In the 2021 Club World Cup final, Champions League champions Chelsea face Copa Libertadores winner Palmeiras.
For Chelsea, since the sunny summer of 2003, Chelsea has won at least two or more championships in every game they can play, but the Club World Cup trophy, which represents the unification of world football, is still blank.
Although the Symbolic Significance of the Club World Cup Trophy far outweighs its actual value, the Level of the Club World Cup is far inferior to that of the Champions League, or even less than that of the Premier League. But this is, after all, the official FIFA event representing the highest honors of global clubs, if there is no title of world champion, how can it claim to be a top giant?
The Club World Cup has become a thorn in the heart of the Blues. In 2012, Chelsea participated in the Club World Cup for the first time, and was determined to win, but lost to Corinthians in the final and missed the title. This is the last time the Champions League champions have missed the Club World Cup, and since the introduction of the Bosman Act, South American clubs have become increasingly weak, and the originally evenly matched situation has become a situation where European clubs are dominant.
Therefore, this misstep is a shame for Chelsea.
In the semi-finals, Chelsea struggled to beat Hilal of Riyadh with Lukaku's goal and struggled to reach the final. Facing the AFC Champions League title and still having such a hard time winning, such a state naturally worries many fans, and the shadow of the final defeat 9 years ago once again shrouded the Champions League champion.
Moreover, compared to the momentum at the beginning of the season, the Blues today have a lot of trouble - lukaku and Ziyech on the sidelines, Rudiger and Azpilicueta's long-pending contract extension issues, Chilwell and James' season reimbursement...
Both Chelsea and Tuchel are in great need of the Club World Cup title to boost morale.
Premier League teams play against 201 teams in the First Division, and even Manchester United and Liverpool at their peak have not been able to take advantage of the half. In the first half, the two sides spent time in the temptation and wrestling, leaving the dueling moment in the second half.
No matter how unpredictable Tuchel's tactics are, when his killer wing-back tactics are scrapped, he can only hope that the attacking group in front of him will break the deadlock for the team.
At the critical moment, it was once again proved that "money is not omnipotent, but no money is impossible".
Lukaku pulled out the green onions in the penalty area, and a powerful head hammer attack topped the Blues. The summer-window Blues spent £100 million to buy back the centre-forward from Inter, and although he had been unhappy with Tuchel for some time before because of his playing time, at the crucial moment, Tuchel had to count on him.
However, Palmeiras quickly equalised, with Thiago Silva giving his home side a penalty for a handball foul inside the penalty area.
In the second half of extra time, Havertz hit a penalty, becoming the first player in Premier League history to score in the Champions League final and Club World Cup final. It has to be said that Chelsea spent £67 million to poach him from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer window of 2020, which is really worth it.
Nine years later, Chelsea have finally reached the top of the world, filling the only gap in the wall of the club's championship and making it into the ranks of the world's top giants.
From a down-and-out team in the Premier League to the world's top giants, the Blues have only taken 18 years! This leap of the black chicken into a phoenix is thanks to Abu , the domineering president who single-handedly ushered in the era of gold dollar football and created the glory of Chelsea.
With thousands of dollars spent on reinforcements and coaches at no cost, Abu is simply the ceiling of today's club owners. Buying the world's most expensive goal will save a penalty, such a rich and willful, only Abu can do it.
With this boss, what do Chelsea fans want? And such success is the pleasure of conquering the world after buying and buying.