CLUB WORLD CUP FINAL: UEFA Champions League Winner, Chelsea Beat Palmeiras to Become Eight European Winners
Chelsea’s Kai Havertz was once again the hero for UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea as they defeated Brazil’s Palmeiras 2-1 to win the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time in the Club’s history.
Belgian forward, Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring for Chelsea ten minutes into the second half, with a header, the goal was his second of the tournament having scored Chelsea’s only goal of the semi-final match against Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal.
The final match was heading for a penalty shoot-out when Chelsea earned a 117th-minute penalty after a handball from defender Luan. Up stepped Havertz – scorer of their 2021 UEFA Champions League winner – and the German made no mistake as the Blues became the eighth different European winners of the competition and the ninth in a row.
In this years edition, Seven clubs qualified for the Club World Cup: Al Jazira Club (UAE), Pirae (Tahiti), Al Ahly (Egypt), Chelsea (England), Palmeiras (Brazil), Monterrey (Mexico) and Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia). Entering the competition in the semi-final stage, Chelsea and Palmeiras both won their matches to reach the final.
