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The Hindu
a day ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
WATCH: Scuffle breaks out at end of Club World Cup final as Luis Enrique, Donnarumma confront Joao Pedro
A scuffle broke out after the end of the Club World Cup final on Sunday, with Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique and goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma appearing to push Chelsea forward João Pedro. Chelsea upset PSG 3-0 to win the title, scoring three first-half goals in a match that turned testy with a red card to PSG's João Neves for pulling down Marc Cucurella by his hair, along with six yellow cards. ¡SE INCENDIARON LOS ÁNIMOS! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 LUIS ENRIQUE SE FUE DIRECTO A POR JOAO PEDRO Y SE ARMÓ LA MUNDIAL 😱@FIFACWC | La final, gratis en | #FIFACWC# — DAZN Fútbol (@DAZNFutbol) July 13, 2025 Enrique was on the field near the centre circle and appeared to push Pedro on the throat. Donnarumma shoved the 23-year-old forward, who fell over. Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca moved away Donnarumma, a fellow Italian. 'This was completely avoidable at the end,' Enrique said through a translator. 'My goal and my objective, as always, is to separate the footballers to avoid greater problems. There is a lot of tension, a lot of pressure, and there was a whole bunch of pushing that was going on by many people.' PSG defender Achraf Hakimi had been gesturing at Pedro and Chelsea midfielder Andrey Santos. 'I saw players surrounding him,' Pedro said of Santos. 'Like a good Brazilian, I went to protect a friend. A lot of people were there, and it ended up with me getting pushed. These things happen. They don't know how to lose. Now it's time to celebrate.' Maresca said he wasn't aware of how the fracas started. 'I saw that something was going on, but I don't know what happened,' he said.
The 42
a day ago
- Sport
- The 42
Club World Cup final scuffle 'should have been avoided' says Luis Enrique
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN coach Luis Enrique said he was 'just trying to separate the players' after being caught up in a scuffle on the pitch at the end of his team's 3-0 defeat to Chelsea in the Club World Cup final on Sunday. Television footage showed the PSG boss raising his arm to the neck of Joao Pedro, who had earlier scored Chelsea's third goal following a Cole Palmer brace at the MetLife Stadium. 'There was pushing and shoving, a lot of tension and pressure. The situation obviously should have been avoided,' Luis Enrique told reporters. The match is over… but the tempers aren't 👀 Tensions were boiling after full-time. GLOBAL HOME OF FOOTBALL | Live All Summer Long | | #FIFACWC #TakeItToTheWorld #CHEPSG — DAZN Football (@DAZNFootball) July 13, 2025 'My intention was clearly to just try to separate the players.' He admitted that Chelsea were deserved winners as he urged his team to enjoy a short summer break at the end of a remarkable campaign. Defeat for PSG denied them what would have been a stunning clean sweep of trophies as they failed to add the Club World Cup to the Uefa Champions League and French league and cup double they claimed in May. Advertisement 'I think over the course of the game they deserved their win. They played very well,' Luis Enrique said. 'I said beforehand that Chelsea were a very good team and they deserve their victory and the trophy.' A historic season for PSG ends after 11 months and 65 matches, and they now have exactly one month before returning to action in August — there will be another trophy on the line in their next game, against Tottenham Hotspur in the Uefa Super Cup. 'I think is important for us to enjoy our holidays. They will be very short. But we need to make the most of them,' he said. PSG's victory in this year's Champions League also means they will have another crack at winning the Club World Cup when they participate in the next edition, which is due to take place in 2029. 'I think this tournament was born out of the need to know who the best team in the world is. I think it is an interesting format and I think it could become a real top-level competition,' said the Spaniard. 'There is just the difficulty of finding space for it in the current calendar, but I think it is an interesting tournament — we had the chance to win it but there was another team who were better than us in the final.' – © AFP 2025
Indian Express
a day ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
Club World Cup final: How Chelsea replicated PSG's pressing tactics with an added long ball twist to beat UEFA Champions League winners in their own game
