Palmeiras 1 – 2 Chelsea

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Chelsea benefited from a fortuitous late goal to snatch a 2-1 victory over Palmeiras and reach the semi-finals of the club World Cup.

Extraterre time was imminent in Philadelphia when Malo Gusto’s Cross removed deviations from Agustin Giay and goalkeeper Weverton and found themselves at the back of the Brazilian net in the 83rd minute.

The side of London had led very early Cole Palmer but were returned by a superb strike of ESTEVAO WillianThe 18 -year -old winger will join them after the tournament.

Palmeiras had threatened to finish the strongest, but Gusto’s late shot made sure that it was Chelsea who crossed Vague In the last four Tuesday at 8 p.m. time in the United Kingdom.

Liam Delap And Levi ColwillHowever, the semi-final will miss the semi-final after being reserved.

The tribute to Jota de Neto as a Pedro is making his debut

The Lincoln Financial Field competition was played in a dynamic atmosphere with the crowd, perhaps helped by tickets at dynamic prices that dropped to £ 8 earlier, an impressive 65,782.

Chelsea was forced to a late reshuffle before kick -off after Captain Reece James was injured during the warm -up.

Pedro Neto Started despite having considered the match after the death of his teammate from Portugal Diogo Jota and he maintained a shirt bearing his name and that of his brother Andre Silva, during a pre-match moment.

Palmer had already forced a good stop from Weverton when he opened the scoring after a good race and finished over 16 minutes.

The international in England hurt a defender with a quick turn and then passed another challenge before delivering a left kick in the lower corner.

With Marc Cucurella giving Estevao a difficult period to this point, Palmeiras had trouble creating openings.

But the equalizer came early in the second half thanks to Estevao while the Brazilian took a pass from the right and got tired in a tight angle.

It was an astonishing finish, and Chelsea immediately replied by sending Joao Pedro For its beginnings after its move of 60 million pounds from Brighton.

Chelsea was afraid when Allan led closely, and Colwill needed to do a last -stage interception to prevent another Palmeiras chance.

But they had a good opportunity themselves when Cucurella pulled and then bordered in front of the crossing of Gusto took a ricochet and cheated Weverton.

It was a decisive blow, and Noni Madueke Almost a third when his late shot was on the post by Weverton.

Chelsea collection on the success of the CWC while Esteva impresses

Sky Sports News chief correspondent Kaveh Solhekol, in Philadelphia:

A day that started with an UEFA fine of 27 million pounds Sterling ended with Chelsea Banking 15 million pounds Sterling for having reached the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, to bring their income to 60 million pounds sterling of the tournament.

Each small aid to the era of the financial show, and Chelsea will make another 22 million pounds sterling if they beat Fluminense Tuesday and 29 million additional sterling pounds if they win the final for a week on Sunday.

They arrived in the Final Four overcoming an impressive team of Palmeiras in front of a crowd almost closed with 65,782 in Philadelphia. The best player on the field was wearing a Palmeiras shirt even if he signed for Chelsea last summer.

Estevao is only 18 years old, and he showed why he was described as the best young Brazilian player since Neymar with a brilliant second half equalizer, who beat Sanchez from an almost impossible angle.

Palmeiras players were distraught from the field after the final whistle, and Estevao was consoled by several of his new Chelsea teammates, including Palmer, who obtained his shirt and Colwill.

Another Brazilian player who made an impression was the new signature of Pedro, who made his debut in Chelsea after being a second half to Delap shortly after Estevao canceled Palmer’s opening goal to do it 1-1.

Delap and Colwill will both suspend on Tuesday after picking up yellow cards. Enzo Maresca will have to decide to start with Pedro or Nicolas Jackson in position n ° 9 against Fluminense. Jackson, available again after the suspension, was an unused replacement against Palmeiras, and Pedro is not adjusted after cutting his holidays to join Chelsea earlier this week.

Chelsea is perhaps without captain James too after feeling that something was wrong during his warm-up. Maresca said that he had not played as a precaution and that he will be closely monitored in the coming days.

There were emotional scenes before the match during the silence of the moment for Diogo Jota and Andre Silva. Pedro Neto, who played after being offered by compassion leave, held a Chelsea shirt with the names of the brothers on the back.

The endless season of Chelsea will continue with its 63rd campaign match on Tuesday at the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey. Their season started 46 weeks ago with a 2-0 defeat at home against Manchester City during the opening day of the Premier League season.

The week 47 could bring a final of the Club World Cup and the chance to become world champions again.

MARESCA greets a “huge talent” estevao

Chélat chief ENZO MARESCA Speaking during his post-match press conference:

“You can see that he is a huge talent, you can see that he is a fantastic player. The only thing now is when you come from South America or another part of the world in Europe that you have to adapt.

“We will help him adapt and first of all enjoying football. We have no doubt, because he is so good, that he will be an important player for Chelsea.”

On the result: “We are very happy. It’s a fantastic day. The semi -finals of the Club World Cup – the best clubs in the world – and we are there.

“Probably for us, it was the perfect night because we won and Estevao scored, so it was very good for all of us.

“The first half was very good and we finished very well, but the first 15 to 20 minutes of the second half, we had trouble.

“But that’s normal. At this stage of the season, the energy levels of the South American teams are a little different compared to us. Overall, we have done very well with that.”