Chelsea, which won last season's Champions League, was heavily upgraded during the offseason, and the goal is to achieve greater achievements at the competitive level, but with the deepening of the season, Chelsea's lukaku performance that was introduced with a lot of money did not meet expectations, and at the same time, chelsea fell in the middle of the Premier League championship this season, and chelsea have been expanded by Manchester City teams to expand the lead points to double digits, and Chelsea's chances of reversing the championship seem to be very small.
However, after entering 2022, Chelsea won the first Champions Cup of the year. The Blues managed to advance to the final of the Club World Cup and played the ultimate clash with The Palmeiras team from Brazil, and although Chelsea had the advantage in overall strength, the Blues repeatedly encountered stubborn resistance from their opponents in this encounter, and the two sides were in a 1-1 draw at the end of regular time. In extra time, Brazilian player Luan made a handball foul in the penalty area, Chelsea won a penalty, Havertz took the penalty and shot from the penalty spot to kill the game, and finally Chelsea beat Palmeiras 2-1.
The game was played after the referee's whistle, the Blues began a tidal wave of attack, but in the face of Palmeiras's barrel formation, Chelsea's attacking efficiency in this game was not high, with a possession rate of 69% while the Blues only completed 20 shots on goal, but only 2 shots were within the frame. On the other hand, although Palmeiras was passive on the field, he completed 4 target shots with a sharp defensive counterattack.
Chelsea were unable to defeat Palmeiras in the first half, and when the game came to the 55th minute of the second half, the unsatisfactory Lukaku broke the deadlock on the field, and Lukaku, who was facing two defenders, jumped high and scored a header. However, Chelsea's lead lasted less than 10 minutes before a handball foul was made by Thiago Silva as he scrambled for a high ball in the penalty area, Palmeiras was awarded a penalty and Garvey hit an easy shot after cheating on the goalkeeper to bring the score to a 1-1 draw.
However, in the remaining 30 minutes of the game, Chelsea still dominated the attack on the field, but failed to rewrite the score, so the game entered the extra time battle. In the 99th minute, the Blues missed a chance to score a goal, pulisic in front of the goal wrapped the ball on the goal frame, just in the 113th minute of the game Chelsea corner created a handball foul inside the Luanne penalty area, Havertz against the pressure point to score a winning goal, to help the Blues win 2-1 Palmeiras.
At the same time, Chelsea won the first Club World Cup title in the history of the team, a victory that will undoubtedly help the Blues greatly improve the morale of the team. However, the new season of champions league knockouts is also about to begin, whether Chelsea can delay this wave of morale as it did last season to reach the Champions League final.