Lukaku tops Havertz’s point-killing win, Chelsea beat Palmeiras 2-1 to win the Club World Cup for the first time

2022-02-13 19:29

Lukaku tops Havertz’s point-killing win, Chelsea beat Palmeiras 2-1 to win the Club World Cup for the first time


The 2021 Club World Cup ushered in a final battle. The final battle between the Premier League giants Chelsea and the Brazilian upstart Palmeiras was staged at the Mohamed bin Zayed Stadium. After 120 minutes of hard fighting, the Premier League "Blue Lions" finally won the Club World Cup for the first time with a key penalty scored by Havertz.


Facing the star-studded and powerful Premier League giants, Palmeiras immediately took a defensive posture according to the deployment of the coach as soon as the battle started, and at the same time constantly used quick counterattacks to find good opportunities to break the goal. Only 3 minutes after the start of the game, the "Green Shirts" immediately seized the opportunity to counterattack and quickly completed the first shot. Unfortunately, Danilo's long shot ended up wide of the baseline; after another 6 minutes, Ronnie used his personal ability to do his best. After getting rid of Rudiger's defense, he forced his foot to shoot. As a result, the ball was once again kicked out of the field by the Brazilian winger. When the time came to the 15th minute, Dudu sent a precise cross to Zeraphale in front of the goal in a free kick attack, but the latter headed the ball to the right in a hurry; see Ronnie Although he reacted in time to make a shot, his shot was gently picked up by Mendy, who accurately judged the direction. After 11 minutes passed, Zeraphale showed using dribbling to attract the opponent's defense, and then sent a precise through ball to Du Du, who was inserted at a high speed on the left; Du's shot also failed in the end.


Palmeiras' defense was excellent, but as time went on, the better Chelsea gradually brought the rhythm of the game into their own orbit; The ability led Palmeiras to escape from death again and again in the second half of the first half. Unfortunately, under the crushing of absolute strength, Chelsea still eventually became the first team to score on the field: the game reached 54 minutes. Odoi broke through from the left to the bottom of the opponent and then decided to complete a cross. The recently criticized Blues center Lukaku also immediately opened the door of the Celtics with a headbutt. . However, Chelsea's lead only lasted for 6 minutes. The Brazilian giants immediately won a penalty kick for Thiago Silva's handball foul in the defensive corner. The team's leading scorer Vega then also lived up to expectations. Into the bottom right corner to tie the score.


Seeing that the team's lead vanished in an instant, Chelsea coach Tuchel successively replaced Lukaku, Odoi, Christensen and Kovacic, who were fading in physical strength, from the 75th minute. A group of freshmen such as Werner, Saur and Ziyech also got a few playing opportunities one after another. After the game was dragged into overtime, the player who decided the situation on the field was Havertz, who had played 113 minutes: because the "green shirt" central defender Luan accidentally blocked Aspen with his hand in the process of defending the corner kick Piliquita's scoring opportunity allowed Havertz to stand for 12 yards as the third penalty taker; as the German winger lived up to his mission and steadily kicked the ball into the bottom left corner, the game completely lost its suspense. However, in order to help the team seal the victory, Havertz ran a single-handed opportunity in the 125th minute, forcing Luan, who had previously sent a point, to shovel him and be sent off, thus fixing Chelsea's final score at 2- 1.