FIFA Club World Cup

FT Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Chelsea WLWWW 2
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Fluminense DWDWW 0
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MetLife Stadium · 70,556 att. · TNT

Match Report

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João Pedro stars as Chelsea beat Fluminense to reach CWC final

Chelsea's João Pedro marked his first start in spectacular fashion on Tuesday, scoring twice to send the Premier League side into the Club World Cup final with a 2-0 victory over his boyhood club Fluminense.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
2
53.6
Possession
46.4
17
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
455
Accurate Passes
378
503
Passes
429
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
15
0.5
Cross %
0.3
31
Long Balls
31
17
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
16
16
Tackles
20
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
9
11
Effective Clearances
20
11
Clearances
20

Highlights

00:57 The numbers behind João Pedro's perfect Chelsea start Watch on ESPN

Lineups

FLU · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1FábioG
  2. 3Thiago SilvaCD
  3. 29Thiago SantosCD-L
  4. 4IgnácioCD-R
  5. 5Facundo BernalCM-L
  6. 35HérculesCM-R
  7. 16NonatoAM
  8. 6RenéLM
  9. 23GugaRM
  10. 14Germán CanoCF-L
  11. 21Jhon AriasCF-R

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Robert SánchezG
  2. 4Tosin AdarabioyoCD-L
  3. 23Trevoh ChalobahCD-R
  4. 3Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 27Malo GustoRB
  6. 25Moisés CaicedoCM
  7. 8Enzo FernándezLM
  8. 10Cole PalmerRM
  9. 20João PedroF
  10. 7Pedro NetoLF
  11. 18Christopher NkunkuRF

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Fluminense 0, Chelsea 1. João Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  2. 54' Substitution, Fluminense. Everaldo replaces Germán Cano.
  3. 54' Substitution, Fluminense. Keno replaces Thiago Santos.
  4. 56' Goal! Fluminense 0, Chelsea 2. João Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Enzo Fernández following a fast break.
  5. 59' Nonato (Fluminense) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Substitution, Chelsea. Nicolas Jackson replaces João Pedro.
  7. 66' Substitution, Fluminense. Yeferson Soteldo replaces Nonato.
  8. 68' Substitution, Chelsea. Noni Madueke replaces Pedro Neto.
  9. 68' Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces Malo Gusto.
  10. 69' Substitution, Fluminense. Lima replaces Facundo Bernal.
  11. 70' Substitution, Fluminense. Agustín Canobbio replaces Hércules.
  12. 72' Yeferson Soteldo (Fluminense) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 73' Robert Sánchez (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 86' Substitution, Chelsea. Andrey Santos replaces Enzo Fernández.
  15. 86' Substitution, Chelsea. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall replaces Christopher Nkunku.

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