The Blues easily disposed of Charlton Athletic this Saturday, during the 3rd round of the FA Cup.
Former Strasbourg coach Liam Rosenior achieved his first with Chelsea by bringing back a 5-1 success for Charlton Athletic (D2), Saturday in a 3rd round of the FA Cup that was fatal to Tottenham, eliminated by Aston Villa (2-1).
The 41-year-old Englishman left a majority of the usual starters to rest (Palmer, James, Gusto) and that did not prevent the “Blues”, even when reworked, from easily winning at the Valley, a stadium in the Greenwich district in south-east London.
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Domination
Chelsea laid siege to the team promoted to the Championship (D2) and this domination paid off before half-time with a beautiful volley from Jorrel Hato (45th + 5, 1-0), 19-year-old left back aligned in the absence of Marc Cucurella, suspended. A header from another defender, Tosin Adarabioyo (50th, 2-0), and a shot from striker Marc Guiu (62nd, 3-1) increased the score, on either side of Miles Leaburn’s goal (57th, 2-1) for the “Addicks”.
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Three luxury entrants allowed Rosenior to sign a first “five-star” success: winger Pedro Neto (90th+1, 4-1) then Enzo Fernandez (90th+4, 5-1) on a penalty obtained by Estevao. The opposition will be much higher on Wednesday when they host Arsenal in the League Cup semi-final first leg.
