ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS Tuesday 8th July 2025 Club World Cup Metlife Stadium 8PM UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,273 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 lets do this Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,185 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 my main worry is Colwill suspended he has been a rock all tournament and that yellow for dissent was SO stupid and unnecessary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,185 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 A club defined by disorder, Chelsea reach Club World Cup semis like only they know how https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/45661285/chaos-carries-Chelsea-club-world-cup-semifinals PHILADELPHIA -- It's never easy to make sense of Chelsea, a club that doesn't do "normal," so why should it be any different when they seal a place in the FIFA Club World Cup semifinals with an own goal by a Palmeiras player and their new wonderkid Estêvão scoring against them? Chelsea's 2-1 win against Palmeiras, which earned them £15 million in prize money, also happened to come on the day that the Premier League team was hit with a £27 million fine by UEFA for breaching financial regulations. If Enzo Maresca's side beats Fluminense in Tuesday's semifinal in East Rutherford, New Jersey, it will bank another £21.8 million and wipe out the UEFA sanction before the ink has even dried on the rap sheet. Chelsea will go into their last-four encounter as strong favorites even without center forward Liam Delap and defender Levi Colwill, who both picked up yellow cards against Palmeiras that mean they will be suspended for the next game. Midfielder Moisés Caicedo will return from suspension, and new signing Joao Pedro, who made his debut in Philadelphia as a substitute just three days after completing a transfer from Brighton worth an initial £50 million, will replace Delap. That's how it works at Chelsea. They have so many players that no injury or suspension seems to make a difference, because the carousel just turns and another player steps off to fill the void. Estêvão will be the next one to join Maresca's ever-growing squad. The 18-year-old completed a £33.8 million transfer from Palmeiras in June 2024, but at age 17 at the time was too young to make the move directly to Stamford Bridge, so he remained in Brazil to continue his development with Palmeiras. Chelsea could have called Estêvão into their squad for this tournament this month but decided to allow the teenager to remain with Palmeiras and assess his readiness for Maresca's squad by monitoring his performances in the competition. There was always a chance the two clubs would meet and pose a difficult scenario for the player, but in what turned out to be his final game for the Sao Paulo team before heading to Chelsea, Estêvão dazzled and scored a stunning goal that will hugely excite his new club's supporters. With Chelsea leading 1-0 after a first-half Cole Palmer goal, Palmeiras struggled to land a blow on the English team until Estêvão raced onto a ball into the penalty area and beat Colwill to it before scoring with a right-footed strike that went in off the underside of the crossbar. It was a goal that showcased audacity, confidence and supreme skill, and it sparked Palmeiras into a period that could have, and maybe should have, delivered a second goal to put them in the lead. Estêvão was part of that revival, tormenting the Chelsea back line with his blistering pace and linking well with impressive No. 9 Vitor Roque. But the Brazilian team was unable to make its dominance pay, and Chelsea fortuitously regained the lead on 83 minutes when Malo Gusto's cross was diverted into the net after two deflections, off Agustin Giay and goalkeeper Weverton. It was a goal worth £15 million in prize money, so it probably deserved to be a little more spectacular, but Chelsea won't mind how it went in because it secured a place in the semis. How Chelsea have made it this far is down to luck rather than good planning. Maresca's team was mediocre during the group stage, when it was comfortably beaten by Flamengo, but reached the quarterfinal after a farcical round-of-16 tie against Benfica in Charlotte that was hit by a two-hour weather delay and saw the Portuguese side create chances to win the game. But despite it all, including the off-field noise that often accompanies the club, Chelsea have made it to the semis, and they will face arguably the weakest of the four Brazilian teams -- Botafogo being the other in contention -- in Fluminense, who overcame Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal in the quarterfinals. Less than two months ago, Chelsea were facing a failure to qualify for the Champions League and the prospect of their £1 billion spending spree amounting to little more than a Conference League success. But all of a sudden, they are 90 minutes away from the Club World Cup final, having already bagged Champions League qualification and the Conference League. Just don't try to make sense of it all, because this is Chelsea, and chaos seems to be the driving force behind the club and Maresca's team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,273 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 "How Chelsea have made it this far is down to luck rather than good planning. Maresca's team was mediocre during the group stage, when it was comfortably beaten by Flamengo, but reached the quarterfinal after a farcical round-of-16 tie against Benfica in Charlotte that was hit by a two-hour weather delay and saw the Portuguese side create chances to win the game. this part of this article is full of shit We deserve to win against benfica and they were very lucky to draw the game at the end Johnnyeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 The game has caught fire in New York Prices for club seats start at $1,572.72, with more premium options like the Flagship lounge at $4,371.63 or a private