Chelsea are the greatest shockers of modern football

Chelsea shocked PSG in the FIFA Club World Cup final.

But in fact, for Chelsea, this is not too surprising. Because if modern football has a team that specializes in "rewriting the script" of every major tournament, it is "The Blues".

Ahead of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final, PSG are the default favourites for the throne. Luis Enrique's team has just crushed all opponents from the Premier League, is a balanced, deep team and possesses the brightest superstar of the year - Ousmane Dembele.

Chelsea, meanwhile, entered the game as… forgotten men. Despite spending more than €1.6 billion over four seasons, they were still considered “dark horses” – not featured in any championship prediction tables, and almost no one believed they could beat a PSG team at the top.

But that’s Chelsea. They always know how to shock the world . Go back in time. In 2012, Chelsea entered the Champions League knockout stages in disarray, changing managers midway through the game, heavily underdogs to Bayern Munich in the final. The result? Didier Drogba equalised, then scored the decisive penalty that sent them to their first European Cup.

In 2021, Chelsea were once again not expected to face Pep Guardiola's Man City in Porto (Portugal). They did not possess any big stars, were not rated higher in terms of tactics, but they won with simple, reasonable and disciplined football.

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Dembele disappointed in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final.

And in 2025, in the context of Dembele and Vitinha's PSG conquering Europe, Chelsea - under the hands of Enzo Maresca - once again made everyone look at them with different eyes.

“PSG have beaten every team in England… but we’re going to surprise a lot of people on July 14,” Chelsea captain Reece James said ahead of the game. And he kept his promise.

This is not just a victory. This is a statement. Chelsea are no longer a young team rebuilding, but a team with an identity. A young team, full of fighting spirit, who know how to bide their time and punish the opponent's mistakes.

Maresca brought structure to a team that had been seen as disjointed. And more importantly, he rekindled the winning DNA that had seemed to have gone cold since the Tuchel era.

From Liam Delap to Joao Pedro - names still unfamiliar to most audiences - have now become symbols of the new Chelsea spirit: no need for noise, just efficiency.

Chelsea are not a team for the usual scenarios. They don't win trophies when expected, but they always win when the world turns its back. The more doubted they are, the more dangerous they are. The more they are in the dark, the more explosive they are.

And so, perhaps it's time to stop being surprised. Because with Chelsea, shock is not a moment, it's a nature.

PSG suffered a crushing defeat to Chelsea in the Club World Cup final. Early morning on July 14, PSG lost 0-3 to Chelsea in the match to decide the Club World Cup title.

Source: https://znews.vn/chelsea-la-nhung-ke-gay-soc-vi-dai-nhat-cua-bong-da-hien-dai-post1568381.html