Chelsea vs Southampton (30.08.1997)

Chelsea FC

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00:00798 season and their first since winning the FA Cup the previous May

00:04Southampton provided the opposition and few expected Dave Jones's team to emerge with a positive result

00:10Chelsea were a gathering force under Ruud Gullit and had the Premier League in their sights

00:16Goalkeeper Ed De Huy made his home debut and Gullit had the rather pleasant problem of deciding which international strikers to leave out

00:23Tore Andre Flo and Gianluca Vialli were on the bench which meant starts for Gianfranco Zola and Welshman Mark Hughes

00:32No such luxuries for Dave Jones, Jim McGilton played with a painkilling injection in his foot while Egil Ostenstadt was back from injury

00:43Development work was in progress at Stamford Bridge

00:45The structural facelift mirrored the rebuilding on the pitch and the fans were anxious to discover the extent and benefit of that

00:53The man in charge was Alan Wilkie. The commentator is Gary Bloom

00:59And Chelsea kick off their new season at Stamford Bridge

01:03Having already won two of their three away games in the Premier League this season and those matches

01:09They've rattled in ten goals and with Gianluca Vialli a new signing Tore Andre Flo left out of today's team

01:16Chelsea are confident of more goals this afternoon

01:20Chelsea have a throw-in early on

01:23Poirier

01:25LeSeul with a cross

01:30Ruud Gullit at the centre of your picture

01:35He really has a marvellous squad now to draw upon

01:41There's Davis, Kevin Davis who scored Southampton's winning goal against Crystal Palace in midweek

01:48Sinclair

01:51McGilton

01:53Looking to pick out Davis. It's a good ball as well. De Hoey had to make an important save

01:59And it was given away by Le Boeuf

02:01And that was a real let-off for Chelsea with David Hughes threatening to give the visitors a shock lead

02:08After Fred Le Boeuf headed the ball straight into his path

02:13De Hoey had to make a very good save from Kevin Davis there

02:21And it's a good ball for Chelsea

02:24De Hoey had to make a very good save from Kevin Davis there

02:32Corner to Southampton played into the near post smuggled clear by Chelsea

02:43And that'll be another corner kick via Dan Petrescu

02:46De Hoey

02:52Well, Ed De Hoey made a vital block there

03:00And Chelsea have some more defending to do

03:04McGilton

03:06De Hoey fisting the ball clear

03:09And in plenty of distance on his punch as well

03:12a couple of important

03:14interventions now by the Dutchman

03:17Oschtenstadt

03:23Southampton onside that's not going to trouble Chelsea at all

03:33Duncan Spedding delivering the cross

03:35Oh

03:48Davis

04:00LeSeo

04:06So they're releasing DiMatteo

04:12Good covering by David Hughes as Roberto DiMatteo

04:19Player of course who scored that very early FA Cup final goal last May at Wembley and this is Zola

04:30Sinclair

04:35Sinclair once again picks out Dan Petrescu wise

04:47Petrescu

04:51He scored again

04:58And they applaud his right boot

05:01Which chipped the ball delightfully over Paul Jones

05:07Wise picking out Petrescu

05:12And that was sublime

05:19Look at the space which Petrescu engineered

05:31Mark Hughes now over the top of Zola and Dan Petrescu is arriving now for Chelsea

05:39Three waiting in the box

05:43Fisted clear by the goalkeeper Paul Jones and that was a timely interception by the Southampton keeper

05:52Hughes was moving in for the kill

05:54DiMatteo

05:58Poirier slid delightfully on DiMatteo. It's all Chelsea at the moment Sinclair

06:09Mark Hughes who was rested

06:12Last Sunday against Barnsley after playing for Wales in a World Cup qualifier

06:17against Turkey

06:18back now

06:20back with his usual combative determination

06:25Ruud Hullert says he will rest Zola for certain games

06:33Zola says he certainly wants to play at the World Cup in France next year should Italy qualify which is looking increasingly likely

06:42This is Leboeuf

06:46Poirier

06:48No foul

06:50Dodd took the ball fairly according to the referee not according to the Uruguayan

