João Pedro scored a splint against his childhood club during his first departure for his new team, leading Chelsea in the final of the FIFA club World Cup with a 2-0 semi-final victory on Fluminense Tuesday afternoon in East Rutherford, NJ
The 23 -year -old refused to celebrate one or the other total count in his second appearance for the Blues, who propelled the London team to their second international grand final in three months.
After winning the final of the UEFA Europa 4-1 conference league against Real Betis on May 28 in Wroclaw, Poland, Chelsea will face the winner of the semi-final on Wednesday between Real Madrid and the Saint-Germain de Paris. These two games are also in New Jersey.
Fluminense de Rio de Janeiro is the last non -European team to be eliminated in a tournament where the four Brazilian participants reached the KO phase, two of which reached the quarter -finals.
After having previously appeared in the final in 2023 of the previous format of the Club World Cup, their return was prevented by one of their own.
Pedro came by Fluminense’s Youth Academy, but after 25 appearances in the Brazilian elite in 2019, was in England to play first with Watford then Brighton and Hove Albion. This summer, he moved to Chelsea for transfer fees of $ 82 million.
He made his debut on the bench during the victory of Chelsea in the second round against Palmeiras last Friday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and during his first departure on Tuesday, only 18 minutes to put his former club behind.
He created the attack itself, winning the ball quickly in the midfield and quickly playing Pedro Neto on the right.
The low cross of Neto in the box was only erased when it comes to João Pedro by the box, where he took two quick keys before folding a bright right foot finish beyond Fábio and in the upper right corner.
The arrival of his second score in the 56th minute was even better.
After reaching the output ball of Enzo Fernández on the left, João Pedro dribbled in the left side of the box, crossed a Fluminense defender to improve his angle of shooting, then pulled in another fierce strike which caught the underside of the crossbar during his path in the goal of Fábio.
Between these deadlines, Fluminense saw two crucial chances are breaking against them later in the first half.
In the 26th minute, the defender of Chelsea Marc Cucurella slipped to erase the effort of Hercules out of the goal line with Robert Sánchez beaten.
In the 36, referee François Letexier replaced his own penalty decision following a video exam, deciding after consulting the replay that the arm of Trevoh Chalobah had been in a natural position next to his body.
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