#FT: Chelsea 0-2 Brentford
Venue: Stamford Bridge
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LINE-UPS
Chelsea
Robert Sánchez, Levi Colwill, Thiago Silva, Marc Cucurella (Deivid Washington), Axel Disasi (Reece James), Cole Palmer, Moisés Caicedo (Lesley Ugochukwu), Conor Gallagher, Nicolas Jackson, Raheem Sterling, Noni Madueke (Ian Maatsen).
Subs: Eddie Beach, Malo Gusto, Benoit Badiashile, Álex Matos, Djordje Petrovic.
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Brentford
Mark Flekken, Ethan Pinnock, Nathan Collins, Kristoffer Ajer, Vitaly Janelt (Yehor Yarmoliuk), Mathias Jensen (Frank Onyeka), Christian Nørgaard, Aaron Hickey (Saman Ghoddos), Mads Roerslev, Yoane Wissa (Neal Maupay), Bryan Mbeumo.
Subs: Ethan Brierley, Mathias Jorgensen, Ben Mee, Thomas Strakosha, Michael Olakigbe.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
56' Neal Maupay (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
58' Goal! Chelsea 0, Brentford 1. Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo with a cross.
64' Substitution, Brentford. Frank Onyeka replaces Mathias Jensen.
67' Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces Axel Disasi.
67' Substitution, Chelsea. Ian Maatsen replaces Noni Madueke.
76' Substitution, Brentford. Yehor Yarmolyuk replaces Vitaly Janelt.
76' Substitution, Brentford. Neal Maupay replaces Yoane Wissa.
78' Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81' Substitution, Chelsea. Lesley Ugochukwu replaces Moisés Caicedo.
81' Substitution, Chelsea. Deivid Washington replaces Marc Cucurella.
84' Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Aaron Hickey because of an injury.
85' Frank Onyeka (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
So glad we turned down players like Madisson because they‘re 26 but signed 291 17 year olds that are good but clearly not ready
Me too, man, me too.
The 17 year olds aren't even the issue that much. If you'd just taken the money you spent on Disasi, Badiashile, Jackson, and Madueke you could have got Maddison and Szoboszlai and still had change.
Even just try and spent 1bn on a first XI, its actually not easy. Szobo, Maddisn, Rice midfield. Leao, Oshimen, Kubo attack. Thats still only like 500m.