Chelsea is the first team until the final of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup (CWC) after a 2-0 victory in the Metlife Stadium on Fluminense, whose elimination ends in the South American participation in the tournament.
On an unbeaten run of 11 games, Fluminense was not about to roll against the Premier League side, whose early half chances for Marc Cucurella and Enzo Fernández were thwarted by a strong defense.
However, the Tricolor had no answer to the open chelsea after 18 minutes – a Pedro Neto Cross from the left was cleaned up to Joao Pedro just outside the penalty area, and at his first Blues Start the former Fluminen man curled a wonderful shot around Fábio and in the net.
The team of Enzo Maresca wanted to insist the advantage and came in the neighborhood via a Malo Gusto header, only for Fluminense to cut their best chance of half when Hércules cracks in the area, nut -made Robert Sánchez, only denying by a Cucurella State of De Lijn.
Chelsea lived dangerous again when a free kick in the Trevor Chalobah box hit the arm, but after he had granted a penalty, referee François Letexier destroyed his decision after a VAR assessment, which considered the arm of Chalobah as a natural position.
Neto and Christopher Nunku had late chances, but Chelsea could not add a second before half.
The search for the second goal of the murderer took place after the break through long -distance efforts of Moisés Caicedo and Cucurella, while the side of Renato Gaúcho seemed to be a threat to the break, because replacement Everaldo the first salvation of half of Sánchez.
Yet it was the Brazilian side who was caught the counterattack for 10 minutes in his own half before Fernández overlooked it and spread the ball to João Pedro, which cut the box and aimed a strike in the crossbar.
Half of the goals of the flu on this CWC had arrived in the last 20 minutes, which perhaps gave Lima license to try his luck from the reach in the 71st minute after they had survived for Nunku and Gusto.
Replacement Nicolas Jackson missed a few chances to seal the victory, although Fluzão did not make enough to test Sánchez in the last phases.
It is a second CWC elimination for an English side in three years for the Brazilians, while Chelsea will strive for their second global title against Real Madrid or Paris Saint-Germain.