Ahead of the Club World Cup final between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea, experts predicted a one-sided affair. And it turned out to be just that. But not exactly in the way that everyone would have thought. In a glorious flipping of the script, everyone's favourites PSG with their sleek brand of football were torn apart by the much less fancied London club. In a way, they out-PSG'd PSG, employing their own weapon against them – the high press. With the pressure of winning the final all on PSG, Chelsea started the match much like the current UEFA Champions League winners- running all over the field and giving opponents no room to manoeuvre. It was as if the two teams had suddenly swapped souls. Chelsea were suddenly the fast paced, gegenpressing side while PSG, after demolishing Real Madrid deploying the same brand of football, looked unsure for the very first time in the tournament. This uncertainty permeating through the PSG ranks was what ultimately helped Chelsea catch them unawares. With the pressure off them, the Blues started with a newfound vigour, snapping at their more fancied opponents' heels as they did not let PSG settle on the ball. More often than not, PSG have relied on this same tactic where they pressed opponents from the get go, got an early goal and then piled up the pressure. On Sunday, Chelsea were one step ahead with Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez and Reece James cutting off PSG's supply line to start their own attack. With Chelsea shutting down PSG's midfield engine, the well-oiled machine hit a snag. That is where the current UEFA Conference League winners employed their lethal counter and long balls with Cole Palmer and new boy Joa Pedro right at the heart of it. French full back Malo Gusto, meanwhile, created all sorts of nuisance on the wings as PSG's Nuno Mendes was caught out of position at inopportune moments as the French champions looked to find a way through the compact Chelsea defence. Forever first. Forever iconic. @ChelseaFC | #FIFACWC — FIFA Club World Cup (@FIFACWC) July 14, 2025 The need to press high was what ultimately unravelled PSG's defence with Gusto getting a free rein to charge down the right wing and going deep inside the opponent's box. He tried a shot which was blocked and he ultimately fed the ball to Palmer who finished exquisitely with his left foot to give Chelsea the lead in 22 mins. The finish of the second goal was almost a carbon copy of the first as Palmer ran through a spent PSG midfield, cut in from the right, pulled off a majestic feint and with another left-footed strike found the back of the net in the 30th min. A lot of eyebrows were raised when Chelsea had snapped up Palmer for £40 million from Manchester City in September 2023 with a lot of the London club's recent signings imploding. The boy from Wythenshawe, Manchester was thought to be another such costly mistake. But Palmer burst into life as soon as he switched the shade of blue of his jersey, banging in 27 goals and 15 assists in what turned out to be his breakout season. The expectations were through the roof ahead of the 2024/25 season but a bit of a dry patch had the detractors sharpening their knives again. The 23-year-old ultimately finished the season with 15 goals and 9 assists in the EPL but what really shut up the naysayers was his performance in the Conference League final and now the Club World Cup final. With Pedro as Chelsea's new target man, Palmer has looked way more comfortable feeding the ball to the Brazilian rather than a misfiring Nicolas Jackson. And they have linked up just twice since Pedro's £60m move from Brighton in July 2025. The third goal that sealed PSG's fate was the result of the very same combination with Palmer wrong footing the PSG defence with an intelligent pass to Pedro who had run behind and finished it off with a deft chip over Gianluigi Donnarumma with the score 3-0 going into half time. With the Palmer-Pedro combination, Chelsea might be on their way in duplicating their very own Kevin de Bruyne-Erling Haaland partnership which bodes well for their title challenge next season. With players like Liam Delap also in contention and Enzo Maresca at the wheel, the Chelsea Project might just be coming into fruition. PSG, meanwhile, will have to go back to the drawing board with their long and exhausting season finally coming to a close with a boatload of trophies, something that was unimaginable when their talismanic forward Kylian Mbappe left at the start of the season. Coach Luis Enrique will now need to find a way around the weaknesses that Chelsea laid bare, especially against long balls, ahead of the new season.
