
Josh Grant Richard Nartey Trevoh Chalobah
Reece James Ruben Sammut (c) Kyle Scott Cole Dasilva
Isaac Christie-Davies Harvey St Clair
(Luke McCormick 56)
Kylian Hazard
(Martell Taylor-Crossdale 68)
Unused subs - Nicolas Tie, Joseph Colley
Booked - Nartey 74
Swansea City (4-2-3-1)
Gregor Zabret
Aaron Lewis Cian Harries Joe Rodon (c) Matic Paljk
(Brandon Cooper 19)
Jack Evans Adam King
Jordon Garrick George Byers Kenji Gorre
(Liam Cullen 84)
Botti Biabi
(Courtney Baker-Richardson 62)
Unused subs - Lewis Thomas, Adnan Maric
Scorers - King 14; Cullen 90+1
Booked - King 36; Harries 45+1; Lewis 59
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