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Leading to the 2025 Club World Cup Final: Chelsea’s road to world championships!

9:15am, 14 July 2025【Football】

Chelsea once again demonstrated their strength and tenacity on the world stage and advanced to the 2025 Club World Cup final. Despite facing a strong group and strong opponents, the London club is still able to show a stable and determined performance.

Under the guidance of coach Enzo Maresca, Chelsea showed clever tactics and high fighting spirit.

Chelsea's journey in this tournament is indeed not going well, especially during the highly competitive group stage. However, Chelsea successfully seized every opportunity. Here is a complete journey from the group stage to the quarterfinal full of drama and struggle.

Group stage

Chelsea are in the same group with Flamenco, Los Angeles FC and Tunisia Hope, which is one of the most competitive groups in this championship.

In the opener, Chelsea faced Los Angeles FC and won 2-0 in a rather intense game. The stable performance of the defense and the efficient offense have enabled Chelsea to start the championship with high morale.

However, the real challenge came in their second game against Flamenco, who was performing in the group. Chelsea admitted Flamenco's lead with a score of 1-3, and the loss once shook the team's psychology.

Despite this, Chelsea was not discouraged. In the final game of the group stage, they defeated Tunisia's Esparanz with a convincing victory of 3-0. This result ensures that Chelsea advanced to the knockout stage as second in Group D, earning 6 points and maintaining a positive goal difference, avoiding confrontation with some strong teams during the knockout stage.

First 16

In the round of 16, Chelsea faced Benfica, who performed well in the group stage. The game was postponed for nearly two hours due to thunderstorms, adding tension and pressure to both teams.

After the game continued, Chelsea showed psychological and physical tenacity, defeating Benfica 4-1, with goals from Nkunku, Neto and Deusbury Hall.

This victory became an important opportunity for Chelsea, proving that they are ready to compete at the highest level and add confidence to the next game. The

Quarts

Chelsea's steps continue to the quarterfinals, facing Brazilian strongman Palmeiras, the team is known for its aggressive and disciplined game style. The match was intense and full of tension, but Chelsea was able to seize the opportunity well. Cole Palmer's goal and Alisson Begot's own goal became the key to Chelsea's 2-1 victory.

This victory also marked Chelsea successfully through the difficult stage with its championship mentality and mature strategy, opening the road to the semi-finals, bringing them one step closer to the title of the Club World Cup championship. The semi-finals of the semi-finals became Joao Pedro's stage, he played as the starter and scored two goals directly for Fruminense in the 18th and 56th minutes. This performance of

Pedro proves his potential as a Chelsea rookie. Maresca's tactical efficiency and team depth are also evident, as evidenced by 14 goals scored by 11 different players before the semifinals.

Chelsea's success in the finals is inseparable from Enzo Maresa's tactical stability, the psychological quality of young players, and the flexibility of strategies implemented throughout the game.

Maresca adopts Guardiola-style progressive offensive tactics, combining full-back recruitment and high-level oppression, making it difficult for the opponent to organize attacks from the backcourt.

Maresca remained low-key until the upcoming peak showdown against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Stadium in New York, and emphasized that no team is popular, but Chelsea is ready to fight with high concentration and confidence.