With spectacular double of the Brazilian striker João Pedro, the Chelsea of England beat the Brazilian Fluminense in the semifinal of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup played under a scorching summer in the Metlife Stadium of East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Thus the Chelsea was classified for the final of the first expanded World Cup. The “blues” will face Sunday by the winner of the other semifinal between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and the real Madrid that collide this Wednesday, July 8 (3 PM ET) in the same Metlife Stadium of the neighbor “Garden State.”
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The law of the former
Signed just six days ago and after debuting with Chelsea in the quarterfinals last Friday in the victory against Palmeiras, attacker João Pedro scored two fabulous goals on Tuesday and ruined the illusions of a Fluminense, the Rio de Janeiro club where he precisely began his football career before making the jump to the football of Europe.
For its part, the “Flu”, with veteran defender Thiago Silva as Pilar, closed in the semifinals a great World Cup as the last representative of a Brazilian football that has undoubtedly been one of the sensations of the tournament.
With 93.2 degrees Fahrenheit (34 degrees centigrades), 46 % moisture and thermal sensation of almost 104 ° F (40 ° C) when the game began at 3 pm et, Metlife Stadium did not invite a high pace duel but Chelsea tried to encourage the afternoon.
Pedro Neto was the main agitator. For the left wing as a novelty, the Portuguese was a constant threat during the first part against a Fluminense who played with fire losing too many balls in danger areas.
The Argentine steering wheel Enzo Fernández halfway from the penalty spot and a header from Tosin Adarabioyo served as a warning. The Third no longer forgave Chelsea.
Again on the side of Net, the ball ended up falling into Joao Pedro’s boots in the peak of the area. The Brazilian took a breath, pointed to the long stick squad and stuck a goal. He did not celebrate so much and apologized to his former fans of the “Flu.”
Covered in a very physical and rocky block with the brand midfielder Moisés Caicedo back -the Ecuadorian retired in the last minute with physical discomfort and already unchanged as a whole -, Chelsea controlled the game without major before a shy fluminense and missed the sanctioned creative flyer Matheus Martinelli.
However, Chelsea relaxed in excess. A wall with Germán Cano left Hercules alone against Robert Sánchez in 25 and beat the goalkeeper below. But at the last minute and with a magnificent intervention the Spanish lane appeared Marc Cucurella to save the tie under the sticks.
The pupils of the coach Renato Gaúcho, without continuity in attack, appeared again to the matching when the re -feri François Letexier whistled penalty by Trevoh Chalobah. However, after the review of the VAR, the Collegiate annulled the maximum penalty to understand that there was a natural position of the defense. A controversial sanction.
In the resumption, Chelsea taught the claws again with a couple of distant shots of Caicedo and Cucurella. But the afternoon was all of Joao Pedro.
In a counterattack he found a highway on the left before a outdated rival defense. As in the first goal, he perfectly outlined his right leg and sent a missile that bounced in the crossbar before touching the network.
The 0-2 left Fluminense and the English of the Italian coach Enzo Maresca could do more harm with bad taste and Christopher Nkunku.
The win did not arrive but neither did the honor of a Fluminense who did not stop trying with all the heart of the world and said goodbye with his forehead high, being the best representative club of the American continent.
Thus they aligned
– Fluminense (0): Fable; Ignacio, Thiago Silva, Thiago Santos (Keno, m.54); GUGA, Hercules (Agustín Canobbio, m.70), Facundo Bernal (Lima, m. 69), Nonato (Yeferson Soteldo, m.66), Rene; Jhon Arias and Germán Cano (Everaldo, m.54).
– Coach: Renato Gaúcho.
– Chelsea (2): Robert Sánchez; Bad taste (Reece James, m.68), Trevoh Chabah, Tosin Adarabioyo, Marc Cucurella; Moisés Caicedo; Enzo Fernández (Andrey Santos, m.86), Cole Palmer; Pedro Neto (Noni Madueke, M.68), Joao Pedro (Nico Jackson, M.60) and Christopher Nkunku (Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, m.86).
– Coach: Enzo Maresca.
– Goals: 0-1, m.18: Joao Pedro. 0-2, m.56: Joao Pedro.
– Referee: François Letexier (FR). He admonished Nonato and Soteldo in Fluminense and Sánchez in Chelsea.
– Incidents: Semifinal Party of the Club World Cup played at the Metlife Stadium of East Rutherford (New Jersey, USA) before 70,556 spectators.
(With report by David Villafranca, from EFE)
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