[情報] U18 - Chelsea 1 - 0 Aston Villa
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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/08/31/
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Under-18s report: Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 0
31 Aug 2019
The Under-18s continued our excellent start to the season at Academy level
by getting a fourth win in as many matches, defeating Aston Villa thanks
to a solitary fist-half goal scored by Armando Broja.
https://i.imgur.com/KYHMfah.jpg
In an evenly matched encounter at Cobham, with plenty of open spells at
both ends of the pitch, the points were decided when Broja extended his
prolific run of form in front of goal during the early stages of this
campaign.
It was a goal largely of the striker's own making, as he picked up the
ball just inside the penalty area on the left-hand side and rode the
challenges of the Villa defenders as he carried possession across goal
waiting for his opportunity, before sliding the ball past the goalkeeper
to give us the lead and, eventually, the win.
Ed Brand made two changes from the 1-0 win over Southampton in the
previous match, with Dynel Simeu dropping out, meaning Levi Colwill moved
into the back three alongside skipper Sam McClelland and Bashir Humphreys,
while Jake Askew retained his place in goal.
In midfield, Valentino Livramento moved back to the right side with James
Clark coming in on the left and Lewis Bate partnered in the centre by
Pierre Ekwah Elimby, as Henry Lawrence featured from the start for the
development squad the previous evening.
The front three remained the same from the Southampton game, with Armando
Broja supported by Marcel Lewis and Dion Rankine, despite Broja and Lewis
both making late substitute appearances in the Premier League 2 on Friday.
The first sight of goal fell to the visitors, as some slick passing
released Kaine Kesler down the right and his looping cross was brought
down by Harrison Sohna, but he couldn't control the shot and it was never
troubling Askew.
However, we soon started our first spell of dominance, with several
crosses flashing through the Aston Villa penalty area but frustratingly
not finding a blue shirt.
The frustration continued as Broja was flagged offside twice in quick
succession when he looked like he'd been set through on goal, but Villa's
Jaden Philogene-Bidace suffered the same fate when he thought he had
evaded the clutches of McClelland to get on the end of a long ball over
the top.
Rankine and Bate were both starting to cause the Villa defenders plenty of
problems, jinking their way through defenders, but it was Broja who opened
the scoring as the match approached the 20-minute mark.
The striker picked up the ball and glided past the Villa challenges in the
box as he came in from the left-hand side, patiently waiting for his
shooting chance before placing the ball past goalkeeper Akos Onodi.
It was a bitter blow for the visitors, who had come agonisingly close to
getting the first goal themselves just moments earlier, but Aaron Ramsey's
rolled finish didn't have enough power on it, allowing Colwill to
comfortably retrieve the ball and start a counter-attack despite Askew
being beaten after getting to the long ball second.
https://i.imgur.com/vEPRC7R.jpg
Armando Broja opens the scoring
In the 25th minute it was Chelsea's turn to have a shot cleared off the
line. Livramento drove towards goal at the end of an excellent
counter-attack also involving Broja and Humphreys, but the keeper got a
hand to his near-post finish, taking the pace off it and giving the
defender Mo Sylla a chance to slide the ball away from goal at the last
second.
There was bad news as Brand was forced to make his first change just shy
of half-an-hour into the game, as Lewis was unable to shake off an earlier
knock despite lengthy treatment, meaning he needed to be replaced by
Xavier Simons.
Rankine's direct running was continuing to cause plenty of issues for the
Villa defence, testing the keeper with a curling effort at the near post,
after driving at the back line and taking on a shot from just outside the
box.
It didn't take Simons long to come close to getting his name on the score
sheet, getting on the end of Clark's low cross at the back post, but his
shot was blocked by a combination of goalkeeper and two defenders in a
crowded six-yard box.
The Villa defending was starting to look a bit desperate as we approached
the break, needing big blocks to stop shots from the edge of the box by
Simons and Broja.
Despite enjoying arguably our best spell of possession so far, the only
chance we managed to create before the break was a looping Broja header,
which was comfortably dealt with by the goalkeeper.
Chelsea kicked off the second half and went on the offensive right away,
with Rankine being denied at the near post from close range before the
defenders scrambled the ball behind for a corner.
However, Villa were showing a threat of their own, using their abundance
of pace in attacking position to launch dangerous counters with long balls
forward at every opportunity.
That approach almost gave them an equaliser, as Kesler ran at the Chelsea
defence and skipped over three challenges, but Askew was a match for his
powerful finish, beating the ball away to maintain our lead.
https://i.imgur.com/r7SQ6ee.jpg
Dion Rankine
There was a moment of controversy in the Villa box, when Clark fell to the
floor as he charged across goal, following an excellent passing move
between him and Rankine on the left, but the referee decided he had gone
to ground too easily and issued the Chelsea man the game's first yellow
card. He was joined in the book by Villa's Hayden Lindley less than a
minute later for a cynical foul on Bate.
Rankine then went closer than anyone to getting the second goal, again
taking on the defenders as he cut in from the wing before taking on the
shot, but his deflected effort came back off the near post with the keeper
beaten.
The was soon followed by Simons going close to extending our lead twice in
quick succession, but he couldn't find the target when teed up by
Livramento just inside the box or when racing on to Ekwah Elimby's headed
interception under pressure from the defender.
