East Rutherford: Cole Palmer scored two goals and made another as Chelsea stunned Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the club World Cup on Sunday and beat European Masters 3-0 before lifting the trophy with US President Donald Trump.
PSG were the favorites after coming to the United States, which were fresh from winning the Champions League and destroying Real Madrid 4-0 in the semi-finals.
But after being three goals ahead early in semis, the roles this time were turned when PSG was 3-0 down at the break.
Palmer opened the scoring midway through the first half and struck again to make it two in half -hour field before exploiting passive defender to set up Joao Pedro in the third in 43 minutes.
A bad day for PSG was summarized when Joao Neves was shown red after a was -review four minutes from the end to pull Marc Cucurella by the hair from the ball.
“Being Club World Cup champion is something for us to be proud of. We are very happy, especially against a team in PSG, which I consider the best in the world with one of the best leaders in the world,” said Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca before paying tribute to match winner palms.
“These are the games where we expect Cole to appear because it’s a big game, a big moment, and again he showed how good he is.”
Before Chelsea got to lift the trophy, tension spilled full-time tension with players turning out onto the field, and Paris coach Luis Enrique and lifted his arm to the neck of Joao Pedro.
“There was a lot of pushing and pushing. It was a situation that should have been avoided, but my intention was clearly just trying to separate the players,” said Luis Enrique.
The scoring line was a couple that could have predicted when Chelsea set aside what has been a long but memorable season is the first winners of the 32-team club world championship, which has also won the UEFA Conference League and ended in fourth place in the Premier League.
They will also remove about $ 125 million in prize money, which means that the prospect of a drastically limited summer vacation before returning to next season will certainly feel worth it.
For PSG, the financial benefits in the meantime are the same, but there will be real disappointment to come by adding this title to their Champions League Triumph and French League and Cup double.
Nevertheless, the conquest of Europe was always the most important goal this season for Luis Enrique’s team, which now has exactly a month to digest this and take a holiday before returning to action in the UEFA Super Cup against Tottenham Hotspur.
Trump present
There was a real sense of apartment at Metlife Stadium, with the background of Manhattan -Skyline and with Trump present with First Lady Melania Trump in a quantity of 81,118.
For the second time in six weeks, PSG was involved in a final that quickly turned into a one -sided affair.
The club claimed a historic 5-0 win over Inter Milan in the Champions League final, but here they were torn apart by Chelsea.
The opening target came in the 22nd minute when Malo Gusto got better by Nuno Mendes down right before he saw his shot blocked by Lucas Beraldo. The ball came back to Gusto and he came up palms to finish in the lower left corner.
Palmer has been the face of Chelsea on advertising boards in the United States during the tournament, and he lived up to his star status by scoring again at half hour.
Palms were released to the right with PSG-Venstreback Mendes out of position, and palms went towards the box before stroking a low shot in the same corner.
Joao Pedro played a role in the construction of this goal and the Brazilian, signed during the tournament from Brighton, and then got his name on the score to make it 3-0.
Scores of both goals against Fluminense In the semi -finals, he cut a shot past Gianluigi Donnarumma after being delivered by palms.
PSG had admitted a single goal in their previous eight games, and they never really looked like producing a comeback, even though Neves went equally wide in the first half stop time.
Deputy Liam Delap got almost a fourth to Chelsea midway through the second half before Neves was shown red to end a bad day for PSG.
