作者JamesCaesar (首席百人队长)
看板Chelsea
标题[情报] 预备队 4-0 肆虐瓦特福德
时间Sat Sep 24 08:37:24 2005
http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=309643
Watford Reserves 0 Chelsea Reserves 4
Wednesday, Sep 21, 2005
Chelsea sent out a few big guns against Watford at Vicarage Road and
were rewarded with a convincing first reserve win of the season.
If a team containing Wayne Bridge, Glen Johnson, Robert Huth and
Carlton Cole didn’t look strong enough on paper, the late selection of
Shaun Wright-Phillips for a half of action made it four full internationals
supported by three current Under 21s. It was the most experienced reserve
side for a long, long time.
It was no surprise then to see Chelsea 3-0 up by the break with only a
squandered penalty preventing the margin being greater.
Amongst all the well-known names on display, it was pleasing to see 18
year-old Jimmy Smith open the scoring. Wright-Phillips had signalled his
intentions by almost seeking out Cole with a wicked cross before a minute
was even up and his delicate touch was crucial to the Smith strike, dabbing
a Cole pass into the path of the young midfielder who finished first time
across the goalkeeper.
That goal came with just six minutes gone and it only took two more
minutes to add a second. Cole was involved again, powering down the left
and leaving his marker for dead before picking out Wright-Phillips,
negligently left all alone to side-foot home.
At that point you feared for the goal net but Watford stemmed the tide
until a period of sustained pressure midway through the opening period was
ended by a high illegal challenge on Smith in the box.
Between Carlton Cole and a goal from the penalty spot stood James
Beasant, nephew of former Chelsea keeper Dave, the man responsible for the
most famous Cup Final penalty save in history.
Genetics can claim an assist. Cole’s spot-kick was too close to the
rookie keeper and he saved well.
At the back, the concentration levels were high with Diarra again
looking extremely comfortable in the Makelele role. But it was tough to
gauge the performance level of the defence in this game. Feeding off mere
scraps of possession, Watford failed to mount one serious attack.
Instead Glen Johnson found a way to impress at the other end. The
third goal was all about the right-back’s direct running, bursting between
two players and skipping behind a third before Watford’s Adam Griffiths
misjudged slide turned a low cross into the net with Cole ready to pounce.
Johnson’s running would cause problems again, as did Wright-Phillips’
crossing although his run-out was restricted to 45 minutes, James Simmonds
a second-half replacement. It didn’t take long for the 17 year-old to get
involved, working a crossing opportunity that Cole headed high and wide.
Cole looked dangerous throughout and deserved a goal. He went a lot
closer with a firm header after Keenan had curled a ball over from the left
and his reward finally came with 20 minutes to go.
Strong in winning an aerial ball, the England Under 21 international
chested and then unleashed a left-foot blast that Beasant failed to reach
at his near-post.
Huth had a chance for a headed fifth, meeting a Simmonds corner well
but his aim was awry.
Watford had played chase-the-ball nearly the whole game but on their
side were young legs and it is to their credit that there was no sign of
collapse in the final stages.
Amongst all the fun of a few goals for Chelsea, probably the biggest
plus to take from the game was Wayne Bridge still going at the end of 90
minutes, a few runs forward under his belt. First-team availability
approaches.
It is only fair to point out that Chelsea on the night faced a Watford
side packed full of teenagers. It’s a situation our reserve coach Mick
McGiven knows all too well, his teams having faced similar tough challenges
on many occasions in the recent past.
Chelsea: (4-3-3)
Lenny Pidgeley
Glen Johnson Steven Watt Robert Huth Wayne Bridge
Jimmy Smith (Phil Younghusband 87) Lassana Diarra Danny Hollands (capt)
Shaun Wright-Phillips (James Simmonds 45) Joe Keenan.
Carlton Cole
Watford:
Beasant, Homand, (McCoy 77), Mariappe, O’Toole, Griffiths, O’Cearuill,
Parkes, (Ferdinand 73), Gill, Grant (Robinson 45), Matthews Bardle.
by Paul Mason
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