06:56Bernal he missed out one back by Moncow

07:02Petrescu has already scored one

07:06And he comes close to scoring two

07:09while the Romanians game

07:11has been

07:13revolutionized

07:15Since Ruud Hullert took over at the club. He's allowed to get forward more and do things like that

07:20and

07:25This is Poirier, this is Lesseau

07:30DiMatteo, Dubre

07:39Cut out by Moncow, this is Austenstad. Ken Southampton

07:42Just knit something together now. It's a fine looking ball towards Davis, but

07:47England defender Graham Lesseau is there

07:51Oh and Dehoye's been caught and what an extraordinary goal by Kevin Davis

08:01What a calamity on his home debut for Ed Dehoye

08:07Just wanted too much and too many touches of the ball and Kevin Davis who scored in midweek

08:14scores to embarrass the Dutchman

08:16And

08:20Ruud Hullert has used six goalkeepers now since arriving at Stamford Bridge and there could be more problems here Le Boeuf

08:30Just trying to sniff out the threat from Davis who's made a nuisance of himself

08:42Magilton

08:45Header on by Hughes looking for Kevin Davis

08:52Wise

08:56Chelsea collectively now have to take responsibility

09:00For that error by Dehoye and find another goal and need to find one quickly

09:05Southampton will

09:07See that goal

09:08It's a real opportunity now to upset the party

09:12At the half-built bridge

09:17Di Matteo

09:23Petrescu, Hughes

09:28Zola

09:32Dangerous cross but

09:34Nobody really got into a menacing position inside the six-yard box and Dodd was allowed to turn the ball to safety

09:41Nearly half an hour in, score 1-8

09:54Zola with a cross and cleared off the line and added in by Le Boeuf

10:04Chelsea respond after three minutes

10:08And Frank Le Boeuf heads one in virtually on the goal line

10:17Zola supplied the cross

10:19It was flicked on on the near post

10:22away by Todd

10:23But there was Frank Le Boeuf

10:26So

10:35That's 12 goals now for chelsea this season

10:40Ostenster

10:43Free kick to chelsea

10:56And Dehoye maybe feels a little bit better now about that error with chelsea with their noses in front once again

11:13Well, we've had a very entertaining opening half an hour to the match three goals

11:19Plenty to talk about and there might be more here david hughes

11:23Is over ostenster

11:29Spanning did well to turn the ball back

11:32Magilton

11:35Benali

11:41John

11:47And san acton offside through jim magilton

11:51Hey captain

11:58Rude hull it is on the touchline screaming to the rolling to his left back graham lasso

12:15So after half an hour

12:17three goals

12:19chelsea leading

12:21two up

12:22Leboeuf

12:42Zola away by benali

12:44Hey

12:48Lasso

12:53It's a beauty

13:03Terrific header by marcus

13:08Set up by an englishman dispatched by a welshman

13:15So

13:19And here's davis now for southampton

13:24Taking on leboeuf and delivering across ostenster

13:28Oh, that was dangerously close ed de hoye was at full stretch

13:35All stem from leboeuf being beaten and it was spedding coming in from the left-hand side

13:40Who didn't really get hold of his shot, but almost turned it in anyway

13:44I

13:47Think the ball was aimed in towards ostenster

13:49Nobody had spotted spedding spedding spedding rather and able to pick out the goal

13:58Zola another great run by him

14:03Wise is inside the box. They're all looking for goals now wise

14:10Forward

14:14So

14:19Look at this control here

14:22By chelsea, in fact, it was a southampton player who passed to dennis wise inadvertently

14:30Zola tried to weave his way in

14:34The ball played to wise and it was little more than a tap in

14:39Well road hood, it really has built an outstanding team they're building an outstanding stadium

14:45I wonder what he thinks as he stands on the touchline and surveys are seen in front of him

14:55Magilton

14:58So

15:05Oh, yeah, he got his boot to it, but it's ricocheted to ostenster

15:10Dodd

15:14Madison

15:19Wise

15:21Zola inevitably the intended outlet. Oh, that's a great ball to dan petrescu chelsea onside again

