[情報] 足球聯盟盃 - Swindon Town 2 - 3 Chelsea
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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/08/06/
efl-trophy-report--swindon-v-chelsea
EFL Trophy report: Swindon 2 Chelsea 3
06 Aug 2019
Our development squad's season started with an excellent victory in the
EFL Trophy, Charlie Brown netting a second-half winner during a pulsating
evening at the County Ground.
https://i.imgur.com/TNFcnZX.jpg
Tino Anjorin rewarded a lively Blues start with two goals inside the
opening 16 minutes in Swindon, both calm, side-footed finishes.
The Robins reduced the arrears immediately with a header, and it was their
physicality from set-pieces that was most threatening to Andy Myers'
youngsters. They might have equalised before half-time, Jamie Cumming
making one especially good stop, but they did soon after the interval
through a fine long-distance effort.
The crucial fifth goal, on the hour, went Chelsea's way. Charlie Brown,
who scored here last year, fired into the roof of the net from Billy
Gilmour's astute pass. Plenty more chances came and went in a
helter-skelter encounter, but the Blues held firm to pick up three points
at the beginning of their EFL Trophy campaign.
The league season starts at Derby next Monday.
Myers named the same XI that featured from the off in the final pre-season
friendly at Rangers on Friday, six of whom were in the team when the sides
met almost exactly a year ago. Cumming, third-choice keeper for the senior
team, was between the posts, and Brown led the line having scored twice
here in August 2018.
https://i.imgur.com/ifSBq1v.jpg
It was the young man supporting him in attack who had two goals to his
name early on this evening. Indeed Anjorin might have opened the scoring
before he did: Tariqs Uwakwe and Lamptey combined superbly down the right
and the latter's inviting centre missed Brown but not Anjorin, who could
only prod wide.
He made no such mistake a couple of minutes later. This time Billy Gilmour
provided the supply line, curling a lovely pass behind the Robins'
centre-backs. Brown latched on to it and though his attempt was saved, the
rebound fell to Anjorin. From 18 yards, and with the goalkeeper out of
position, he kept his composure, firmly passing the ball into the net
beyond a couple of defenders who had retreated onto the line.
https://i.imgur.com/Qv4b8KU.jpg
Anjorin slots home our first from the edge of the box
He repeated the trick on 16 minutes, from much closer in. It was neat
combination play between Ian Maatsen and Juan Castillo down our left that
created the opening, and the former cut the ball back to Anjorin, who
gobbled up the chance from six yards out.
The goals were just reward for an excellent Chelsea start full of poise
and passing, but our advantage was almost immediately halved. Michael
Doughty, Swindon's captain, swung over a free-kick which imposing
centre-back Daniel Ballard powered home with his head.
We were further disrupted when George McEachran suffered an injury. He was
replaced by Marcel Lavinier. Myers had to reshuffle his pack, moving
Anjorin into central midfield, pushing Uwakwe up front, and playing the
new man Lavinier wide right.
It didn't initially disrupt our rhythm, though. A succession of promising
counter-attacks followed, and only the final pass or touch stopped us
creating further clear chances.
Towards the end of the half, Swindon grew into the game and should have
levelled. Cumming had already kept out a fierce Lloyd Isgrove effort when
Toumani Diagouraga headed over from close range. Again a set-piece had
troubled us.
In the 41st minute, Cumming magnificently denied Isgrove who had skipped
beyond our backline only to be thwarted at the last. Most of the ground
thought the ball was in the net, and from the resulting corner it nearly
was again, but somehow a low centre evaded everyone in the six-yard box.
https://i.imgur.com/5JoBcw3.jpg
Jamie Cumming made a couple of top saves
So half-time came at a good time for Myers and his team. But when play
restarted, the Robins soon did get back on level terms. A deep free-kick
was headed away as far as Adam May, who drilled a superb volley into the
bottom left-hand corner from a good 20 yards out.
Chelsea responded well and nearly went back in front through Anjorin, who
was kept out by Luke McCormick at his near post. As play continued to
bounce from end to end, Swindon's Keshi Anderson headed over.
On 55 minutes, Anjorin was replaced by Jack Wakely. Mola moved into
midfield. Five minutes later, the Blues were back in front! Brown
collected Gilmour's clever pass inside the box, and thrashed his finish
high past McCormick into the roof of the net.
https://i.imgur.com/4O1YqZq.jpg
Charlie Brown celebrates his winner in front of the Chelsea fans present
The keeper did have an answer to Uwakwe's left-footed shot on the turn
following good work down the right by Lavinier.
