Not only is it the European champion, but football pundits have called Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) the big favorite, considering the strength of the team and the rhythm of the players. However, the superiority is determined by the performance on the field. Chelsea defeated the Champions League champions 3-0. With this, the London club won the FIFA Club World Cup title for the second time.


US President Donald Trump himself came to watch the final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Although PSG dominated possession in the match, Chelsea defeated them with effective attacks.


In the first half, Cole Palma and Joao Pedro scored a goal for them. This ensured the victory of the latest Conference League champions against European champions PSG.


PSG coach Luis Enrique was told to be careful because they were the favorites. On the other hand, Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca wanted to show PSG's superiority with moves like chess pieces.


In the end, that's what happened. Although PSG had 67 percent of the ball and took 8 shots. Of these, 6 shots were on target. On the other hand, Chelsea had 5 shots on target with 10 shots.


From the very beginning of the match, Chelsea kept PSG's defense under pressure with pressing football. Thanks to which, the English giants took the lead in just eight minutes. Joao Pedro, who had recently joined the club, had a clever flick inside the box that led to Cole Palmer.


The English star coolly found the net with a left-footed shot that bit the ground. PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma jumped but couldn't reach it.


In this goal, Gusto took advantage of PSG defender Nuno Mendez's weakness in not being able to control the ball. He ran to the box with the ball and passed it to a nearby teammate, then Pedro and Palmer put the ball in the net.


European champions PSG, who suffered a big blow at the beginning, were struggling to overcome it. Chelsea came back from the cooling break in the 25th minute and were even more lively. It was as if Palmer had copied and pasted the previous goal. Lucas Beraldo took a shot that bit the ground from almost the same place.


This time the English star's shot was strong. As a result, Donnarumma saw Palmer's shot bite the ground as before, but it crossed the goal line. Palmer became only the third Chelsea player in this century to score a double in the final.


The previous two were Didier Drogba (twice) and Eden Hazard. PSG fell behind by a double in the 29th minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, they launched their first significant attack. However, Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez blocked Desiree Due's medium-speed shot. Apart from this, the opposing defenders did not allow the French giants to have much advantage in defense.


Meanwhile, the third goal of the match came in the 42nd minute. This time, Brazilian forward Joao Pedro got his name on the scoresheet. He received the ball from Palmer on the counter-attack and dribbled lightly over the head of Aguan Donnarumma and into the PSG net.


With this, Pedro scored his third goal in his third match for Chelsea. Despite scoring twice in the previous match, he did not celebrate because the opponent was his childhood club (Fluminense), but this time he scored and danced to the samba. Chelsea brought PSG's defense to the ground in full force in the final.


Desperate to score after the break, PSG's Khichdi Kavaratskheliya quickly went and took a shot in the second minute. However, the Chelsea goalkeeper avoided danger by pushing forward. In the 52nd minute, Sanchez also saved a long-range shot from Ousmane Dembele with speed.


In the 58th minute, he disappointed PSG again. This time, Vitinha's powerful shot somehow touched his hand and sent it out. In the 67th minute, the Chelsea coach brought Pedro on and brought Delep on. He immediately attacked and took a powerful shot from outside the box. Donnarumma saved PSG in this journey with a great save.


Chelsea could have got their fourth goal from Delep in the 80th minute. He almost passed Donnarumma by breaking through PSG's defense, but Delep hit the goalkeeper's foot while trying to take a quick shot.


In the 85th minute, VAR decided to give Joao Neves a red card for Mark Cucurea's hair pulling. PSG became a team of 10 men after losing him.


However, Chelsea could not use that advantage. On the contrary, Gonzalo Ramos had a chance to reduce the gap for PSG in the end. But he could not control the ball that flew into the goal.