9:14 PM Today
CHELSEA IS CONCLUDED WORLD CLUB CHAMPION!
The Blues beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 to be crowned Club World Cup 2025 champions. In front of an impressive MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Enzo Maresca's team thrashed PSG from start to finish and won the international tournament thanks to a double from Cole Palmer and a goal from João Pedro.
The British side deployed a perfect tactical system to completely nullify the reigning UEFA Champions League champions: man-to-man marking, periods of suffocating pressure, and lethal counterattacks. In this way, they remarkably defeated a PSG that was unrecognizable, due to the fact that they were never able to express their associative play and failed to make their characteristic offensive voracity felt.
Chelsea scored all three goals in the first 45 minutes. Cole Palmer, who was voted the final's MVP, thrived under the pressure of being one of the team's key figures and delivered two similar goals: a low finish over the goalkeeper's right post. The 3-0 came from João Pedro, who was one-on-one with Gianluigi Donnarumma and chipped it.
PSG didn't react in a second half in which the English team controlled the pace. João Neves was sent off after pulling Marc Cucurella's hair. Just after the match ended, there was a tense moment in which both teams had a heated argument. Chelsea thus became the champions of the first 32-team edition of the 2025 Club World Cup. 9:08 PM Today
88 minutes: PSG'S UNBELIEVABLE MISS!
Gonçalo Ramos only had to tap the ball in to reduce the deficit, but the Portuguese player missed the ball inside the six-yard box.
Gonçalo Ramos misses a big chance to take one back for PSG! 😬
— DAZN Football (@DAZNFootball) July 13, 2025
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9:04 PM Today
85 minutes: Red in Paris Saint-Germain!
Marc Cucurella provoked João Neves, who reacted by teasing him. After a VAR review, the referee decided to send him off.
JOÃO NEVES SENT OFF! 🟥
— DAZN Football (@DAZNFootball) July 13, 2025
PSG down to 10 in the final minutes of the match.
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8:59 PM Today
80 minutes: CHELSEA MISSED THE FOURTH!
Liam Delap won the duel against Beraldo and was left one-on-one against Gianluigi Donnarumma, who took the shot with his feet.
8:55 PM Today
76 minutes: Final changes for Chelsea
Reece James and Pedro Neto came off the pitch to make way for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Christopher Nkunku.
8:51 PM Today
72 minutes: Hydration break and more changes for PSG
Gonçalo Ramos, Warren Zaire-Emery and Senny Mayulu came on to replace Archaf Hakimi, Désiré Doué and Fabián Ruiz.
8:48 PM Today
69 minutes: DONNARUMMA BLOCK!
Newcomer Liam Delap took a long-range shot, but the Italian goalkeeper cleared it wide of the corner.
WHAT A SAVE!
— DAZN Football (@DAZNFootball) July 13, 2025
Delap’s shot beaten away by Donnarumma’s brilliance. Save of the tournament?🔥
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8:46 PM Today
67 minutes: New change for Chelsea
Enzo Maresca renews the starting lineup: Joao Pedro, who scored the 3-0, came off to make way for Liam Delap.
8:44 PM Today
65 minutes: Chelsea controls the final
Despite PSG's dominance of possession, they are unable to create any danger in the opponent's goal, and the Blues are playing calmly while also looking to strike on the counterattack. Pedro Neto was spared a second yellow card.
8:39 PM Today
60 minutes: First change for Chelsea
After experiencing physical discomfort, Enzo Fernández left the field to make way for Andrey Santos.