There was no let up! Back Swindon came, with Anderson bending goalwards
from distance, and Cumming somehow matching the shot with a fine fingertip
save. Gilmour curled a free-kick into McCormick's arms and Kaiyne Woolery
did similar down the other end as Swindon went for broke.
Their sub Jermaine McGlashan had looked lively since his introduction, and
he wriggled into the box with 10 minutes left but again Cumming was well
placed to save. The Blues were digging deep and battling hard against
their more experienced opponents.
Seventeen-year-old Marcel Lewis was introduced for his debut at this level
with not long left on the clock. We had to deal with a couple more corners
but, aside from those, managed to close the game out with no more scares,
securing an impressive three points in the process.
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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/08/07/
efl-trophy-reaction--andy-myers-on-his-team-stepping-up-to-the-s
EFL Trophy reaction: Andy Myers on his team stepping up to the senior
challenge
07 Aug 2019
The manner in which his team battled to secure victory at Swindon Town in
the EFL Trophy yesterday delighted Andy Myers, who was overseeing his
first match in charge of our development squad.
https://i.imgur.com/oVZEBUC.jpg
The young Blues raced into a 2-0 lead at the County Ground courtesy of a
Tino Anjorin brace. Swindon hit back with two goals of their own and the
entertaining fixture was in the balance before Charlie Brown emphatically
finished on the hour to send the three points back to London.
Assessing his team's performance afterwards, Myers praised the quality
they displayed in possession and their determination without the ball
against opponents who were generally much older and bigger.
'To start the season with a win is really important for team morale,'
Myers said. 'It was deserved. We took control of the game and played some
really good stuff at the start. Then the boys really dug deep towards the
back end of the game. We showed some really good quality throughout the
game.
'In the last two years in this competition we have done really well as a
club. Nobody wants to lose a game when it kicks off and you could see that
in the way Swindon changed their gameplan. We had to step up to that test.
'When you look at these players and how young they are, we're saying their
next step could be loan football and senior football,' added Myers.
'These games are great preparation for that. People talk about the 'real
game'; the real game is how it is in what level you're playing. You could
see we are not used to certain things, balls into the box, but we had to
dig deep for second balls. There is room for improvement and they can see
what they need to for the next step.'
The Blues headed into the first game off the back of an excellent summer
which included victories over Newport County and Swansea and, most
recently, a well-earned draw with an experienced Rangers outfit.
Myers identified the progress made in pre-season as key, and said it
served as good preparation for the start of the competitive action. He
noted his players' ability to adapt to different positions, such as when
Anjorin dropped into midfield following George McEachran's early injury at
the County Ground.
'We have been working on our intensity in pre-season and I'm very pleased
with the levels we showed,' Myers enthused.
'I learned a lot about individuals and character [against Swindon], but
saying that I learned a lot from them in pre-season. I've never doubted
the way they are, you can see the character of these boys. It's the
culture we are setting in the club.
'Everyone is aware of their roles and responsibilities. It's not by luck
someone steps in and knows what is going on. It's something we worked on
in pre-season. They pay attention and there is a lot of detail in it.
'They are very assertive to what they need to do. It's important when you
have a group of players everybody isn't just looking after themselves;
they're looking at what's best for the team, and I have a group of players
who see that.'
Chelsea (4-4-1-1):
Jamie Cumming
Tariq Lamptey Marc Guehi (c) Clinton Mola Ian Maatsen
Tariq Uwakwe Billy Gilmour George McEachran Juan Castillo
(Marcel Lewis 83) (Marcel Lavinier 22)
Tino Anjorin
(Jack Wakely 55)
Charlie Brown
Unused subs - Karlo Ziger, Armando Broja, Henry Lawrence.
Scorers - Anjorin 12, 16, C. Brown 60
Booked - Uwakwe 76
Swindon:
Luke McCormick, Tyler Reid, Dan Ballard, Tom Broadbent, Rob Hunt,
Ellis Iandolo (Jerry Yates h/t), Adam May, Michael Doughty (c),
Toumani Diagouraga, Keshi Anderson (Kaiyne Woolery 68),
Lloyd Isgrove (Jermaine McGlashan 68).
Unused subs - Will Henry, Taylor Curran, Ralph Graham, Scott Twine.
Scorers - Ballard 18, May 47
Booked - Hunt 29, Reid 64, Diagouraga 90+3
Referee - Alan Young
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You believe in power. It's mental power.
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