suite at $78,535.71, according to Football Ground Guide That is crazy Milan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,185 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Chelsea's FIFA Club World Cup prize money to date after reaching semi-final in USA Chelsea are into the semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup where they will face Brazilian side Fluminense and Enzo Maresca's side have effectively paid off the £60m fee for Joao Pedro after their run to the last four https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/Chelsea-prize-money-fifa-club-35502580 Chelsea made another £15.5m after defeating Palmeiras in their Club World Cup quarter-final in the early hours of Saturday morning - with the Blues already having banked more than £61million for their work under the blazing US sun. Enzo Maresca gave a debut to new signing Joao Pedro during the 2-1 victory, after he flew straight to the States following the completion of his transfer from Brighton. A win against their Brazilian opponents in Philadelphia means the Blues have effectively paid off his £60m transfer fee - with the prospect of another big payday to come. The Blues meet another Brazilian side, Fluminense, in the semi-finals on Tuesday night in New York, with a minimum of £21.9m on offer if they're victorious. That's how much more they'll bank if they can reach the final. Should Chelsea win the controversial competition they would end up earning around £90m - a huge sum to ease fears of any financial fair play breach during another summer of big spending in the transfer market. They have already signed Liam Delap from Ipswich for £30m with a deal to bring in Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund now complete too. Head coach Maresca, however, already insisted during the group stages that he is under no additional pressure from the club's owners because of the money on offer. "The owners just want the best for us and for the players game by game, and they are not talking about the final prize or the final reward in terms of money," Maresca said before playing ES Tunis. "They never put pressure on me or the players in terms of we need to win this tournament because of the money." Chelsea received a participation payment of about £25m before even kicking a ball with two wins in the group stages worth about £3m on top of £5.5m for reaching the round of 16. They then defeated Benfica to secure an additional £9.7m, with the Palmeiras win tacking on another £15.5m. Manchester City bowed out at the round of 16 in a shock defeat to Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia but still returned home with a prize pot in excess of £40m. They pocketed the maximum participation prize of £27.9m. FIFA Club World Cup prize money by round Group stage $2m (£1.47m) for a win $1m (£740,000) for draw per club Round of 16 $7.5m (£5.5m) Quarter-final $13.125m (£9.67m) Semi-final $21m (£15.46m) Finalist $30m (£22.1m) Winner $40m (£29.46m) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,273 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 we get 60M pounds because of the group stage, and 16 round and qt but how many we get for be in the competition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 9 hours ago, Mário César said: we get 60M pounds because of the group stage, and 16 round and qt but how many we get for be in the competition? Post over yours clearly says how much is prize money. Simple math we earned around 33m so far. 60m is all together- info we have. 60-33=? Final additional 22m which is 82m and title 30m more =112m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Sanchez, Tosin, Trev, Reece, Cucurella, Caicedo, Enzo, Palmer, Neto, Pedro, Delap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 10 minutes ago, Special Juan said: Sanchez, Tosin, Trev, Reece, Cucurella, Caicedo, Enzo, Palmer, Neto, Pedro, Delap No Delap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 3 hours ago, NikkiCFC said: No Delap. As long as Jackson isn't anywhere near the starting XI, I'm okay with it. mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,273 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Probably joao pedro starts the game and then NJ enter on the field in the second half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Can see Maresca playing either Jackson LW and Pedro central or Pedro LW and Jackson central Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,185 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 IF Fluminense go 3 CBs at the back we may be facing 4 players in the back (3 CBs and the GKer) who have a combined age of around 157 years (when the months alive after their last birthdays are added in) That is an averge age of just over 39yo. 🤪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 591 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Romeo Lavia NOT in training today. OneMoSalah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 That bloke needs a disability blue badge for his car mkh, Vesper and OneMoSalah 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,916 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 1 hour ago, mkh said: Romeo Lavia NOT in training today. I just don’t understand. How does someone as young as him have so many fucking injuries? Unless he’s got some sort of degenerative condition that’s always going to recur that we don’t know about. He’s 21 years old and has somehow had an entire career’s worth of injuries. And what’s most ridiculous is that we almost never actually SEE his injuries! He plays a game, gets through it with no visible issues, and then days later we suddenly find out he’s gone for extended periods with no explanation. mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,273 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 3 hours ago, mkh said: Romeo Lavia NOT in training today. His career will over at age 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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