Chelsea FC is in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup in the USA.
In Philadelphia, the English defeated the Brazilian record champion SE Palmeiras 2-1 (1-0) and meet on Tuesday (08.07.2025) with Fluminense FC for another team from the land of the five-time football world champion.
Fluminense previously prevailed against Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia with 2-1.
Neto commemorates Jota with a jersey
As in the first quarter -finals, it became emotional before the kick -off. During a minute of commemoration for the Diogo Jota from FC Liverpool, who had been divided on Thursday, and his younger brother André Silva, Chelseas Pedugiese Pedro Neto, together with captain Enzo Fernández, showed a blue Chelsea jersey with the names of the Jota brothers.
Neto played in the 2019/20 season together with Jota at the Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League, and they were also teammates in the national team.
Palmer puts Chelsea in the lead
Chelsea dominated the first half in front of 65,782 spectators, but due to a strong individual performance by England’s national striker Cole Palmer was only 1-0 in front (16th minute). The club from the Premier League missed the lead in the course of the first half.
Estevao meets his new club
Palmeiras was much stronger after the change of sides and was rewarded by Estevao. The 18 -year -old super talent scored the deserved 1: 1 against his new team in the 53rd minute from an acute angle. The striker moves to the blues to London after the club World Cup.
Weverton then involuntarily brought Chelsea into the semi -finals in the final phase. The 37 -year -old goalkeeper from Palmeiras steered a cross from Malo Gusto into his own goal (83.).
A little later, the former Leverkusen professional Paulinho had the best chance to equalize again, but his shot just passed the long post (85th).