Many Chelsea stars appear for their country during international breaks. Pedroneto and Mark Kukulera played in the Nations League on Thursday night, with the likes of Reese James and Levicorwill involved in the first team of England’s Thomas Touchel.
Meanwhile, Cole Palmer has pulled away from the three-man Lions team and is back at Cobham to recover from the injury retreat, hoping that Chelsea’s first game will be available for his first match against Tottenham on April 3.
However, with four academy alumni featured at the England Under-19 after beating Wales 2-0 this week, senior stars aren’t the only ones taking up the country in international duties this week.
Chelsea’s U19 England star
Three of Chelsea academy stars began with a match against Wales, with Josh Achairpon captaining the side and playing as left-side centre-back, not in his natural position.
Kiano Dyer started midfield alongside Newcastle stars Lewis Miley and Tyrique George.
George and Atiam Pong have played many times for the first team of the season, with the 19-year-old winger making 17 appearances this season, playing four assists and a total of 713 minutes.
Meanwhile, Acheampong made eight appearances and played a total of 421 minutes.
However, there was the fourth Cobham star who played against Wales in the UK’s Under-19 European Championship Qualifier, but many fans are already very excited.
Chelsea’s unique Osimen & Aguero Hybrid
Chelsea’s Schmeirah Maeka came from the bench against Wales for the UK U19 on Wednesday night and headed towards Manchester United’s Ethan Wheatley.
Mheuka is labelled “Cobham’s Finest” by talent scout Jacek Kulig, and says the 17-year-old forward is a “jewel.”
The young striker has great power to initiate contact. But he also has a deceptive agility, especially in the box. Often, like Sergio Aguero, he creates himself an extra half-yard space to take off the shot.
This unique ability to shift the ball in tight spaces is extremely valuable to Premier League strikers. Because they can create their own shooting opportunities rather than relying on others to remind them of Aguero, the master who creates their own shooting angles.
Mheuka has the quality of ball manipulation of Aguero-type striker in the box, but he has the physical characteristics of Victor Osimhen. Chelsea has linked Osimhen’s recent moves in the windows, but Maeka’s development has been able to save them a major change.
The 17-year-old is also physically developed technically and as he continues to grow, if he adds some height to his advantage, his already strong physical base layer becomes even more useful, making Mheuka a big box presence in the pre-play league.
Shim Mheuka vs Copenhagen Performance | |
|---|---|
statistics | turn around |
Min | 45 |
touch | 9 |
The exact path | 4/5 |
The ground duel won | 0/1 |
A duel won | 0/2 |
Statistics taken from sofa scores | |
The 17-year-old striker made his first full debut against Copenhagen in the UEFA Conference League before becoming vulgar at Christopher Nukank’s halftime. Mheuka was unable to engage himself and barely got the service, leading to three lost duels and just nine touches in 45 minutes.
Mheuka made 42 appearances at Chelsea’s academy across the U18 and U21 sides, scoring 19 goals and providing five assists, playing a total of 2,593 minutes. He has also won the net 10 times across various English age groups and has appeared 20 times from the U15-U19.
He is still young and developed, but many have the right to be excited by Mheuka, who has all the attributes of excellent advancement.
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