Chelsea drew 1-1 at Zenit St Petersburg in the final game of their UEFA Youth League game.
The result in sub-zero temperatures see Chelsea reach the playoff round of the competition.
The young Blues knew a point would be enough to seal second spot in Group H and Alfie Gilchrist's header early in the second half proved enough for Andy Myers's youngsters, despite the concession of an equaliser 15 minutes later.
The freezing weather, with snow coating the city of St Petersburg, combined with the team's unusual preparation in not training on the day prior to the game due to the long travel, made it a challenging contest for both teams on the day.
Chelsea (3-4-2-1)Lucas Bergstrom; Josh Brooking, Alfie Gilchrist, Brodi Hughes; Silko Thomas (Dion Rankine 74), Xavier Simons (c), Charlie Webster (Jayden Wareham 86), Lewis Hall (Luke Badley-Morgan 86); Joe Haigh (Leo Castledine 74), Harvey Vale; Jude Soonsup-Bell (Malik Mothersille 64)
Unused subs Prince Adegoke, Bryan Fiabema
Scorer Gilchrist 50
Booked Brooking 72; Thomas 73
Zenit St Petersburg (4-3-3) David Byazrov; Dmitrii Bykov, Arseniy Zigangirov (c), Danila Khotulev, Aleksandr Sandrachuk; Evgeny Kim, Dmitrii Vasilev, Roni Mikhailovskii; Andrey Maryonov (Kirill Khvastukhin 66), Vladislav Saus (Akim Belokhonov h/t), Daniil Kuznetsov
Unused subs Georgii Korolev, Matvey Troshchenkov, Elisei Emelianov, Valerii Murzakov, Ruslan Khailoev
Scorer Kim 66
Booked Zigangirov 36
