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http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=238326
Southampton Reserves 2 Chelsea Reserves 0
Tuesday, Nov 16, 2004
Chelsea’s second string have fallen to a third consecutive defeat but after a
disastrous, confidence-sapping opening to the game, young players showed
backbone to take the second-half fight to an experienced Southampton side.
Even by the standards of recent Chelsea reserve sides it was a particularly
fresh-faced team that took to the pitch at St Mary’s, especially in attack
where two 17 year-olds and an 18 year-old were selected.
With Filipe Oliveira and Nuno Morais away on Under 21 international duty and
Lenny Pidgeley recovering from illness, striker Philip Younghusband made his
first start at this level and there were recalls for goalkeeper Yves Ma
Kalambay and centre-back Adrian Pettigrew.
First-year scholar James Simmonds came in for Jimmy Smith and nine of the side
are eligible to play for Chelsea’s youth team.
An experienced Southampton side contained Matthew Oakley, David Prutton,
Yoann Folly, Leandre Griffit, Peter Crouch and Leon Best, all of whom have seen
first team action.
Given the age balance of the game, a bad start was the last thing Chelsea
needed and starts don’t get much worse than this one!
Chelsea kicked-off but immediately lost possession. Beanpole centre-forward
Crouch is not the type of player to leave unmarked when a cross comes in but
that was his luxury with only 18 seconds on the clock leaving him to head in
Griffit’s ball with Ma Kalambay motionless.
The second goal came just seven minutes later! A Ma Kalambay long throw-out
failed to find a blue shirt and when the ball came back in, Leon Best headed on
and Crouch hooked over the equally giant keeper whose hand on the ball was not
enough to divert it from the target.
At this stage there were justifiable fears for Mick McGiven’s youngsters but
they managed to stem the tide as the half progressed, enjoying spells of
possession and having the next chance.
On 27 minutes Southampton dealt badly with a Joe Tillen corner and after spot
of pinball around the area, Tillen was given an opportunity to shoot, forcing
keeper Michael Poke to toe-poke away from just inside his post.
It was Joe Tillen who enjoyed Chelsea’s second shot of the half with a 30 yard
free-kick that had Poke stretching as it cleared the bar by a yard.
Crouch was denied a first-half hat-trick in the last minute before the break
when after turning inside Anthony Grant he attempted to lift the ball over Ma
Kalambay. This time the Belgian keeper had enough inches to catch.
After a couple of minutes of the second-half there was an early Chelsea switch
with Smith replacing Simmonds who had taken a knock just before the interval.
A first-time shot from Smith drew the first save of the half, followed by Joe
Tillen blazing an effort past the near-post. Chelsea were becoming the brighter
side.
There was another Chelsea change just past the hour, Ed Brand taking over at
right-back from Dean Smith for his first reserve action of the season. Soon
after James Younghusband came on for Michele Gallaccio giving Chelsea the rare
sight of two sets of brothers on the pitch.
An excellent Joe Tillen curling cross found Phil Younghusband unmarked on 68
minutes but his header was straight at Poke and a shot from same player four
minutes later went high and wide from a tight angle. An injury soon after left
him a passenger for the remainder of the game with all subs used.
The half-chances kept coming, Danny Hollands diverting wide at the far-post
after a Joe Tillen free-kick was headed across goal by Pettigrew. Tillen’s
next involvement was a booking for dissent, joining Grant and Steven Watt in
the referee’s notebook.
In injury time Ma Kalambay dropped down low to tip a shot from Andrew Surman
wide. A goal for Southampton then would have been an unfair reflection on the
second-half.
As has been the case for much of the season, Chelsea failed to find the cutting
edge needed to recover from going behind but credit is due for the character
and composure shown in mounting an against-all-odds attempted fight-back.
Chelsea:
Yves Ma-Kalambay; Dean Smith (Ed Brand), Adrian Pettigrew, Steven Watt,
Sam Tillen; James Simmonds (Jimmy Smith), Anthony Grant, Danny Hollands (Capt);
Philip Younghusband, Michele Gallaccio (James Younghusband), Joe Tillen.
Southampton:
Poke, Anaclet (Surman), Wallis-Taylor, Prutton, Rudd, Yahia (Gillett), Folly,
Crouch, Best (McGoldrick), Oakley, Griffit.
by Paul Mason
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預備隊還是.......第二球實在是 >"<
btw 隊中是有兄弟檔嗎??? Sam & Joe Tillen?
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