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Chelsea Reserves 0 Coventry Reserves 0
Monday, Oct 11, 2004
Mick McGiven’s young reserve team produced their most accomplished
football at home this season, creating the highest number chances since
their 5-1 drubbing of West Ham. Yet for the third game-in-a-row the touch
that would have brought a confidence-boosting goal could not be found.
It was a shame that an Aldershot night containing some good individual
performances could not be capped with a win but there were encouraging
signs of improvement and a greater understanding about a team that began
with three changes since the last outing.
Yves Ma Kalambay took over in goal from Lenny Pidgeley while in
midfield, Anthony Grant replaced Nuno Morais who was away with Portugal
Under 21s.
Looking to solve the attacking impotence of late and without regular
Filipe Oliveira (also on Under 21 duty), Danny Woodards was mostly a lone
central striker with Michele Gallaccio and Joe Tillen pushing forward
quickly on the flanks when Chelsea had possession. It was a tactic that
worked well as good crossfield passing found the widemen early and in
space.
From such play Coventry were forced into the first save of the game
after five minutes as Danny Hollands held off Neil Wood. He got a shot
away which Scott Shearer had to sprawl full length to stop. Neat work
from Joe Tillen and Woodards had opened up the defence for Hollands.
Then Chelsea went even closer ten minutes later, Gallaccio cutting in
from the right and hitting the post from a tight angle. On the opposite
flank the Coventry defence was outstripped by Joe Tillen whose ball across
the area found Jimmy Smith, his shot blocked by a defender.
It was pretty much one-way traffic and when Chelsea were forced into a
piece of hurried defending, it proved to be an excellent one, Steven
Watt’s last-ditch tackle in the area thwarting Craig Reid as he was
lining up to shoot.
Chelsea continued to look good in their approach work, Joe Tillen again
given the run of the left-side to set up Woodards who with a lot of the
goal to aim at, struck the keeper’s legs.
In the ten minutes before the break however, matters turned against
Chelsea somewhat. First Woodards was booked for a late tackle and then
worse was to come when 16 year-old prospect Michael Mancienne was
stretchered off with a damaged ankle after a collision, Adrian Pettigrew
was his natural replacement.
In injury-time Yves Ma Kalambay had to tip a shot from Eddie Johnson
around the post.
So the second-half began with the game still scoreless although
Chelsea believed they were robbed of a chance to change that just a minute
in when a huge appeal for handball in the area was turned down.
After a long spell of possession Jimmy Smith tried his luck from
distance and was not too far off-target and then midway through the half,
Gallaccio floated a ball to the far post where Hollands volleyed into the
side-netting. By this stage the side was last season’s youth team give or
take two or three players so a good level of understanding was no surprise.
Coventry even survived complete pandemonium in their area after Smith
had intercepted a poor clearance from the keeper. Woodards battled through
a challenge and then cracked the ball across goal where Gallaccio,
stretching, just missed applying that elusive final touch.
With 15 minutes remaining Ma Kalambay was called into rare action,
saving well at the feet of Johnson and then it was all back down the other
end once more where some lovely play by Jimmy Smith set-up an unmarked
Woodards with a header. Agonisingly, his effort looped wide.
Both teams looked to be tiring as the game reached its conclusion and
in the dying moments, captain Hollands tried his luck from 50 yards with
the keeper off his line. Sadly, the attempt was too high. What a moment of
relief that would have been!
Instead Chelsea Reserves will have work longer for their reward
although on this performance it will surely come soon. Next up, Fulham
away.
Chelsea:
Yves Ma Kalambay;
Dean Smith, Michael Mancienne (Adrian Pettigrew), Steven Watt, Sam Tillen;
Jimmy Smith, Anthony Grant, Danny Hollands;
Michelle Gallaccio (James Younghusband), Danny Woodards,
Joe Tillen (Philip Younghusband).
Coventry:
Shearer, Hall, Giddings, Deloumeaux (Nicell), Leacock, Whing, Barry, Wood,
Johnson, Reid, Thornton.
by Paul Mason
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