Brazil ran out of her semifinal dreamed in a foreign house. He Chelsea beat Palmeiras 1-2 in Philadelphia and qualified for the semifinals of the 2025 Club World Cup, where he will face Fluminense. In a rough, tense and even match, the English imposed their glue at key moments. Cole Palmer opened the scoring, Estevao responded with a goal, and in the final stretch, an unfortunate Weverton autogol sealed the destination. Palmeiras competed with courage, but did not achieve the blow that all Brazil expected.
The first half had more nerve than football. The party began with a minute of silence and an emotional gesture of Pedro Netowho jumped into the field with a shirt in honor of Diogo Jota and André Silva. In football, Chelsea imposed the rhythm from the beginning and hit at 16 minutes, Cole Palmer He controlled class in the area and defined coldly to put the 0-1, his first goal in the tournament. Palmeiras, uncomfortable, barely approached the Robert Sánchez area. Estêvão, with will but little success, was neutralized by a solid Marc Cucurellawho will be his partner in Chelsea within a few days.
The second part started with an unexpected domain of Palmeiras. Chelsea gave the ball and the Brazilians took advantage of it, Estevao He tied the game with an art work from the right wing. With hardly any angle, he connected a shot that touched the crossbar and entered, celebrating it with rage to whom his companions will soon be. The posterior stretch was more open, with the game broken at times. Palmeiras was encouraged, but Chelsea responded. Joao Pedro Just arrived from his vacation, he tried with energy, although without clarity, and the changes cooled the rhythm. When the extension seemed inevitable, a fortuitous play changed fate.
In the 83rd minute, a loose ball in the area found a bad taste, whose shot diverted by Agustín Giay dislocated Weverton. The goalkeeper managed to touch her, but failed to react on time and ended up introducing her into her own goal. The goal unleashed the despair of Palmeiras, who failed to generate real danger in the final minutes. Chelsea resisted with trade and took a triumph that is worth a semifinal against Fluminense.