"Hero" Cole Palmer takes Chelsea to the top of the FIFA Club World Cup

The first ten minutes of the final against Chelsea opened up an extremely difficult time for PSG since the start of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup campaign. Instead of playing an aggressive game like in previous matches, PSG were forced by Chelsea to retreat to defend deep in their own half. The French team even almost conceded a goal in the 8th minute if Cole Palmer had been more careful with his finishing.

The final in New York was watched by millions of people around the world.

The situation became even more dire for PSG after that when coach Luis Enrique's team continued to play passively, unable to deploy their familiar tactics. Even when given the opportunity to shoot twice in a row, Desiré Doué could not overcome Chelsea's solid defense led by goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.

Cole Palmer opened the scoring in the 22nd minute for Chelsea

Playing very well since the beginning of the tournament, but in this match, left-back Nuno Mendes proved harmless every time Chelsea launched an attack along this corridor. In the 22nd minute, Nuno Mendes could not stop Malo Gusto's run and after the French player shot the ball into Nuno Mendes, he calmly passed the ball to Cole Palmer who was entering the PSG penalty area.

The England international’s left-footed shot was not dangerous but was enough to send the ball flying out of the reach of goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, curling into the PSG net and giving Chelsea the opening goal. The entire MetLife Stadium fell silent for a moment before exploding with emotion at this beautiful goal.

Cole Palmer completed his double in just eight minutes

Eight minutes later, Cole Palmer continued to play the role of assassin to punish the unbelievable mistakes of PSG's defense, which had only conceded once in the previous 500 minutes of play. Levi Colwill sent a long pass from the home field for Cole Palmer to sprint down, turn around both center-backs Lucas Beraldo and Marquinhos before shooting past goalkeeper Donnarumma for the second time in the match.

Joao Pedro sinks PSG in the first half with the third goal

Two minutes before the end of the first half, Cole Palmer sent a very delicate through pass to Joao Pedro, who calmly flicked the ball past goalkeeper Donnarumma, raising the score to 3-0 for Chelsea. PSG "tortured" Real Madrid in the semi-finals, and now received all the punishment from Chelsea in the final, which did not allow any mistakes.

Robert Sanchez keeps saving Chelsea

A series of adjustments by both teams turned the second half into a battle of wits, from the technical benches between the coaches to the off-field competition between the players. The shots on goal by Khvicha Kravatskhelia, Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue and Vitinha could not get past the hands of goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.

Joao Neves received a red card and left the field, PSG was even more saddened by the inexcusable defeat

Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the pitch, "spider man" Donnarumma twice prevented PSG's net from shaking further after shots by Liam Delap, who came on for Joao Pedro from the 67th minute. Difficulties piled up, PSG was reduced to 10 men from the 85th minute after Joao Neves fouled Marc Cucurella and accepted a 0-3 defeat against Chelsea.

Chelsea on top of the world for the second time

For the second time in four years, Chelsea have stepped onto the highest podium at the FIFA Club World Cup in a completely revamped version. From a team that was not highly rated before the tournament, "The Blues" slowly made their way to the final, eliminating all obstacles to bring home the championship title in the style of a team that is very lucky with trophies.