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Pre-Season 2010: Wycombe Wanderers 5-1 Chelsea XI: Four-Minute Pittman Hat-Trick Stuns Blues
Weak Chelsea XI suffer at the hands of American.
Jul 29, 2010 5:30:00 PM
By Alex Young
A sensational four-minute hat-trick from Jon-Paul Pittman helped Wycombe Wanders come from a goal down to win 5-1 against a Chelsea XI side on Thursday night.
Aliu Djalo opened the scoring for the London club after 13 minutes, only for Scott Rendell and Ben Strevens to put the League Two side into the lead before second-half substitute Jon-Paul Pittman completed the rout.
The only first-team players to be included in the Chelsea side were Scott Sinclair, Franco Di Santo and Jack Cork, with new signing Phillip Prosenik starting on the bench.
Despite the weak line-up, Chelsea came out strongest and broke the deadlock after 13 minutes when a Scott Sinclair shot brought a smart save from Wanderers goalkeeper Nikki Bull, but the parry fell into the path of striker Djalo who tapped into an empty net.
Chelsea did not stay in front for long though as Wycombe’s intensified pressure reaped rewards after 24 minutes when a loose ball from an attempted defensive clearing fell kindly to Rendell eight yards out and the 23-year-old calmly stroked the ball home.
Gary Waddock’s side deservedly took the lead 12 minutes later when a clever flick from Keiran Murtagh found Strevens inside the penalty area and the striker finished from a tight angle to take Wanderers into the lead before half-time.
The second-half was a balanced affair before American Pittman came on with 25 minutes remaining and proceeded to put the game beyond doubt.
On 76 minutes clever work from Chairboys midfielder Kevin Betsy fed in the 23-year-old to fire low underneath Chelsea goalkeeper Samuel Walker, only two minutes later it was 4-1 as winger Matt Phillips was this time the provider as Pittman finished cooly and then just over a minute later the striker ran through on goal and calmly chipped home a finish and wrap up a confident team victory.
Wycombe Wanderers: Nikki Bull (Steve Arnold, 83); Chris Westwood (Marvin McCoy, 74), Dave Winfield, Alan Bennett, Danny Foster; Gareth Ainsworth (Ian Westlake, 85), Lewis Montrose (Matt Bloomfield, 66), Keiran Murtagh, Kevin Betsy; Scott Rendell (Matt Phillips, 60), Ben Strevens (Jon-Paul Pittman, 66).
Subs: Steve Arnold, Leon Johnson, Ian Westlake, Marvin McCoy, Matt Bloomfield, Matt Phillips, Jon-Paul Pittman.
Chelsea XI: Samuel Walker; Billy Clifford, Rohan Ince, Aziz Deen-Conteh, Ryan Bertrand; Scott Sinclair, Jack Cork, Conor Clifford, Milan Lalkovic (Dan Philliskirk, 59); Franco Di Santo, Aliu Djalo (Philipp Prosenik, 59).
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Aliu Djalo opened the scoring for the London club after 13 minutes, only for Scott Rendell and Ben Strevens to put the League Two side into the lead before second-half substitute Jon-Paul Pittman completed the rout.
The only first-team players to be included in the Chelsea side were Scott Sinclair, Franco Di Santo and Jack Cork, with new signing Phillip Prosenik starting on the bench.
Despite the weak line-up, Chelsea came out strongest and broke the deadlock after 13 minutes when a Scott Sinclair shot brought a smart save from Wanderers goalkeeper Nikki Bull, but the parry fell into the path of striker Djalo who tapped into an empty net.
Chelsea did not stay in front for long though as Wycombe’s intensified pressure reaped rewards after 24 minutes when a loose ball from an attempted defensive clearing fell kindly to Rendell eight yards out and the 23-year-old calmly stroked the ball home.
Gary Waddock’s side deservedly took the lead 12 minutes later when a clever flick from Keiran Murtagh found Strevens inside the penalty area and the striker finished from a tight angle to take Wanderers into the lead before half-time.
The second-half was a balanced affair before American Pittman came on with 25 minutes remaining and proceeded to put the game beyond doubt.
On 76 minutes clever work from Chairboys midfielder Kevin Betsy fed in the 23-year-old to fire low underneath Chelsea goalkeeper Samuel Walker, only two minutes later it was 4-1 as winger Matt Phillips was this time the provider as Pittman finished cooly and then just over a minute later the striker ran through on goal and calmly chipped home a finish and wrap up a confident team victory.
Wycombe Wanderers: Nikki Bull (Steve Arnold, 83); Chris Westwood (Marvin McCoy, 74), Dave Winfield, Alan Bennett, Danny Foster; Gareth Ainsworth (Ian Westlake, 85), Lewis Montrose (Matt Bloomfield, 66), Keiran Murtagh, Kevin Betsy; Scott Rendell (Matt Phillips, 60), Ben Strevens (Jon-Paul Pittman, 66).
Subs: Steve Arnold, Leon Johnson, Ian Westlake, Marvin McCoy, Matt Bloomfield, Matt Phillips, Jon-Paul Pittman.
Chelsea XI: Samuel Walker; Billy Clifford, Rohan Ince, Aziz Deen-Conteh, Ryan Bertrand; Scott Sinclair, Jack Cork, Conor Clifford, Milan Lalkovic (Dan Philliskirk, 59); Franco Di Santo, Aliu Djalo (Philipp Prosenik, 59).
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