BREAKING: Kai Havertz Trends As #Chelsea Win First Ever #ClubWorldCup – Chelsea Vs Palmeiras—-The Genius Media Nigeria reports that Chelsea Football Club have won First Ever #ClubWorldCup.
Chelsea are now the champions of the world after beating Palmeiras to the Club World Cup on Saturday.
Thomas Tuchel’s men defeated the team from Brazil by two goals to one.
They saved the drama until the eleventh hour, or the 118th minute to be precise, but at the end of it all Kai Havertz’s penalty meant that finally Chelsea could count themselves world champions, joining Manchester United and Liverpool among the pantheon of English clubs afforded that honour.
Abu Dhabi will now be added to Munich and Porto as historic city venues for this club and just as in Portugal, it was Havertz who will write his name in the Chelsea annals.
In front of vociferous and passionate Palmeiras fans in the Mohammed Bin Zayed stadium on the edge of the Arabian Desert, Chelsea collected the one trophy they hadn’t previously secured.
Chelsea took the lead through Romelu Lukaku but a Thiago Silva handball led to our Brazilian opponents equalizing.
Kai Havertz, the man whose Champions League final goal qualified Chelsea for the FIFA Club World Cup tournament, however, scored a penalty with three minutes of extra-time remaining to ensure the Blues become champions of the world and completed their trophy collection.
The decisive spot-kick was awarded for handball, the second such decision during this slow burner of a game in Abu Dhabi.
Chelsea have now joined Manchester United and Liverpool as the only English winners of this trophy and we also join Man United as well as German giants Bayern Munich as the only clubs to achieve the clean sweep of the FIFA Club World Cup plus all the major UEFA trophies (European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners’ Cup and Super Cup).
On an individual level, Cesar Azpilicueta, the only player today who carried the pain of losing in this final in 2012, has now added this winners’ medal to the ones he has collected for the Premier League, Champions League, Europa League, UEFA Super Cup, FA Cup, and League Cup.
