The French manager
gave first team debuts to four youngsters Alex Iwobi, Glen Kamara, Ismael Bennacer and Krystian Bielik throughout the course of the evening.
In parallel with Conte's problems up front, Blues supporters have been clamouring for Chelsea academy and England under - 17 World Cup winning striker Callum Hudson - Odoi to be
given a first team debut.
Not exact matches
Andrea Cesaris crossed the line in fourth with teammate Bertrand Gachot just behind him in fifth,
giving the tiny Jordan
team not only it's
first points, but a double points finish just five races into its
debut season.
Eric van de Poele and Giovanna Amati started the season with the
team, but it's most famous for
giving Damon Hill his F1
debut when he replaced Amati after the
first three races.
Arsene Wenger has often used the domestic cup competitions to
give some up and coming young players their
first taste of Arsenal
first team action, but the Frenchman has generally done this in the early rounds so an FA cup quarter final against a Premier League
team like Watford would not normally see a young Gunner make their
debut.
Such praise was unsurprising,
given that it only took him eight years to break through the ranks and into the
first -
team fold — making his
debut aged 16 years and 81 days in August 2016.
It remains his one and only appearance
given that his 2010
debut with the
first team ended in heartbreak for the then -17-year-old as he suffered a ruptured ligament that side - lined him for six months.
After making his
first team debut against Aston Villa at the very end of last season, many of us are hoping that Mauricio Pochettino
gives Pritchard a chance but it seems that a number of Championship clubs could be hovering.
Marcus McGuane joined Barcelona from Arsenal recently, and looks set to be
given a
first -
team debut.
Van Gaal's squad currently features 19 players aged 23 or under who he has signed, played,
given competitive
debuts to or otherwise sought to involve in United's
first -
team squad — including them in training, naming them on the bench or registering them for cup competitions, and granting them a shirt number — but which youngsters will stand the test of time and become his legacy on the pitch at Old Trafford for the next decade to come?