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Conte on Ampadu's presence on the First Team

 

Chelsea's youngest ever full international, played 30 minutes for Wales last night.

 

 

Came on and changed the game along with Woodburn - the shape change and fresh legs and ideas had the French on the back foot for a good ten minutes.

Unfortunately for the welsh they couldn't capitalise and France's own subs swung the gameplay back in their favor.

Looks like a classy player, reminds me of Busquets. (less of a c**t tho)

 

Looks really solid. If he can learn Fabregas' technique on the ball, he'd be Xabi Alonso-esque. If he can continue to progress, he'll be ready in a couple years time at the top level.

Surprised that he can control the tempo of the game for a bit. The weight of his long balls needs a bit of work

10 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Looks like a classy player, reminds me of Busquets. (less of a c**t tho)

 

Love how comfortable he is at passing the ball at a long range. Very rare you get players as good as he is at that age, but it's now up to him to develop and us to give him the chance, definitely promising. 

12 hours ago, Slojo said:

Love how comfortable he is at passing the ball at a long range. Very rare you get players as good as he is at that age, but it's now up to him to develop and us to give him the chance, definitely promising. 

Conte has clearly seen something he likes. If Conte does stay in the long run i see a bright future for him, if not then i imagine he'll drift into the Chelsea youth void. 

23 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Looks like a classy player, reminds me of Busquets. (less of a c**t tho)

 

Very impressive, when you think he has only 17... Future great player for sure

When he got that early yellow I was like here we go again, but he got into the game and was very composed and made lots of blocks and tackles, very impressive for a 17 year old.

17 YEARS OLD  

 

Playing in the Chelsea FC first team and not looking out of place at all.

 

Just let that sink in.

Yeah played well and looked very solid. Seems confident, think he could have a future here. 

He was the best player on the pitch tonight by a mile. 

but is he a CB?

He had a fine match. What was particularly good was the way he managed himself following his very early yellow card, his positional play was such that he rarely looked like committing any further fouls. He showed great maturity for one so young

So composed on the ball and brought a real calmness to the back line, very impressive for his age.

Edited December 21, 20178 yr by dan_cfc

In a way i think the way he's been scrutinized in some areas shows how good he is, most times a 17 year old plays at senior level the tinest little thing has us doing butterfly's, for example McEachran was declared the 2nd coming of jesus christ for as little as a pass back to the keeper. Instead we are legit holding him to the standards of a senior pro already, he probably won't ever be one of the very, very best but his mental ability is unreal and thats why he has this chance at such a young age.

On a separate note he's from my area of England (Devon, south west) and there's very few full time footballers from our area let alone Chelsea level one's and he has been quite a hot topic of convo even from supporters of our rivals.

7 hours ago, Nevamind said:

but is he a CB?

Yes that is his main position 

That early yellow card made him more focused, had a very good game. For a 17-years old player, looked very confident and talented.

Not sure what his strongest position is. 

For a 17 year old, very very good.

 

Looked a bit nervy on the ball at first and only passed sideways. Became a bit more positive as the game wore on, but there were still a few occasions on which the ball was passed back to him and a Luiz/Christensen would have sent it forward rather than passing it back to the keeper.

 

Defensively was outstanding, early nerves showed with the yellow card challenge but settled well thereafter apart from one rash moment where he charged in and completely missed the ball, but Rudiger covered well.

 

Looking very good for the future!

A real wunderkind. I suppose he can play almost everywhere and looks so cool with just 17 years of age. Has a bright future in football, hopefully at the bridge and nowhere else.

Simply great ! Whats performance for his age, I looking forward to see again him play.