Academy Continue their Fine Winning Start


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By 41 Years A Blue
September 11 2006

The Academy continued their fine start to the season with a hard fought 2-1 victory over Cardiff City at Cobham on Saturday.

Due to reserve team call-ups for tonights game at Charlton (LIVE updates on the message board from 7pm), the team was completely re-shuffled.

James Russell played in goal, Tom Taiwo is still injured, Jonas Elmer stepped down from the reserves and scored his first goal in the Chelsea Blue, the back four was a new line up: Ofori-Twamasi, Worley, Bridcutt and Elmer.

Fernandes came off after five minutes with a hip injury and was replaced by Football Icon winner Sam Hurrell, who went to left-back pushing Elmer into left midfield and five minutes from time, Lee Sawyer was sent-off for fighting.

Superstar in the making 17 yr old Israeli Youth International Ben Sahar came off the bench to score his third goal and Chelsea's second goal in as many youth games.

Coach Ruud Kaiser said "I put on Ben Sahar because we needed him. He started on the right with Miroslav Stoch on the left, but we weren’t winning, so with a quarter of an hour to go I put Ben as striker, Shaun Cummings on the right and Miroslav on the left. Two minutes later we scored.

"Miroslav did a great dribble but lost the ball, but there was great pressure from him, Ben and Sergio, and Sergio blocked the clearance which went to Ben and he scored easily. Afterwards we controlled the game."

In Kaiser's post match analysis, he said "We have to score the second goal earlier when we are playing like that. Every team will get a chance in a game, and sometimes like Cardiff they will score. But I was very pleased with the way we kept going. It showed good character."

Team:

(4-2-1-3) Russell; Ofori-Twamasi, Worley, Bridcutt (c), Elmer; Fernandes (Hurrell 5), Sawyer (sent off 84); Tejera; Stoch, Cummings, Saarelma (Sahar 60).

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