Ten gamers aged 21 or youthful featured for Chelsea on this non-contest in west London.
Forwards Estevao Willian, Marc Guiu and Tyrique George will all keep in mind scoring their first Champions League aim whereas Reggie Walsh’s file because the youngest participant to play within the competitors, having simply turned 17 on Monday, might stand for a while after taking it from now-Tottenham striker Dominic Solanke.
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Enzo Maresca’s use of his gamers, with Josh Acheampong, Jorrel Hato, Romeo Lavia, Jamie Gittens and Facundo Buonanotte additionally being both 21 or youthful, could have delighted the hierarchy at Stamford Bridge.
The one shock was not seeing 16-year-old winger Ryan Kavuma-McQueen make his debut having made a senior matchday squad for the primary time.
Chelsea haven’t used a participant over 30 because the starting of final season.
And this group choice and outing could have delighted the sporting administrators and house owners, who entered the dressing room once more after the match, simply as they do after each sport whatever the end result.
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They’ve purposely constructed the youngest group within the Premier League, which can be among the many youngest in Europe’s high 5 leagues, with a view to seeing them develop collectively and sometime problem for main honours.
It’s a mannequin akin to the one which Ajax, one of many nice expertise factories in European soccer, have been famed for.
Nonetheless, the Amsterdam membership look in disarray and are a shell of Erik ten Hag’s group that drew 4-4 at Stamford Bridge with 9 males in 2019, with their greatest academy product, Hato, having been poached by the Blues in the summertime.