TNT sports were forced into an apology after Chelsea captain Reece James could not control his excitement after the historic appearance of younger reggie walsh.
The 16-year-old Walsh became the youngest starter of the blues ever in Europe when he was mentioned in the side that came across Djurgarden in the semi-final of the Europa Conference League on Thursday evening.
The side of Enzo Maresca rode to a 1-0 win over the night and 5-1 total victory that sealed their place in the final later this month, where they will be confronted with LaLiga-side Real Betis. But all conversation match was aimed at the handy No. 10, which received the full 90 minutes of the game.
Then blues skipper James was lyrical about the teenager's display. His praise that he seemed to forget that he was live TV and flapped an exploration in noticing the ability of young people to replicate his impressive versions in a real game.
“I saw him in training parties, but training and games are different,” he said. 'This is the first time I saw him play in a game and I was like F ****** H ***, I didn't know how good he actually was.
“Training is training and you can't judge too much what you see in training.”
Defender Josh Acheampong, only 19 years old, has also presented special praise for the history maker of Chelsea and added: 'It is the first time I also played with reggie. Although I am young, he is a lot younger than me. I just said to him, be confident, whatever you do in the 18S, 21s, just try to replicate here. '
With Chelsea, who are almost all the parties they have confronted in the Conference League, the Maresca competition has the opportunity to give opportunities to Academy Starlets.
Walsh got his first taste of action in the first stage of last week and almost scored after the rise when full -time approached. After the game, Maresca said: 'I felt excited to give him the chance. It is suitable for our style. He is the eighth debut of the Academy.
'It is perfect for our system, but of course it is also young, so we have to protect it. I told him to enjoy the experience before he came up. It was the perfect night one important semi-final and a good result. '
On Thursday, the blues sealed their place in the final with a 1-0 win thanks to a first half goal of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall. The midfielder cut on his left foot and found the bottom corner. With that, the blues led by four goals on aggregated. Dewsbury-Hall was signed from Leicester for £ 30 million.
He played a small role in the Premier League, but has managed more minutes than anyone in this competition and will be worthy if Chelsea can see through it.
Chelsea will be confronted with their heaviest test in the Estadio Municipal de Breslavia in Warsaw on 28 May. Laliga Side Betis has insured their place in the collision after a nail biting 4-3 aggregated victory over Fiorentina.