Chelsea booked their place in the semi-final of the FIFA Club World Cup (CWC) with a 2-1 victory over Palmeiras in Philadelphia, with which he ended the unbeaten run of the Brazilian side after four games (W2, D2).
Chelsea went on his way to this match in search of a second defeat by the Brazilian opposition at the CWC. The side of Enzo Maresca came close to breaking the impasse within the first four minutes, when Cole Palmer looked to defeat Weverson with a curly effort from outside the penalty area, but the Brazilian stop went down to palp the ball away.
However, Palmer got his name on the score sheet with 16 minutes on the clock, while he kept his cool to throw the ball in the top left corner from just within the penalty area after a wonderful first touch.
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The blues dominated as the first half progressed, with Palmeiras, Golf survived after Gulf of Chelsea attacks, the best of them arrived when Palmer found Christopher Nunku, who stepped under the ball and well searched when he was in the space in the penalty area.
Verdao had a brilliant opportunity to bring itself level at the battle of HT, but Vanderlan saw his header to the left corner of Robert by Robert Sánchez.
Palmeiras started the second half in a much better way and had their reward shortly after HT. Ironically, it was in Chelsea-bound teenager Estevao who found the back of the net with a stunning strike, drilling his emphatic effort in the bar along a rooted sanchez.
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Verdao continued to grow in the game and went close to taking the lead with a little more than an hour played, while Allan's strike came over the goal of the left stable.
The tension grew when the game approached the final phase, but Chelsea managed to get a rather lucky winner to play with seven minutes. The goal came after Malo Gusto's Cross Weverton after a deflection of Bruno Fuchs, which means that the keeper could only look while the ball floats over the goalline.
Weverson was present to push a late Noni Madueke strike on the post, but in the end it made little difference when Chelsea insured their place in the semi-final, where they will still be confronted with a Brazilian side in Fluminense.
Flash score Man of the match: Cole Palmer (Chelsea)