Chelsea football chief Cech: Vale, Soonsup-Bell and Simons were all on leave! | OneFootball

Chelsea football chief Petr Cech was delighted for Harvey Vale, Jude Soonsup-Bell and Xavier Simons after their Carabao Cup quarterfinal win against Brentford.

The young trio all made their full debuts on the night.

Cech wrote for chelseafc.com: "Sometimes unforeseen circumstances bring an opportunity for some people.

"It was really difficult to prepare for the game in those circumstances, and even the game before in the league, but that opened up an opportunity to bring in younger players and give them the chance to play for the senior team in an important game, because it was a cup quarter-final. So for them it has been an unbelievable experience and they did well.

"I have to say, it's not been easy in recent days to prepare for games because there has been so many unknowns, where you basically every day sit and wait to find out who you have available. But this one turned out to be a perfect game for Harvey Vale, Jude Soonsup-Bell and Xavier Simons to start their senior careers.

"They were on leave having a break and then got called up, so they needed to get back in quickly and prepare, but they were really happy I can tell you. For them it was definitely a special moment they enjoyed and they did really well. Making your debut is a very good reason for cancelling your Christmas break and I don't think the guys complained!"