sam-caddick said:
I am surprisingly quite nervous for this game considering it's a youth game, I suppose it is a final though.
I just hope injuries don't come back to haunt us although I do think regardless we are a match for any youth team in Europe when we are on song.
Chelsea are rightly favourites, they have a really special group of players at u18 and u21 level at the moment and if nurtured correctly I will be astonished if a good few of them don't go on and become England internationals.
I watched them last week in the UEFA Youth League semi and final and they were a formidable outfit, ones to watch are Colkett and Loftus Cheek in midfield, Da Silva at left back, Izzy Brown on the wing and Solanke up front.
I may be jumping the gun but I could see that midfield duo of Colkett and Loftus Cheek becoming England's midfield in the next 5 years.
Lotus-Cheek is 19 mate, too old to play in the Youth Cup.
@ChelseaYouth on Twitter has done a really good preview of tonight's game for those interested: <a class="postlink" href="http://t.co/thu0At1vhw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://t.co/thu0At1vhw</a>
It has City's team as:
Haug
Maffeo - Humphreys - Adarabioyo - Angelino
Wood - Bryan - Garcia
Nemane - Celina - Barker
This isn't too far from what I expect it'll be, with Boadu and Ambrose injured. If Iheanacho is available however, Nemane will probably drop to the bench, with Celina moving out to the right.
Looking forward to this though. Will be a really good game!
