
Chelsea 4-0 Blackburn Rovers The FA Youth Cup The Final First Leg 7pm, Friday 20 April 2012 Stamford Bridge, Chelsea FC Chelsea made big strides towards lifting The FA Youth Cup this season, with a comprehensive victory over Blackburn Rovers in the first-leg of The Final at Stamford Bridge on Friday evening. Two goals in the first-half from captain Nathaniel Chalobah and Lewis Baker put them in control, before a brace from Islam Feruz after the break was enough to give Adi Viveash's team a solid advantage ahead of the second-leg at Ewood Park in early May. Whilst the scoreline may suggest the home side dominated this game, that wasn't always the case and they had goalkeeper Jamal Blackman to be grateful to on several occasions, with the England U19 international making a number of good saves to earn a his side a clean sheet. Chelsea: 1 Jamal Blackman, 2 Todd Kane, 3 Alex Davey, 4 Nathan Ake, 5 Adam Nditi, 6 Nathaniel Chalobah (c ), 7 Amin Affane (12 Alex Kiwomya, 53), 8 John Swift, 9 Islam Feruz (Reece Mitchell, 78), 10 Lewis Baker, 11 Lucas Piazon. Substitutes not used: 13 Mitchell Beeney, 14 Alastair Gordon, 16 Archange Nkumu. Goals: Nathaniel Chalobah 20, Lewis Baker 28, Islam Feruz 60, 69 Blackburn Rovers: 1 Matthew Unwin, 2 Peter Wylie (12 Darragh Lenihan, 61), 3 Will Beesley, 4 Reece Hands (16 Robbie Cotton, 61) 5 Ryan Edwards (c ), 6 Jack O'Connell, 7 Osayamen Osaye, 8 Raheem Hanley, 9 Curtis Haley (14 Timothy Payne, 82), 10 John O'Sullivan, 11 Hugo Fernandez <b>...</b>
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