"This article could be made up entirely of Chelsea players given the success their youngsters had in a 5-1 demolition of Ajax. The Blues gave minutes to 10 players aged 21 or younger, while they became the first team in Champions League history to have three teenage scorers. Marc Guiu was first on the scoresheet, with the 19-year-old Spaniard - known as a powerful, quick number nine - poking home to briefly become the club's youngest goalscorer in the competition."
"His record on Wednesday night lasted for just 33 minutes with Estevao Willian, who is one year, three months and 20 days younger, netting a penalty. Already a Brazil international with nine caps, Estevao was described as a "special talent" by ex-England striker Wayne Rooney when he scored a late winner against Liverpool earlier this month, while his Chelsea team-mate Jorrel Hato - another teenager who started against Ajax - said Barca sensation Yamal is the only player of comparison."
Six teenagers scored across the Champions League round, the joint-most in a single round, with Barcelona's Lamine Yamal and Arsenal's Miles Lewis-Skelly among them. Chelsea fielded 10 players aged 21 or younger in a 5-1 victory over Ajax and became the first club in Champions League history to have three teenage scorers. Marc Guiu, a 19-year-old striker, briefly became Chelsea's youngest Champions League goalscorer before Estevao Willian, younger by more than a year, scored from the penalty spot. Tyrique George added the fifth goal. Reggie Walsh, who turned 17, became the club's youngest player in Europe's top tier, and Jamie Gittens, 21, created five or more chances, breaking a club Champions League record previously held by Eden Hazard.
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