Chelsea Are Now The Club World Cup Champions!

Chelsea joins Man United and German giants Bayern Munich as the only clubs to accomplish the decisive victory of the FIFA Club World Cup in addition to all the major UEFA prizes (European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners’ Cup and Super Cup)

Chelsea are champions of the world, after beating the tough and well-organized Brazilian side Palmeiras in the FIFA Club World Cup finals.

Kai Havertz, the man whose Champions League last goal qualified Chelsea for this FIFA Club World Cup competition, scored a penalty with three minutes of extra-time left to guarantee the Blues to be the champions of the world.

The conclusive spot-kick was awarded for handball, the second such decision during this sluggish burner of a game in Abu Dhabi.

Chelsea took the lead through Romelu Lukaku, but a Thiago Silva handball prompted the Blues’ Brazilian opponents equalising. Chelsea pushed forward, searching for the winner.

A first half contrasting tactics yielded no results for Chelsea. Palmeiras were very cautious, forestalling Chelsea to penetrate, and hoped to play on the break in a manner that bothered and constrained free touches from Chelsea’s defenders.

Palmeiras squandered the most obvious opportunity in the game before the break from a beautiful counter-attack. Thiago Silva came close to scoring for Chelsea in the first half, with a shot from a long distance.

Lukaku headed Chelsea into the lead during a more open beginning to the last part, but at that point came the penalty equaliser for the Sao Paulo side and a game that appeared to be opening up, tightened once more.

The score remained 1-1 into extra-time yet Palmeiras’ danger on the counter had wound down as Chelsea’s attacking improved, and in the end the more courageous side got Chelsea’s winner.

As expected and as is customary in these European versus South American club battles, Palmeira were enjoying the majority of the support inside the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, whose capacity is similar to Stamford Bridge but had close to 33,000 within on this occasion.

Given that imbalance in noise, a start to quieten the green-and-white-shirted Brazilian fans would have been most welcome but it did not come, as the game settled down into a pattern that would endure throughout the first half.

There was a muddled second half for Palmeiras not long after start off, with a free ball in their six-yard box but nobody was close where it was, however the initial phases of the game were a lot of how Thomas Tuchel had anticipated in his interview without further ado before start off.

Palmeiras were fine with allowing Chelsea play a lot of the ball within their half, defending positively, and afterward playing fast, long balls to their attack whenever the opportunity emerged.

Palmeiras dealt with several shots right off the bat, one redirected behind and the other never prone to stress Mendy in any way. Whenever Chelsea had their own chance to counter-attack, Hudson-Odoi shot was obstructed.

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Halfway through the first half, there was danger when a long ball was changed over into a shooting opportunity by versatile Palmeiras forward Dudu. Luckily, it whistled over the Chelsea bar to whoops from the Brazilian fans.

By finding the net something like once, it seemed like the truly crucial step had been done, and Christian Pulisic went near a speedy second goal with a shot that went by the far post, but under 10 minutes subsequent to going behind, Palmeiras were given a way back into the game from the penalty spot.

It was awarded after a VAR-advised video reviewed by the referee Chris Beath. That showed the ball had hit Thiago Silva’s hand which was raised across his opponent’s shoulder while jumping during an aeronautical duel. Raphael Veiga sent Mendy the incorrect way with his spot-kick.

At the point when Palmeiras figured out how to push forward, they regularly found Rudiger, Chelsea’s best defender on the day, in their way.

The match went into additional time following a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes. The first additional time was similar as a large portion of the game, with Chelsea controlling the ball but facing a Palmeiras obstruction. The ball was avoided onto their woodwork during one distracted scramble, but Werner seemed to have run offside toward the beginning of that in any case.

Not long in the second period, Werner played a sharp one-two with Ziyech and whipped his shot just a foot or two over and Chelsea were now attacking with reason. Whenever Azpi inside the penalty area snared a ball towards goal, it was blocked but the Blues were right away persuaded it was handball.

There was plenty of play before a stoppage for referee Chris Beath from Australia to be sent to the screen but when he was, there was only one decision.

Initially, it looked like Chelsea’s captain wanted to take the penalty himself but then he handed the ball to Havertz who from a long run-up, could not have scored it any more emphatically. And that was enough, although there was still time for Luan to be sent-off for bringing down Havertz who was heading towards goal.

With this win, Chelsea now joins Manchester United and Liverpool as the only English winners of this trophy.

Chelsea joins Man United as well as German giants Bayern Munich as the only clubs to accomplish the decisive victory of the FIFA Club World Cup in addition to all the major UEFA prizes (European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners’ Cup and Super Cup).

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