Last season's Champions League champions Chelsea, the off-season and invested a lot of money to upgrade the squad, the only goal is to achieve greater success at the competitive level, but as the season deepens, due to the heavy reinforcement Lukaku's performance is not as expected, resulting in their falling behind in the Premier League title race, has been the Blues Manchester City to expand the lead to double digits, the hope of reversing the championship has become very slim, and the difficulty of defending the title in the Champions League is also very large. Striving for the cup has become the Most Important Goal of the Blues this season! After entering 22 years, Chelsea ushered in the first chance to win the title, they successfully reached the final of the Club World Cup, the Opponent of the Blues is palmeiras from Brazil, although it has a clear advantage in overall strength, but Chelsea encountered a stubborn resistance from the opponent on the offensive end, the two sides shook hands 1-1 in the regular season, in the extra time, Luanne gave Chelsea a penalty in the handball in the penalty area, Havertz hit steadily, helping the Blues 2-1 Palmeiras, Won the first trophy of the new year!
After the referee's whistle, Chelsea launched a tidal attack, but facing Palmeiras' iron barrel formation, the Blues' offensive efficiency in this campaign was not high, with a possession rate of 69%, they completed a total of 20 shots, but only 2 shots hit the goal frame, but Palmelas, who was passive on the scene, completed 4 shots that hit the target with a sharp defensive counterattack.
Chelsea, who could not conquer for a long time in the first half, broke the deadlock in the 55th minute of the second half by the overall performance of Lukaku, Hudson-Odoi crossed from the left side to the bottom line, Lukaku jumped high against two defenders and scored the goal, helping Chelsea to take a 1-0 lead, but the Blues' lead lasted less than 10 minutes, and in the 60th minute, Thiago Silva was fouled for a handball when he competed for a high ball in the box, and the referee awarded Palmeiras a penalty after looking back at VAR. Garvey tricked Mendy into a steady shot to tie the score at 1-1.
In the next 30 minutes, Chelsea still dominated the attack, but could not rewrite the score again, the game also entered the extra time war, in the 99th minute Pulisic's goal was wrapped around the goal frame, the Blues missed the opportunity to score, but in the 113th minute Chelsea corner caused a handball in the Luanne penalty area, the big heart of Havertz did not live up to the trust of the whole team, against the pressure to stabilize the shot, to help Chelsea 2-1 Palmeiras.
After winning this game, Chelsea won the first Club World Cup in the history of the team, which will inevitably have a significant boost in the morale of the whole team, and it is expected that in the next Premier League, they can find the feeling of winning and keep themselves in the ranks of the first group for the championship, and the new season of the Champions League knockout round is also about to start, Chelsea will meet the Ligue 1 team Lille in the quarter-finals, Chelsea, who have a good luck, can pass the level like last season and reach the Champions League final, It has also become the most concerned topic for fans, and it is expected that Tuchel can lead the Blues to create glory again!