15:41Love birth wise

15:48Free kick to the foul on dennis wise

15:51by madison

15:56Now that's the last action of a very good first half for chelsea

16:00Dan petrescu set the home side going with a goal after seven minutes

16:05And although southampton hit back when kevin davis embarrassed

16:09the chelsea goalkeeper ed de hoy

16:12Chelsea then ran in three goals in the space of five minutes a halftime score from stanford bridge chelsea for southampton one

16:22So

16:26Southampton get the second half underway. They have already lost this season at boulton manchester united and arsenal

16:33But unless they can come up with something spectacular

16:36In the next three quarters of an hour, they're going to lose here at stanford bridge

16:48Magilton

16:52Oh

16:58Might have taken the ball on a little bit further

17:04That deputy near him

17:16It's a poor ball mitchelton austin start mitchelton once again

17:21Trying to pick out hughes

17:27Dan petrescu having his jerseys tugged he still released the ball to wise

17:39Di matteo wise

17:42Oh

17:45Foyer just couldn't turn it in but it was a good move nonetheless by chelsea

17:49And there have been plenty of those throughout the game

17:57Austin star on side

18:01Good specified

18:05Unconventional but very effective

18:08Game seems to be opening up a bit more now

18:12With southampton chasing it and looking for a goal or two to

18:16Try and make a presence in this match

18:27And de hoye who came to chelsea's rescue once again

18:33Moncow

18:38Former chelsea player

18:53That's a good ball spedding and that's going to be a corner kick

19:07So

19:11So the former chelsea man moncow makes his way forward for the visiting team there he is moncow with his arms raised

19:22Spelling mitchelton

19:31Hughes trying to pinch the ball off bernally. That's todd

19:37nielsen

19:39Moncow

19:42Moncow should score here. He has his pull one back against his old club

19:51Ken moncow

19:53resisted the initial challenge

19:55And then his shot

19:57although

19:59fielded by gilkey band

20:02Was too strong

20:04And it's now four two

20:12Mitchelton calling for the ball

20:19Dodd mitchelton

20:25Nichols

20:29Violi and this is poirier

20:34So

20:40Nichols

20:47Back to wise nichols

20:58Wise again

21:01So

21:03Violi wanted a bit too much time to gain possession

21:16Violi intercepted

21:20Oh, look at this this could be one of the goals of the season if violi goes straight in on goal

21:28In fact it was for the birth

21:31And that was a good shot by wise

21:39Well, everyone's applauding the run by franklin burke this striker certain resemblance to jean-luca violi

21:53Rather lucky piece of defending there by the home side

22:01And that was violi

22:04Wise

22:10That's love

22:16And this is nichols

22:23Corner kick

22:31Poirier

22:33Wise for chelsea

22:37Poirier

22:39Oh, it's almost an own goal it was cleared I think by bernali in the end of his own goal line

22:48Wise again

22:51No foul

22:54Chelsea unlucky not to add to the four goals. They have already scored what a

22:59Unlucky turn of fate. This was by poirier

23:04And bernali did well to turn that one away

23:17And there was a unsavory incident here involving andy williams and the referees meant to talk to his assistant here

23:25Peter roberts

23:34It's a red card sinclair's been sent off

23:44And sinclair wants to take this a bit further

23:49Viali escorting him from the pitch

23:55And sinclair has been sent off for this incident

24:01Oh

24:18Another three points for chelsea

24:20They did enough in the first half to win this one for rude hollett

24:24Who will be disappointed that a chelsea let in two goals?

24:27And b they had frank sinclair sent off a rather necessary challenge on the southampton substitute andy williams denny's wise

24:36One of the chelsea goal scorers

24:38scored the fourth goal

24:41On the half hour mark before him hughes laboev and petrescu had all scored for chelsea

24:48Kevin davis and ken moncow

24:51The two southampton goal scorers lots of goals for chelsea, but still a sense of indiscipline

24:59about their team

25:00final score then chelsea for

25:02southampton

25:05So the rude hollett revolution continued a pace at chelsea the dutchman side had enough to overcome southampton

25:11But there was still work to do at stanford bridge both to the stadium and the team

25:16The signs were promising for the blues though and hullet guided them to fourth place that season southampton held their own as well

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