

Chelsea stun PSG to become Club World Cup champions; Women’s Euros head to star-studded knockout stages
Chelsea stun PSG to become Club World Cup champions; Women’s Euros head to star-studded knockout stages
Welcome to the start of a new week and the official end of the men’s football season 2024-25. Yes, with the club world that comes to its conclusion, this is the first of four Chelsea Can call itself world champions. In the meantime, the struggle to be the best in Europe is warming up in Switzerland, where the last 16 of the ladies -euros are all ready. I am James Benge, let’s go in!
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Well, that was the kind of final that Gianni Infantino had dreamed when he was renamed a new world cup in the club on an initially skeptical football world. Two of the biggest names in sport in a sold -out Metlife Stadium and a collision filled with drama and surprise, which produce the type of shock result that would return pages and excitement to the home base of the biggest competition in sport.
Few but the most crazy optimistic of Chelsea fans could have believed that they had a good chance of European champions Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday evening. After all, after all, Luis EnriqueThe side was browsed to the final of the Champions League by offering the best League that the Premier League had to offer, on heavy legs with an intensity for their press that no one else could match. And yet, a season that perhaps ended in the most glorious way for the champions of France and Europe saw Chelsea do their trick, flying in a 3-0 first half ahead that they never looked like losing.
Enzo Maresca saw the holes on the left side of the PSG -Middenveld and started exploiting it with aggression. The Chelsea boss would tell you that this was a triumph of execution by his players instead of his game plan, but the Italian certainly deserves his flowers.
- Maresca: “Analyze it, we saw that there was a lot of room on the left, and that is where we tried to win the game. It went well, but I think we won the game in the first 10 minutes, when the team came out to show that we were here to win, it is one of the Rivivale to give the rival. Good.”
No surprises to guess who the Sterman was for Chelsea last night. Again, it was Cole Palmer Deliver the largest stage, score the first two goals of the blues and deliver the assist for Joao PedroThe third. After a relatively down second half of the season – including a few games in the US – this was a reminder that what Palmer is at his best is nothing less than one of the best attacking players in the world. At the age of only 23 he already has three goals and three assists in the grand finale, at least he does that if you are inclined to refer to the conference competition in such an elevated way.
Right of the attack started instead of the number 10 position that was generally this season, Palmer was aggressive in his death and never shunned from an opening to take a shot. Who knows, a year and a bit from now on he might make Metlife his own again. The question with Chelsea last season was often who they could trust if Palmer had a quiet one, but, looking in East Rutherford, Pardep Cattry thinks they have excavated an ongoing partner for their Star Maker.
- Cattry: “It comes as little shock that Palmer, the brightest star of the blues, would deliver in moments like this … The surprise, however, was that Joao Pedro also felt a natural fit on the field next to Palmer. Less than two weeks ago, Joao Pedro was still on Brighton and Hove Albion’s Books, but now three goals in the final in the last in the Last In the in the in the in the in the in the in the in the final, Competition. “
What for the world champions? Their financial prospects are certainly Rosker, the blues have earned $ 114.6 million in prize money, at least before taxes. This stay to the US will also have done wonders for Maresca, who can claim that he has reached or exceeded expectations in the three most important competitions in which he led Chelsea.
However, is there a close risk for Maresca? Much will depend on how clear ownership is about who this team was last season (probably the third or fourth best team in England). It is fair to expect the development of this young team in the coming season, but even that must be compensated by the fact that their Premier League season starts in 34 days. Great things are expected from Chelsea. After all, they are champions of the world.
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🇪🇺 Euro -group phase ends with great results
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The quarterfinals have been set and if you think that what was previously in the European championships, a high drama was, you are nothing yet. The large weapons have largely reached the quarterfinals, but one curious result in the last weekend of the group stage has brought a fairly dramatic imbalance of the bracket.
On the one hand, holders are England, who gathered in an impressive way after their opening defeat against France. Sarina Wiegman’s silk was always expected to follow their heavy victory The Netherlands With a similar emphatic victory against tournament debutants WalesYet there was something impressive about their 6-1 victory in St. Gallen. The introduction of Ella Toone in the starting XI is a triumph for the lionesses, moving Lauren James to a wide area where she has been extremely effective. They may have finished second in Group D, but if there is something that looks better England than they had been after that early defeat. That is certainly the position of Beth Mead.
- Partly: “It didn’t seem like it then, but [losing to France] Was probably the best that could have happened to us as a team and it motivated us. We had hard conversations, we discovered things. You don’t win or don’t lose a tournament in the first game. Now we are in a position where we are building very nicely. “
That position may be all the better results the previous day. Sweden fancied Germany in ZurichFrom behind in the beginning to claim a big 4-1 victory against an opponent who played almost an hour with 10 men. Their reward for Topping Group B is a repeat of the semi-final of 2022, one that won England on stylish fashion 4-0. The lionesses may not be the team they were and every opponent with Stina Blackstenius and Fridolina Rolfo must be taken seriously, but you suspect that England had given them preference than Germany.
Meanwhile the Lady team were severely punished for their defeat, a collision with a French side that saw a spicy Netherlands in style, three goals quickly after the other after the hour after the hour that they helped a 5-2 victory. It will not be easier for the winner of that quarterfinals, which will almost certainly encounter SpainStrong favorites against hosts Switzerland.
The remaining quarterfinals, whose winner opposite England or Sweden is confronted, places Italy against a Norway side full of offensive talent but looked at the back. The Norwegians could also see how the draw has landed and meaningful to achieve what their seventh final would be. The euros have not yet disappointed, but you suspect that the good things might be around the corner.
🔗 Top stories
📈 How Chelsea won the Club World Cup: A triumph all the more impressive as they played, This is what Chelsea was right to numb PSG.
😡 Luis Enrique Bust Up: In the heat of defeat, Luis Enrique seemed to lose his cool. The PSG boss was involved in a failure with Joao Pedro after the last whistle.
😮 Palace relegated to Conference League: A huge, if not surprising for Crystal Palace on Friday evening when UEFA confirmed that they had to be driven out of the Europa League And sent to the Conference League due to infringements of ownership rules. The FA Cup winners will appeal against the decision.
❤️ Liverpool pay tribute Diogo Jota: A difficult weekend for Liverpool, who returned to action in a friendly against Preston North End after the death of teammate Diogo Jota and his brother Other Silva.
🇺🇸 Adams greeted usmnt -mentality: Tyler Adams joined the call it what you want -team that thinks about the American run to the Gold Cup final and Saw drawing of positive change in the dressing room.
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💰 The choice: England and Spain to reach the final (+210) – As we have been placed above, the draw seems to have been broken as favorably for England as they could have hoped and although it is certainly not a fact that you would make them favorites to escape the upper half of the bracket. As far as Spain is concerned, well, they are Spain. Even with the hosts to get to the neighborhoods and France or Germany for them, they are strong favorites.
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