"The knowledge that this was an evening in the company of an Ajax team not fit to lace the boots of the giants who represented the Dutch side in years gone by did not dull Chelsea's delight in seeing further vindication of their faith in youth. History was made more than once by the youngest team in the Champions League."
"His record lasted all of 33 minutes, ending when the 18-year-old Brazilian winger Estevao Willian scored just before half-time, and Guiu tumbled further down the list when Tyrique George 19 years and 260 days rounded off a 5-1 win for Enzo Maresca's side early in the second half. While John Heitinga's awful Ajax faced up to the ignominy of conceding four times in the first half of a European tie for the first time since 1958,"
"The Dutch giants have made a dreadful start to their domestic campaign and they knew they were on their way to another dispiriting evening in this competition when they were reduced to 10 men after Kenneth Taylor was punished for an inexplicable rush of blood to the head in the 15th minute. The irony is that all the talk before the game was about Chelsea's indiscipline."
Chelsea's youngest Champions League XI produced multiple records as Marc Guiu briefly became the club's youngest scorer before Estevao Willian and Tyrique George also scored. The three teenagers combined to make Chelsea the first team in competition history to have three teenagers score in one match. Ajax were reduced to 10 men after Kenneth Taylor received a red card for a dangerous studs-up challenge on Facundo Buonanotte in the 15th minute. The dismissal compounded Ajax's poor domestic form and led to an embarrassing first-half collapse as Chelsea scored four times before half-time. The match ended 5-1 for Enzo Maresca's side.
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