Tuesday 23 March 2010

FA Youth Cup Semi Final - Chelsea 4-0 Blackburn PHOTOS

Chelsea's Under 18's comfortably secured their place in the FA Youth Cup final for the second time in three years with last night's 4-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers at Stamford Bridge following on from a 1-0 victory at Ewood Park a week ago.

My full gallery of pictures can be seen here; but first of all, scroll down for a few highlights from what turned out to be an exceptional performance from 1 to 11.


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Right from the start, Chelsea looked up for the battle. Kaby's attacking flair and defensive hard work typified the whole teams performance on the night.

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Captain Connor Clifford showed early determination before injury got the better of him and and saw him substituted.

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Marco Mitrovic begins his celebrations as he knocks the first goal home on the half hour

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Jacapo Sala was first to congratulate Mitrovic. Sala would be celebrating his own goal within four minutes of the opener.

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This looks like it's going to hurt!

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Milan Lalkovic, an early sub for Connor Clifford made the most of lots of good ball down the right wing.

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Gokhan Toure makes the game absolutely safe with the night's third goal...

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... turning sharply to make space in the box before striking past Swann in the Blackburn Goal.

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Celebrations at the final whistle amongst the ball boys as the stadium enjoys the team's success.



To see much more of last night's excellent performance, click here to view the full night's slideshow.

The most comprehensive report of the night's action is always on www.cfcnet.co.uk. Read last nights by clicking here. I'd also highly recommend following the report's author, Philip Rolfe on twitter for the best, most in-depth coverage of Chelsea at Youth and Reserve level that you could ever wish for.

Finally, don't forget to follow me on twitter

1 comment:

  1. Excellent pics as always. Gives me a great companion as I keep up with the match reports across the pond. Thanks!

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