New!! Chelsea match : Chelsea wins the Club World Cup for the first time in its history
Chelsea match summary
Highlights of Chelsea match : Chelsea won the club world cup for the first time in its history, after defeating the brazilian palmeiras 2-1 in the final, saturday evening, at the Mohammed bin zayed stadium.
Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring for Chelsea in the 55th minute, and Rafael Vega equalized the score for Palmeiras in the 64th minute, then Kai Havertz scored the second goal for the Blues in the 117th minute.
The first attempt in the match for Palmeiras came in the 4th minute, with a shot from Danilo from outside the penalty area, hitting Silva’s foot and going out to a corner.
Chelsea appeared offensively for the first time in the 16th minute, with a violation from the borders of the area, which Mont made, shooting a direct ball that passed next to the post.
Rooney tried to surprise Mendy with a header from inside the penalty area in the 18th minute, but his ball went weak in the hands of the Senegalese goalkeeper.
Palmeiras continued his strong start to the match, with a shot from Dudu from outside the penalty area in the 24th minute, which went a little over the crossbar.
Chelsea returned to form the danger, with a ground shot from Haveritz from outside the penalty area in the 26th minute, but it went wide of the goal.
From a quick attack by Palmeiras, Worm received a magic pass inside the penalty area, to hit a ground ball that went wide of the goal in the 27th minute.
Chelsea suffered a strong blow in the 31st minute when star player Mason Mount was injured, and he left the field and was replaced by American Pulisic.
Pulisic almost opened the scoring for Chelsea in the 37th minute, by executing a foul on the boundaries of the area, hitting a direct ball that went over the crossbar.
Rooney responded with a powerful shot that went wide of the goal, then Silva fired a missile from outside the penalty area, and Weverton starred in turning it away to a corner kick.
From that kick, Silva rose to a cross, shooting a header that went over the crossbar, and the first half ended in a goalless draw.
Chelsea started the second half with a powerful shot from Rudiger from outside the penalty area in the 49th minute, which went a little over the crossbar.
