全場比賽：
精華：
球場：Cobham Training Centre, Surrey
觀眾：
開賽：13:00, Wed 19 Aug 2026
主裁：Joseph Gray
Chelsea（3-2-4-1）:
Isaac Collinson
Riley Ebho Josh Henry Jacob Hall (c)
(Yunus Linton 80)
Jacob Dako Isago Silva
(Gabriel Sambou 80)
Eden Mahoney-Smith Isaac McGillvary Heze Grimwade Trey Faromo-Adebayo
(Isaac Badu 57) (Jack Anderson 80)
Andrew Pennie
(Kwamina Ampah 74)
Unused Subs: Jake Murray, Emmanuel Ayinde.
Norwich City（4-2-3-1）:
Lucas Alvarado;
Jake Glossop (c) (Isaac Statham 41), Samuel Augusto, Jayden Munikwa (Ademidire Akarakiri 69), Ollie Oldfield;
Jeremiah Sinclair-Brown, Reece Wilkes;
Aaron Goodson (Joseph Kipa 61), Ollie Roberson (Jack Duffy 61), Kahlil Steele;
Henry Edwards (Hugo Collins 61)
Unused subs: William Bullen, Bobby Crane.
以下內容出自卻爾西官網：
Under-18s report: Chelsea 2-3 Norwich City
19 Aug 2026
Chelsea Under-18s began the 2026/27 season with a narrow defeat at Cobham, as Norwich City came from behind in the second half to secure a 3-2 victory in our opening Under-18 Premier League fixture.
The young Blues made the breakthrough during the first half through Eden Mahoney-Smith, who capitalised on a mix-up in the Norwich defence to give Chelsea the lead after 19 minutes.
We took that advantage into half-time, although Norwich had threatened shortly before the interval when Henry Edwards fired over the crossbar.
The visitors responded quickly after the restart, with Kahlil Steele equalising before the Norwich forward took centre stage. He won and converted a penalty to put the Canaries ahead, then completed his hat-trick with an impressive free-kick into the far corner.
Chelsea continued to battle and gave ourselves hope late on when Jack Anderson's effort took a deflection on its way into the Norwich net.
However, despite pushing for an equaliser in the closing stages, the young Blues were unable to find a third and Norwich held on to take all three points.
== First-half advantage ==
Chelsea went into our first competitive fixture of the new campaign looking to make a positive start at Cobham, and the opening goal arrived midway through the first period.
A long ball forward looked as though it would be dealt with comfortably by the Norwich defence, but a misunderstanding between defender Ollie Oldfield and goalkeeper Lucas Alvarado presented Mahoney-Smith with an unexpected opportunity.
With both Norwich players caught out, the Chelsea forward was left completely unchallenged and raced through towards an empty goal. He kept his composure to roll the ball into the net and give us a 1-0 lead after 19 minutes.
It was one of the more straightforward finishes Mahoney-Smith is likely to have this season, but his alertness to anticipate the mistake ensured the opportunity did not go to waste.
Norwich remained in the contest and began to pose a greater threat as the first half progressed. Their best opportunity to draw level before the break fell to Edwards, who found space in a promising position but sent his effort over the crossbar.
That meant Chelsea headed into the interval with our one-goal advantage intact and 45 minutes away from beginning the new league campaign with a victory.
== Norwich fight back ==
The complexion of the game changed quickly following the restart.
Four minutes into the second half, Steele found the equaliser for Norwich, bringing the visitors level at 1-1 and giving them renewed momentum.
Chelsea almost regained the lead when substitute Isaac Badu Pennie rattled the crossbar with a powerful strike.
But Steele continued to cause problems as the half wore on and was involved again when the Canaries were awarded a penalty. Steele had won the spot-kick himself and stepped forward to take responsibility from 12 yards, converting to complete the turnaround and put Norwich 2-1 ahead after 71 minutes.
Chelsea were now searching for a response, but instead it was the visitors who struck again eight minutes later.
Norwich won a free-kick in a dangerous position and Steele completed his hat-trick in impressive fashion, producing a well-taken set-piece which found the far corner and left Chelsea facing a two-goal deficit with a little over 10 minutes remaining.
== Fighting to the finish ==
The young Blues refused to give in and quickly set about trying to find a way back into the contest.
That persistence was rewarded in the 83rd minute. Anderson took aim towards the Norwich goal and his effort picked up a deflection which sent the ball beyond the goalkeeper and into the net.
It reduced Norwich's advantage to 3-2 and gave Chelsea renewed belief heading into the closing stages.
With the deficit back to a single goal, we pushed forward in search of an equaliser and attempted to apply pressure to the Norwich defence during the remaining minutes, with Mahoney-Smith shooting just wide in the final minutes.
== What's next ==
Our Under-18s will be back in action on Saturday when we travel to Birmingham City for a U18 Premier League clash, which will once again be shown live on CFC+. Click here to sign up for just £14.99 for the whole season.
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已經關注青訓好久的 Chelsea Youth 本賽季的文字轉播將不會跟以往一樣鉅細靡遺：
So the new academy season kicks off competitively tomorrow with the U18s vs Norwich. As I wrote about a bit earlier this summer, matchday coverage will look different from me moving forward. There'll still be a presence but it won't reach as far as before.
— Chelsea Youth (@chelseayouth) August 18, 2026
社群媒體生態已改變很多：（我認為他也是累了，跟我前幾年開始一樣）
The social media ecosystem has changed massively not just since I started doing that, but in more recent times it's just been more challenging to sustain. You'll still be able to find out everything (and some more) that's happening, just some different matchday looks now.
— Chelsea Youth (@chelseayouth) August 18, 2026
Opening day. pic.twitter.com/2ReSAzG48q
— Chelsea Youth (@chelseayouth) August 19, 2026
A new season starts here! 🙌🔵
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 19, 2026
Watch the U18s’ first game of the campaign live on CFC+. 🎥
Chelsea: Collinson, Ebho, Henry, Hall, Isago Silva, Dako, Mahoney-Smith, McGillvary, Pennie, Grimwade, Faromo-Adebayo.
— Chelsea Youth (@chelseayouth) August 19, 2026
Subs: Ayinde, Murray, Sambou, Badu, Anderson, Ampah, Linton. pic.twitter.com/QUegQUZ0US
這場由許多年輕球員擔綱，因為本來該上場的 U18 球員先去踢了奧騰盃：
Part of the reason it was such a young team was the schedule; older players just back from Otten Cup with games Fri and Tue with 18s games on Sat and Wed, making sure there are enough legs to go around requires some work.
— Chelsea Youth (@chelseayouth) August 19, 2026
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看來新賽季 3241 還是陰魂不散....
上半場初段先逃過一次單刀，完全是客隊自己浪費掉；中段一次後場大長傳，諾里奇後衛和門將默契搞笑，馬洪尼史密斯輕鬆長驅直入破空門；隨後兩邊打成五五開，洞都很大，客隊尾段又浪費一次大好機會，上半場能踢成領先一球運氣也是不錯了。
下半場初段科林森先撲出一記單刀，不過擋不住隨後的中路刁鑽射門；中段佩尼先怒射擊中橫樑，巴杜再有點狼狽的犯規送點；尾段被自由球破門一度有點絕望，雖然安德森中路折射追回一球，但補時馬洪尼史密斯黃金機會踢偏，最終小輸一球，算是不冤，畢竟一直衝衝衝，處理球的成熟度有點差。
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