Before Tuesday night’s League Cup outing, Oriol Romeu had not featured in a Chelsea shirt since April, when he was in the team which played away to Arsenal. He was absent from the club’s pre-season stateside and the only real indication he still existed before this midweek was a token place amongst the substitutes in the odd game so far this season. Yet on the day after celebrating his 21st…
Chelsea’s Under-21 side twice came from behind to secure a well-deserved draw away to Crystal Palace on Monday night. The unfamiliar sight of George Saville finding the back of the net was odd in the first instance, but he repeated the feat in the second half to prevent the hosts from taking all three points and ensure the match finished 2-2. Blues supporters had keenly anticipated the night’s team news…
The Belgians are good. Kevin De Bruyne scored for the second successive week for Werder Bremen in Germany whilst Romelu Lukaku helped keep up the momentum in a fine start to the season for Chelsea’s loanees with his second goal in West Bromwich Albion colours this weekend. It’s with the big striker that we start this week’s round-up. Lukaku was named in the starting eleven for the first time by…
Chelsea’s Under-18s remain perfect so far this season as they made it four wins from four in a hard- fought 3-1 win over Crystal Palace at Cobham. First half strikes from John Swift and Jesse Starkey had the Blues in the ascendancy and a third midway through the second period from Reece Mitchell looked to have put the result beyond doubt. Kieran Woodley’s consolation effort gave the visitors hope and…
Each week this season, the Loan Report (or the International report, as it predominantly was last week) has featured a Chelsea youngster scoring for his temporary club. That trend continued this week with Tomas Kalas, Kevin De Bruyne and Milan Lalkovic all finding the back of the net for the first time this season, and although Lalkovic’s was ‘only’ in friendly action, it nonetheless represents another positive step for his…
Chelsea maintained their perfect record at Under-18 level this season with a come-from-behind win over Liverpool on Saturday morning. The visitors has taken an early second half lead through Daniel Trickett-Smith but the Blues responded well and turned the game around with goals from Jordan Houghton and Alex Kiwomya to win 2-1. As has been the case already this season, Adi Viveash rotated his ample squad and included Andreas Christensen…
Chelsea lost their first Under-21 match of the season on Friday night, going down 4-1 to an opportune and talented Liverpool outfit. A scoreless first half belied an action-packed second, with Jack Robinson, Conor Coady, Krisztian Adorjan and Michael Ngoo grabbing goals for the visitors. Patrick Bamford’s effort had offered hope in response but turned out to be a mere consolation. Chelsea’s headline act, at least in terms of team…
Club football has taken a back seat over the last ten days or so with the international game front and centre, but there’s still been plenty of action involving Chelsea players of all ages and at all levels. Therefore, without further ado, here’s a rundown of who’s done what, where, and how, beginning with the senior pros: Senior Internationals Petr Cech kept a clean sheet for the Czech Republic away…
It may well be an international weekend, but both Chelsea’s Under-21 and Under-18 teams were in action over the weekend as the club attempts to keep them playing a minimum of one game per week. The Under-21 squad hosted Charlton on Friday afternoon in a match which featured a few more experienced faces in need of match fitness. To that end, Ross Turnbull and Paulo Ferreira started the match, as…
Transfer deadline day saw the number of loan departures from Chelsea rise to 23. Michael Essien and Yossi Benayoun are unlikely to feature in the weekly Loan Report here at TheChels because they’re senior pros moved on because they don’t fit into the first team squad, whilst our focus is, of course, primarily on the younger generation of footballers at Stamford Bridge. There’s still plenty of those though, and where…