PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was also not rash. He had to be stopped by five men and wanted to make up for several players. Over and over again, gestures were made by hand that indicated ‘talks’ or ‘talk too much’.
Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca, who is of course of Italian origin, dived at Donnarumma and brought the gigantic keeper to calmness by pulling him away with an arm to pull his neck away and talk to him in Italian. Then Maresca pulled away from the chaos one by one.
New rules in sight: Footballers must get 72 hours of rest between duels
A number of PSG players continued to seek the confrontation, after which players from Chelsea also ignited in anger. All officials, staff members and supervisors jumped between the fighting players and coach Enrique from both camps.
During the competition there was also irritation and many hard violations. The PSG players did not seem to be able to hurt them in a final with 82,000 spectators in America to look after a glorious season. Yet Chelsea was the parent and the justified winner almost the entire game. In addition, Cole Palmer, who signed for two of the three goals and had an assist, had a leading role for Chelsea.
High visit: Donald Trump visits World Cup final for clubs
Once the dust clouds were raised and everyone was pushed back into their own camp after a lot of effort, FIFA could only award the prizes on a giant stage, where a special place was reserved for Donald Trump.
The president was allowed to award the prizes to the best young player (Doué from PSG), the best keeper (Roberto Sanchez from Chelsea) and the best player of the tournament (Cole Palmer from Chelsea). This was followed by the medals and the clearing of the World Cup to captain Reece James van Chelsea.
That yielded a comic lock, which was in stark contrast to the aggressive scenes after the last whistle. Normally someone who can hand out the trophy to the captain to the winning team gives the prize out of your hands to the side of the stage. Trump remained next to Captain James and had a great time with all the exploding and cheering players of Chelsea. FIFA boss Infantino had walked through, but then decided to go back to Trump to prevent the president of America from falling among all those Chelsea players who were crazy.