Club World Cup
Chelsea breaks the global dream of PSG
The English club created the feat by matting ultra favorite Parisians (3-0) Sunday in New York, under the eyes of Donald Trump.
Chelsea World Football Champion.
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After dominating Europe, PSG stopped on the last step leading to the conquest of the planet and bowed against Chelsea in the final of the first edition of the World Cup at 32 teams (3-0), under the eyes of Donald Trump, whistled at the Metlife Stadium of East Rutherford on Sunday.
On the momentum of its first success in the Champions League, Paris failed to finish in apotheosis its season, the fault of much more aggressive blues and carried by their technical leader Cole Palmer, in a state of grace and author of a magnificent double (22nd, 30th) before delivering a decisive pass to Joao Pedro (43rd).
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There will therefore have been no fifth title for the Luis Enrique band after an exceptional exercise and marked by C1 victories, in Ligue 1, in the French Cup and during the Champions Trophy.
Ramp -up
Chelsea, who had laborious beginnings, was gaining momentum over the competition before achieving a feat against a team that had crushed everything in its way to the past with impressive victories against Atlético Madrid (4-0), Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami (4-0), Bayern Munich (2-0) or Real Madrid by Kylian Mbappé (4-0).
The Londoners, led by Italian coach Enzo Maresca, will have confirmed their renewal since the technician’s arrival in the summer of 2024, who allowed them to win an honorable fourth place in the Premier League, synonymous with reunion with the C1, and a league conference.
A controversial tournament
This final was disputed in the presence of American president Donald Trump, who was conspired by part of the public once seated in the stands and then at the time of the awards ceremony. It was the epilogue of a very controversial tournament, accused of weighing an overloaded international calendar, and which did not completely silence criticism at the end of a month of competition.
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Between the fatigue of players not all motivated by the stake, the heat overwhelming, the suspensions of meetings to prevent thunderstorms and the sometimes very modest crowds noted in certain stadiums, the doubts about the credibility and the relevance of this new test were not all raised.
“A huge success”
The results are therefore mixed, even if the president of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Gianni Infantino, who carried this project by putting in particular on the table an endowment of a billion dollars (around 855 million euros), was very enthusiastic on Saturday and intends to register it in time.
“The golden age of club football has started. We can say with certainty that this club World Cup was a huge success. It is already the most successful club competition in the world. We have created something new, something that is there to last, something that transforms the landscape, “he said with emphasis, adding that the tournament had generated” almost 2.1 billion dollars (1.79 billion euros) of income “.
Small revenge of Europe
This World Cup will have in any case allowed FIFA to strengthen its presence in the United States, a year from the World Cup co-organized with Mexico and Canada, and to strengthen at the same time his relations with Donald Trumpthe body notably opened an office in the New York Trump Tower.
By installing this quadrennial meeting, Gianni Infantino also wanted to take the opportunity to break the stranglehold of UEFA and Europe on club football, through his prestigious Champions League. From this point of view too, ambition has failed.
Despite The fervor of South American supporters and the good results of Brazilian training (Four in the final, two in the quarter-final, one in the semi-finals), two representatives of the Old Continent and two of the three winners of a European Cup this season found themselves in the final. A small revenge for the European Confederation.
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