Chelsea's Cole Palmer wins Golden Ball as top player at Club World Cup
Palmer, a 23-year-old who joined the Blues from Manchester City two years ago, scored the game's first two goals and assisted on Chelsea's third goal by João Pedro. Palmer also scored in the 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Palmeiras.
Chelsea's Robert Sánchez was awarded the Golden Glove as top goalkeeper and PSG 20-year-old forward Désiré Doué received the Best Young Player award.
Real Madrid's Gonzalo García won the Golden Boot for most goals with four. He was tied with Benfica's Ángel Di María, Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy and Al Hilal's Marcos Leonardo, and García won the award on a tiebreaker with one assist.
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His individual numbers since the beginning of July are disappointing and conspicuous, especially given the current gap in the National League Central between the Cubs and Brewers. It's also out of character for an understated player to be slamming his bat and helmet with this kind of frequency. 'You see the physical stuff – that's easy – it's a lot of groundballs,' Counsell said. 'But we've seen the mental struggle, too. Sometimes, it results in body language and things like that. We see it in each other when we're struggling as people. We try to help. We try to support. We try to motivate, in any way we can. But like the mechanics thing, there's no perfect answers.' The questions kept coming at Tucker during a rapid-fire session with reporters at his locker that lasted less than five minutes. After months of Cubs fans clamoring for the big-market franchise to sign him to a long-term contract extension, some have turned on him loudly. 'It's fine,' Tucker said. 'I still got to do my job, regardless of cheers or boos or whatever. Obviously, I got to do a better job.' 'Regardless you still gotta run down the line whether you're out by 50 feet or not. It's just a little tough right now.' Kyle Tucker on not running out a ground ball to first base. — Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) August 19, 2025 Those responsibilities include eliminating the low-energy reactions to all those groundballs hit to the right side of the infield. Tucker — a hitter whose left-handed swing once drew comparisons to Ted Williams' approach — has one home run and a 46.5 percent groundball rate in the second half. 'It's kind of exhausting,' Tucker said. 'I don't know how many times I've rolled over to first or second. Regardless, you still got to run down the line, whether you're out by 50 feet or not.' Advertisement Tucker's lack of power has created some doubts about his current fitness. 'I'm fine,' he said. The event often cited is the headfirst slide in June that jammed his right ring finger, though that turned out to be his best month as a Cub (.982 OPS) to this point. Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer suggested that the injury might have inadvertently led to some bad habits. 'I don't know, I can't really point to one thing,' Tucker said. 'If I could, I would have already fixed that.' Curiously, on the same morning that Counsell stated Tucker is 'healthy and available,' Brewers manager Pat Murphy appeared on 670 The Score and answered a general question about the state of the Cubs by declaring: 'I think Tucker's hurt.' 'I don't have any information, but Tucker's not the same,' Murphy said on the Cubs' flagship radio station. Murphy previously served as Counsell's bench coach in Milwaukee and college coach at Notre Dame. '(Tucker's) hurt, and he's playing through it. He's such a class kid that he probably doesn't mention it to anyone. That kid, I don't know him. But everything I hear, and watching him play the game, he's first class. 'He wouldn't complain if something's bothering him because he doesn't want an excuse. He feels that responsibility. But I would say there's probably something physically going on there.' On the mental side of the game, it's natural to wonder how much the timing of this career-worst slump is weighing on Tucker, who entered the season as this winter's No. 1 projected free agent. 'I just care about winning today's game and helping out with that,' Tucker said. 'Regardless of what happens later, it's not a factor right now.' The outside noise did not seem to bother Tucker at all when he got traded from the Houston Astros last offseason. Counsell also dismissed the pressure narrative and potential impact on Tucker's next contract: 'That's kind of a story we all tell ourselves about what's going on. You can't say, 'Yes, that's it.' It's a hard one to answer.' 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