MARC GUIU, Estevao and Tyrique George made history at Stamford Bridge.
And Wout Weghorst made everyone laugh again on his return to England
as awful Ajax were annihilated.
Chelsea have become used to playing with ten men after their recent rash of red cards.
But they made the most of Ajax having a player sent off early on as their teenagers came of age.
Guiu, 19, became the youngest Blues player to net in the Champions
League when he opened the scoring in this rout of ten-man Ajax.
But the Spaniard had held the record for barely half an hour when Estevao, 18, converted the THIRD penalty of a bonkers opening half.
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Then, after the break, George was on target, meaning Chelsea became the first side in Champions League history to have THREE teenagers score in a single match.
The first had been despatched by former Burnley and Manchester United
striker Weghorst, to pull a goal back after Moises Caicedo’s deflected
effort made it 2
Yet the man who became a figure of fun during his spells on these shores could not help himself.
Weghorst made a ridiculous challenge on Enzo Fernandez and the Chelsea captain picked himself up to score from the spot.
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The game was all over in first-half stoppage-time when Ajax defender Youri Baas brought down Estevao in the box.
Weghorst was booked for something he said or did before Estevao lashed
the ball home for 4-1.
Tyrique George, 19, became the third Blues teenager to find the net
when, within three minutes of coming on at half time, his deflected
shot beat poor old Remko Pasveer.
Old being the operative word. Goalkeeper Pasveer will turn 42 early next month.
It was Chelsea’s 200th game in Europe’s top club competition and they
will have had very few, if any, easier nights.
The Blues’ disciplinary record this season is something of a joke.
When Malo Gusto became the fourth Blues player to be sent off in their
last six games in the 3-0 win at Nottingham Forest, the away fans sang
“Red card again, ole, ole”.
Back at Stamford Bridge, the song remained the same, but this time it
was Chelsea’s opponents down to ten.
Kenneth Taylor’s calf-high, studs-up lunge on Facundo Buonanotte was pure filth.
German referee Felix Zweyer initially showed a yellow card, much to
the bewilderment of Blues boss Enzo Maresca.
But after Zweyer was summoned to the monitor by the VAR, he needed
only a quick look before upgrading it to red.
Chelsea and Buonanotte punished Ajax immediately. The free kick was
worked to the Argentinian and although his cross was poor, it found
its way to Wesley Fofana.
The Frenchman nodded the ball back across goal and Guiu forced it home.
Caicedo made it two less than 10 minutes later. After his thunderbolt
against Liverpool, the crowd were encouraging him to shoot at every
opportunity.
So he did, and a big deflection off Josip Sutalo helped the ball into the net.
But then Tosin Adarabioyo trod on Ajax winger Raul Moro’s foot to
concede a penalty.
Blues ‘keeper Filip Jorgensen went the right way only to end up diving
over Weghorst’s less-than-venomous spotkick.
The big Dutchman soon evened things up with his silly foul on
Fernandez and the Argentinian scored from the spot.
“You’re just a s**t Andy Carroll,” was the taunt from the home fans..
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CHELSEA smashed Ajax 5-1 in a chaotic Champions League affair in West London.
There was still time for Brazilian sensation Estevao to be fouled by
Baas and to take Guiu’s record off him.
Maresca had made 10 changes to the starting 11 at Forest, although two
of them involved bringing back Caicedo and Fernandez.
But with the game won, the Chelsea head coach took the opportunity to
rest key players in his tired and injury-hit squad.
George was one of three half-time changes and soon made it 5-1 with
the help of a deflection.
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After Josh Acheampong, 19, and Reggie Walsh, just 17, came on later in
the half, half Chelsea’s outfield players were teenagers.
Estevao twice came close to making it six in a game that was miles
from being a contest.
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