[情報] U21 - Chelsea 0 - 0 Man City
U21聯賽第三組第一輪精華
http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/2889926
UNDER 21 REPORT: CHELSEA 0 MANCHESTER CITY 0
Posted on: Fri 17 Aug 2012
== Summary ==
The Under 21s opened the new season with a good point against a talented
Manchester City side but, in truth, Dermot Drummy and his players will
feel they did enough to secure all three.
The Blues started slowly but soon began to get a foothold, with Billy
Clifford in particular impressing.
Patrick Bamford went close on a couple of occasions before the break,
while Denis Suarez was always a threat for the away side.
The second half was fairly even with a lack of clear-cut opportunities.
Clifford looked to have won it when he hit the bar in the closing minutes,
although Jamal Blackman made another good stop to prevent City from
executing a classic smash and grab right at the death.
== Team news ==
Manager Drummy named a strong starting line-up with a blend of youth and
experience for our first game of the season in the new, revamped Under 21s
league. Blackman started in goal, while Todd Kane skippered the side at
right-back. Nathaniel Chalobah, George Saville, Lucas Piazon and Clifford
all started, while Bamford was chosen to lead the line.
== First half ==
In what was a frenetic opening to the game, Manchester City were almost in
front inside three minutes. Denis Suarez, a young Spanish playmaker, split
the Blues defence with a lovely piece of skill, and it took a fantastic
Blackman save to deny Jordy Mayfuila who was on to it fastest.
The visitors looked far more composed in the opening exchanges, retaining
the ball well and looking dangerous with some slick passing.
Both Saville and Clifford attempted to utilise the threat of Kane down the
right-hand side as we looked to impose ourselves on the game, while Lewis
Baker almost picked out Bamford with a clever pass from the edge of the
penalty area.
We should have taken the lead in the 19th minute when Piazon dispossessed
Jeremy Helan, but as the ball ran into the path of Bamford, with only the
keeper to beat, his effort was tame and straight at Eirik Johansen.
While we were enjoying more possession, City, managed by the former
Sampdoria midfielder Attilio Lombardo, were a constant threat on the
break, and the relationship between Suarez and Mayfuila in the final third
was proving to be a major concern, particularly for Nathan Ake and Alex
Davey in the centre of defence.
It was Bamford who came closest to breaking the deadlock again just before
the half-hour mark, forcing a stunning save from Johansen following a neat
interchange between Chalobah and Piazon.
The Blues were beginning to take over, and shortly after it was Piazon's
turn to be denied, this time by a last-ditch block after some excellent,
determined play by Aziz Deen-Conteh down the left-hand side.
With the clock ticking down, Ake made a perfectly timed intervention
after a teasing cross from the left by Albert Rusnak, while Saville and
Suarez exchanged verbals following a fierce, albeit fair, tackle by the
Chelsea midfielder on the Spaniard.
== Second half ==
It was a cagey opening to the second spell, with neither side wishing to
give anything away.
Saville's tough tackling in the middle of the park was preventing City's
attacking midfielders from having any influence on proceedings, and it was
Clifford who had the first attempt of the half, firing narrowly wide from
outside the box.
Soon after, Blackman made a smart save low down to his left from a
powerful Rusnak drive, while it needed an intelligent block from the
impressive Clifford to prevent an Alex Henshall free-kick from troubling
our keeper.
With the Blues struggling to penetrate City's back-four, Drummy made our
first substitution of the night shortly after the hour, replacing Bamford,
who had endured a difficult evening, with our recently acquired Belgian,
Thorgan Hazard.
The substitute, with almost his first touch, floated a delightful ball
into the path of Piazon who had got behind the last defender, but the
Brazilian, who had instigated the move initially, was unable to bring the
ball under control, allowing it to run through to Johansen.
With his second switch of the game, Drummy introduced Ruben Loftus-Cheek
to the midfield in a bid to freshen things up, Chalobah the player making
way.
Hazard and Clifford then combined well on the edge of the penalty area as
we looked to strike the killer blow, but the substitutes' delivery was
turned behind for a corner by George Evans.
With 10 minutes left to play, the manager made our final substitution of
the night, introducing the fresh legs and pace of Alex Kiwomya at the
expense of Lewis Baker, the midfielder who had worked tirelessly all night.
Clifford appeared to have secured all three points in the closing minutes
when he ran on to a clever back-heel by Hazard, but as he lifted the ball
over the advancing Johansen, with the whole stadium expecting the net to
bulge, it bounced back off the bar and away to safety.
Sensing time was slipping away, the midfielder tried his luck again soon
after, this time from distance, but it was a comfortable save for Johansen.
City almost stole it with the last kick of the game, but Blackman ensured
a well-deserved point with a good save down to his right from Henshall.
Overall, Drummy was satisfied with the night's work, and saw enough
positives to take into our next game against Wolverhampton Wanderers in a
fortnight's time.
'It was a good game, we could have won it at the end, but I was
particularly pleased with the way our three midfielders rotated throughout
the game,' he said.
'Manchester City definitely started the game better, but I don't like to
give too many instructions, I think it's important for the players'
development that they work things out for themselves, which is what they
did in the end, so I was pleased.'
Chelsea (4-2-3-1):
Jamal Blackman
Todd Kane (c) Alex Davey Nathan Ake Aziz Deen-Conteh
Nathaniel Chalobah George Saville
(Ruben Loftus-Cheek 75)
Lewis Baker Billy Clifford Lucas Piazon
(Alex Kiwomya 80)
Patrick Bamford
(Thorgan Hazard 65)
Unused substitutes: Mitchell Beeney, John Swift.
Manchester City (4-2-3-1):
Eirik Johansen; Shay Facey, Kieran Kennedy, Reece Wabara, Jeremy Helan;
George Evans, Marco Lopes (Alex Henshall 56);
Adam Drury (Emyr Huws 75), Denis Suarez (c), Albert Rusnak;
Jordy Mayfuila (Harry Bunn 66).
Unused substitutes: Greg Leigh, Ian Lawlor.
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