http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=324639
West Ham United Youth 2 Chelsea Youth 1
Sunday, Nov 13, 2005
A good second-half performance fired by substitute James Simmonds
failed to get Chelsea a result after a lacklustre first-half. Chelsea came
into the match on the back of two draws, and found themselves two down to
West Ham after 15 minutes. To be fair the goals were screamers, shots from
30 yards and 25, but coach Brendan Rodgers wasn’t happy.
“The performance was very poor in the first-half. It was everything
we haven’t been up until now. Defensively we had no pressure, no
aggression, we sat too deep. Offensively there was no quality in our
passing, we weren’t clever enough on the ball.”
Yet it should have been 2-1 at half-time when, with just a couple of
minutes to go to the interval, schoolboy Nano Ofori won a race with the
Hammers goalkeeper for the ball and was brought down. However, Scott
Sinclair’s penalty was saved. It was Chelsea’s second penalty miss in a
row, the second in five games.
At half-time, attacking midfielder Simmonds, who has been struggling
with a knee injury, was sent on. “He was the spark,” said Brendan, “he
provided much needed penetration.”
Jack Watkins got a goal back midway through the half, cutting inside
from the left and firing under the keeper for his second goal of the
season. But the equaliser would not come.
“I was proud of the second-half performance,” Brendan said, “and
how they kept themselves in the game. The last three performances have
been okay, that’s all, and it’s important now to go back to doing what
we do very well. It will be good test of that next week against Arsenal.”
Dean Furman suffered Chelsea’s only yellow card. Left-back Ryan
Bertrand and striker Shaun Cummings were still both missing with mumps.
Team (4-3-3)
Hamann
Hutchinson Worley Mancienne Furman
Fernandes (Simmonds) Bridcutt Grant
Ofori (Saarelma) Watkins Sinclair
CHELSEA YOUTH ON RECORD
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Appearances 12
Sinclair 12, Furman 11, Hutchinson 11, Bertrand 10,
Worley 9+1, Cork 9, Watkins 8+4, Cummings 8+2,
Bridcutt 7+4, Simmonds 7+2, Fernandes 7+1, Mancienne 6,
Hamann 5, Russell 5, Grant 4, J Younghusband 4,
Ofori 2+1, Taylor 2, Saarelma 1+6, Sawyer 1+1, Elmer 1, J Smith 1, Tillen 1,
F Ferreira 0+1, Gradolielski 0+1, Ogbuagu 0+1, Saville 0+1.
Goals 16
Sinclair 7, Cummings 2, Watkins 2,
Bridcutt 1, Furman 1, Grant 1, Worley 1, og 1.
Penalties won 2
Hutchinson 1, Ofori 1.
Woodwork 7
Furman 1, Saarelma 1, Sawyer 1, Simmonds 1, Sinclair 1, J Smith 1, Watkins 1.
Bookings 6
Furman 2, Sawyer 1, Taylor 1, Worley 1, J Younghusband 1.
by Neil Barnett
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