Broja was next to test the goalkeeper, following more good work by
Rankine. When two Villa players got in each other's way trying to get on
the end of a dangerous looking corner, Rankine picked up the ball and
charged forward, before finding Broja's run with an excellent chipped
pass, but Onodi managed to tip away his low shot from an angle and
scramble across to smother the rebound as Clark looked set to pounce.
With the game opening up, Brand chose to use both his two remaining
substitutions to make a reshuffle. Ekwah Elimby was replaced by George
Nunn, who took up a position behind the striker with Simons dropping back
into midfield. The other change saw Clark replaced by Joe Haigh, who also
slotted in as support for Broja, as Rankine moved out to the right and
Colwill to the left, while Livramento joined the back three.
https://i.imgur.com/seJhLwE.jpg
Sam McClelland
It certainly seemed to make a difference, as we enjoyed a healthy period
of possession over the next 10 minutes, with Broja, Nunn and Haigh all
trying to make the most of half chances in the box.
Simons had the goalkeeper at full stretch with eight minutes left on the
clock, taking the invitation to drive out of midfield and let rip from
distance, but his stinging low shot was tipped narrowly around the
left-hand post.
There was a let-off for Chelsea though, as Pressley wasted an excellent
chance by firing over after getting free to meet a low cross when
McClelland slipped in the box.
Villa started to increase the pressure as they threw bodies forward in the
closing stages, making a double substitution of their own to increase
their attacking numbers, but on the rare occasions they did manage to
create an opening, Askew was more than equal to it.
That meant we left the pitch at Cobham with a fourth victory from our
opening four games in the Under-18 Premier League South, in addition to
picking up a well deserved second consecutive clean sheet.
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Under-18s reaction: Ed Brand sees lessons to be learned despite perfect start
01 Sep 2019
Our Under-18s maintained their 100 per cent record so far this season with
a win over Aston Villa, but Ed Brand feels his team needs to learn from a
tough second half if they are to continue extending that run.
https://i.imgur.com/EClKgVs.jpg
The 1-0 victory over the Villans was our fourth win in as many games at
Under-18s level this season, but we didn't have things all our own way at
Cobham, as we had to hold on to our narrow lead with tired legs in the
closing stages, a situation Brand thinks was avoidable, even if he was
happy with much of the performance.
'On the whole I'm very pleased,' he said. 'I stressed that to the boys. We
break for the international week now and I was conscious, because of the
manner of the game and how it ended, with Villa coming on strong late on,
that I didn't want it to feel like a defeat.
'It looked like we were clinging on a little bit towards the end, because
for the first hour or so I thought we were excellent and the game should
have been out of sight. But it's becoming a common theme at the moment
that we're dominant, playing really well, but not taking chances and
eventually that's going to come back and haunt us. But this time luckily
it didn't, we got another three points and four wins out of four is an
encouraging start.'
However, those challenging final stages of the match were no surprise to
Brand, who was expecting fatigue to play a part in the game after putting
his players through a gruelling regime in the build-up to this match
'We rode our luck a little bit in the second half. In the first half we
were good without the ball, but in the second half we tired a little bit.
I knew that was going to be the case. It's been a tough week for the boys,
deliberately so, because you've got to challenge them, not only
technically and tactically, but physically they need to get more robust.
https://i.imgur.com/kKb7NDJ.jpg
Armando Broja on the ball against Aston Villa
'In the first half Villa didn't pose much threat and I was quite happy
with us, then we tired and the game got stretched. But that's why we need
to take our chances when we are on top and we had to be better with the
ball in the last 20 minutes too. When you're tired you have to look after
the ball, start taking it side to side and just keep it a little bit more
to control the game. We didn't do that well enough and that's a lesson
they'll learn.'
The desire of the players was also in evidence, with both Armando Broja
and Marcel Lewis starting the match despite being involved with the
development squad the previous evening, coming off the bench late on in
the 2-2 draw with Tottenham in Aldershot.
'They didn't play for too long last night and both of those lads, Armando
and Marcel, are fit boys. So it's not an issue for them going Friday and
then Saturday, especially when they only got five or 10 minutes the
previous night. They were very keen and eager to play and start against
Villa, and Armando got our goal again, continuing his streak.
'But I also thought Sam McClelland was very good at centre-half and Dion
Rankine put a real shift in, especially in the first half. He was a real
livewire and a constant threat.'
Chelsea (3-4-2-1):
Jake Askew
Bashir Humphreys Sam McClelland (c) Levi Colwill
Valentino Livramento Ekwah Elimby Lewis Bate James Clark
(George Nunn 72) (Joe Haigh 72)
Marcel Lewis Dion Rankine
(Xavier Simons 29) Armando Broja
Unused subs - Charlie Wiggett, Lucas Bergstrom
Scorer - Broja 18
Booked - Clark 57
Aston Villa (4-2-3-1):
Akos Onodi
Brad Burton Mo Sylla Myles Sohna Seb Revan
(Paul Appiah 65)
Hayden Lindley Harrison Sohna
Kaine Kesler Aaron Ramsey Jaden Philogene-Bidace
(Brad Young 79) (Charlie Farr 79)
Aaron Pressley
Unused subs - Argan Raikhy, Filip Marschall
Booked - Lindley 58, Burton 79
- Match pictures courtesy of Mark Sandom
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