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First Post
a day ago
- Politics
- First Post
Donald Trump booed but steals show as Chelsea left puzzled at FIFA Club World Cup trophy ceremony
The FIFA Club World Cup trophy ceremony turned chaotic and confusing as US President Donald Trump joined Chelsea players on the podium. Trump was also booed by sections of the crowd, but achieved what he came for. read more It was yet another eventful day for the United States president, Donald Trump, as he hogged the limelight during the trophy presentation ceremony for Chelsea at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday. Chelsea are the first champions of the newly expanded Club World Cup, which included 32 teams, as they defeated European champions Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the final. While Chelsea played some eye-grabbing high-press football to outsmart one of the best footballing sides in the world, Trump played his own politics on the pitch. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Trump booed at MetLife Stadium The FIFA World Cup 2026, set to be co-hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico next year, is drawing attention as football's global governing body appears to be getting closer to Donald Trump with each passing day. The 45th and 47th US president, Trump, has been seen using the stage to enhance his global stature. More from Football And if that is really your plan, then what could be a better stage than the trophy presentation podium? Trump's arrival at the podium was busy as he took his place in the box suite with First Lady Melania Trump during the match before getting onto the pitch as the match ended. He was accompanied by FIFA president Gianni Infantino as the visuals were flashed on the jumbotron, followed by boos from the crowd. Ya mans Donny Trump out here getting these boos at MetLife — DJ JUANYTO, LLC (@DJJUANYTO) July 13, 2025 Later, he was on the stage to hand over the awards and medals. Trump handed the young player of the tournament award to PSG's Désiré Doué, the golden glove to Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sánchez the golden glove and the golden ball for MVP of the match to Cole Palmer, who scored two goals in the match. Trump stuns Chelsea players with award ceremony move Following the award presentation, Trump stayed back to join the trophy celebration with Chelsea players, which obviously left a few players confused, including Palmer. Chelsea captain Reece James was also seen asking Trump something before he lifted the Club World Cup trophy. THEY DID IT! 💙@ChelseaFC lift the FIFA Club World Cup! CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD 🏆 GLOBAL HOME OF FOOTBALL | Live All Summer Long | | #FIFACWC #TakeItToTheWorld #CHEPSG — DAZN Football (@DAZNFootball) July 13, 2025 STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'Before they told me he was going to present the trophy and then exit the stage,' James later said about Trump joining them during the trophy celebration. 'I thought he was going to exit the stage, but he wanted to stay.' Palmer admitted that it was confusing for him to see Trump on the stage during the trophy celebration. 'I knew he was going to be here but I didn't know he was going to be on the stand when we lifted the trophy,' he said. 'I was a bit confused, yeah.' Trump was eventually pulled away by Infantino, but he achieved what he wanted. Every time the video of Chelsea's trophy celebration is played out, Trump will be there. And we all know football is the most popular sport in the world.
News18
a day ago
- Sport
- News18
PSG Coach Luis Enrique Hits Chelsea's Joao Pedro On His Face After CWC Defeat
PSG coach Luis Enrique hit Chelsea's Joao Pedro in a bizarre fight after losing the Club World Cup final 0-3. Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique on Sunday, July 13, got embroiled in a bizarre fight with some of the Chelsea players, which resulted in him hitting forward Joao Pedro on his face after the Champions League winners slumped to a 0-3 defeat in the Club World Cup final. PSG's players were already high on aggression, and they finished the match with 10 men after midfielder João Neves pulled Marc Cucurella's hair. Enrique appeared to throw his left hand at Pedro's face, pushing the latter to the floor before being pulled away from the scene. Watch the video here: ¡SALTARON CHISPAS ENTRE LUIS ENRIQUE Y JOAO PEDRO! 🤯🤯🤯🤯El momento del técnico español con el jugador del Chelsea tras perder la final del Mundial de Clubes @FIFACWC | La final, gratis en | #FIFACWC #TakeItToTheWorld — DAZN España (@DAZN_ES) July 13, 2025 'I don't need to say anything about them because it's normal. Everyone wants to win the game, and in the end, I think they lose their heads. But this is football, this is happening. Now you need to enjoy because you won the tournament, that's it," Pedro said at the post-match press conference. 'I don't want to talk too much about them because you know how it works. Football is this," Pedro added. Cole Palmer, the Conference League final match-winner, was at his best, and many in the stadium thought he had opened the scoring after eight minutes when he curled wide from a Pedro flick. PSG should have made the most of that reprieve and taken the lead themselves after midfielder Fabian Ruiz played in Desire Doue, but he chose to pass instead of shoot, and Cucurella cleared. Palmer took charge of the game after 22 minutes when he placed a left-foot shot into the bottom corner after right-back Malo Gusto had seen his attempt blocked. Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca insisted winning the Club World Cup meant as much as winning the Champions League. 'I have the feeling that this competition is going to be as important, if not more important than, the Champions League," Maresca said. view comments First Published: July 14, 2025, 12:39 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
