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Watford Academy vs Chelsea Academy

• Kick off: 7:00pm Wed 17 Feb 10
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• Venue: Vicarage Road

Final score:

Watford Academy 0 - 4 Chelsea Academy

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94:00: Final whistle Chelsea end Watford's FA Youth Cup dreams and the Hornets cannot have too many complaints over the scoreline as they rarely troubled the Chelsea goal

90:00: Substitution Saville for McEachran

86:00: Goal! Tore finally picked out McEachran at the back post and he volleyed the ball in from close range

85:00: Substitution Warburton for Brooks

84:00: Attendance 2,270

82:00: Watford waste a corner and Chelsea break three on two but Tore took took long to pass to the unmarked McEachran and Isaac was able to make a last-ditch tackle

79:00: Watford win a free kick 30 yards out. Mingoia's cross is headed goalwards by Isaac but it is an easy save

74:00: It looked as though Watford may have finally created a chance when Murray had the ball in the area but he tried to beat his man and it bounced off for a goal kick

72:00: Tore has a shot from distance parried away by Bond. Watford then give away a free kick on the edge of the area, which Bruma got over the wall and back down but wide of the post

71:00: Yellow card Brooks booked for moaning at the referee too much after Chelsea awarded free kick

62:00: Yellow card Crowd very unhappy when Yiadom booked for time wasting with his side 3-0 down

61:00: Substitution Thompson for Fenwick

61:00: Goal! Billy Clifford picks out Bruma who beats the offside trap to cooly slot the ball underneath Bond

59:00: Substitution Issac for Penny

56:00: Watford give the ball away cheaply and Conor Clifford's shot is deflected wide for a corner. The first one is kicked out for another set piece. This time the ball is allowed the bounce in the area a couple of times before it is cleared

53:00: Yellow card Cole Penny booked

50:00: Mingoia curls a free kick over the bar from 30 yards

48:00: First chance of the half went Chelsea's way. Lalkovic dribbling to the edge of the area and shooting but it was tame and easily saved

45:00: Half time Chelsea are 2-0 up and the Hornets cannot have too many complaints. You do get the sense there could be more goals in this game for Chelsea

45:00: Goal! Chelsea go 2-0 up in the first minute of injury time. Oshodi was adjudged to have pushed Mitrovic over in the box and the striker got back to his feet to send Bond the wrong way with a calm finish in the bottom right-hand corner

44:00: Lalkovic shows some skill before cutting in on his left foot and curling a shot narrowly over the bar

39:00: Oshodi almost put the ball in his own net when he turned a Tore cross towards his own goal but Bond made an excellent reflex save

36:00: Billy Clifford smashed a shot from 30 yards straight down the middle of Watford's goal but Bond cannot handle it and just tips the ball over the bar

35:00: A cross field ball from Tore picks out Lalkovic and after a couple of step overs he has a shot deflected wide

32:00: Whichelow did well wide on the right and beat two men as he burst to the edge of the box but his left-footed strike was sliced well wide

28:00: The Blues almost made it two from the restart. Another tackle bounced kindly into the path of McEachran but his dink over Bond went over the bar

28:00: Goal! Chelsea take the lead. Bruma came up from the back, passed the ball to Mitrovic on the edge of the box. Oshodi's tackle saw the ball land at the feet of Djalo and he poked the ball home from ten yards out into the rook of the net

23:00: Chelsea have the ball in the back of the net but it is ruled out. Conor Clifford chipped the ball through to Lalkovic and Bond came rushing out but he was never going to reach the ball. Lalkovic lifted the ball over Bond and Mitrovic bundled the ball home from three yards out. However the striker used his arm to control the ball

18:00: Watford almost got another effort away on goal then as Murray slipped Massey through but great covering from Conteh saw the centre back take the ball off the striker's foot eight yards out

17:00: The crowd finally have something to cheer about. A Mingoia free kick from wide left was glanced narrowly wide by Massey

14:00: Mitrovic has looked good for Chelsea so far with his hold-up play but he is currently nursing an injury following a heavy challenge from Oshodi. He is back on the pitch now though

12:00: Another half chance for Chelsea. Lalkovic looked to have been put through in the middle but Angus had the pace to keep up with the winger and just nudge the ball back to Bond

10:00: Good build up play from Chelsea is wasted as Lalkovic overhits a cross despite having plenty of time

7:00: Watford survive an early near-miss. Tore's corner is headed goalwards by Mitrovic but it is wide of the near post

6:00: Oshodi is forced to make a last-ditch header as McEachran's flick-on was set to reach Mitrovic in the six yard box

4:00: Watford win the first corner of the game but Mingoia's delivery is cleared by Mills

0:00: Here are the line-ups for this evening's FA Youth Cup quarter final between Watford and Chelsea at Vicarage Road. Watford: Bond; Yiadom, Oshodi, Fenwick, Angus; Whichelow, Brooks, Penny, Mingoia; Massey, Murray. Subs: Bonham, Thompson, Warburton, Isaac, Smith. Chelsea; Walker, Bruma, Conteh, B.Clifford; Lalkovic, Djalo, C.Clifford, Tore; McEachran, Mitrovic. Subs: Blackman, Saville, Devyne, Sampayo, Ince.