Chelsea vs Southampton (30.08.1997)
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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