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Pigott Bags Treble In Friendly Win At Chelsea

Curtis also on target for Blues

23 September 2022

Joe Pigott
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Club News

Pigott Bags Treble In Friendly Win At Chelsea

Curtis also on target for Blues

23 September 2022

Joe Pigott hit a hat-trick as Pompey enjoyed a 4-2 friendly win over a Chelsea XI at the Londoners’ Cobham base.

The striker opened the scoring midway through the first half and Ronan Curtis quickly doubled the lead before the hosts pulled one back just before the interval.

But Reeco Hackett teed-up Pigott to score again following the restart and after Chelsea reduced their deficit, he struck a fine long-range effort to complete his treble.

Blues boss Danny Cowley said: “It was a really good opportunity to get some minutes into the legs of a number of players, with Denver Hume enjoying more than an hour on the pitch.

“We were without a league game this weekend and so we’re really grateful to Chelsea for hosting us.

"It was a really good opportunity to get some minutes into the legs of a number of players."

Danny Cowley

“It’s always a positive when you go out and score four goals, although I’m still disappointed when we concede.

“On the whole, though, it was a worthwhile experience for us and I was happy with our performance.

“We took seven players who are aged 21 or under and finished the game with three boys from the academy out there, which is pleasing.

“It was also nice to see Joe score three different goals in his hat-trick, including a wonderful strike that he bent into the top corner to round off the win.”

Pompey: Oluwayemi; Swanson, Freeman, Raggett (Ogilvie 46), Hume (Robertson 66); Hackett, Mingi (Quarm 75), Tunnicliffe (Payce 75), Curtis (Laidlaw 75); Koroma (Dale 66), Pigott
Sub not used: Steward


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