Chelsea reversed the Brazilian League 2-1! The final is in sight

The 2025 New Club World Cup has entered the final sprint stage. Chelsea, Fruminense, Paris Saint-Germain, and Real Madrid have joined hands to advance to the semi-finals. In the early morning of July 9, the first semi-final will be staged by European and South American football. The Champions League two champions Chelsea will face Fruminense. This is the third time that Chelsea faces a Brazilian team in this Club World Cup. Chelsea won one win and one loss in the previous two times. Due to copyright reasons, CCTV's CCTV5 will not broadcast this focus war live.

Chelsea plays Fruminense, and Maresca has a luxurious lineup of 1.25 billion euros, with stars such as Nkunku, Palmer, Jackson, Neto, Pedro, Maduaike, Enzo, Lavia, Kesedo. Fruminense's net worth is only 86.15 million euros, which is hugely different from Chelsea. He has famous players such as Cano, Evillado, Arias, Lavega, and Gansu. The sum of the net worth of the two teams is equivalent to RMB 10 billion.

Chelsea is a giant team in European football. It has won the Champions League twice, 2 Europa League championships, 2 European Cup winners championships and 1 Club World Cup championship. It has just won the UEFA Cup championship in the past season and achieved a World Football Grand Slam. This is the only team in football that can do it. In the Premier League last season, Chelsea finally ranked fourth, qualifying for the Champions League next season, achieving its goal for many years.

In this Club World Cup, Chelsea, Flamenco, Tunisia hope, and Los Angeles are in Group D. As the Champions League champion in the 2020/21 season, Chelsea was able to enter the Club World Cup, but now the Chelsea lineup has no players who have won the Champions League championship, and it has completely broken away from Abraham's influence and entered the era of US funds. In the group stage, Chelsea made a bump and advanced with 2 wins and 1 loss. In the eighth final, Chelsea defeated Benfica 4-1 in overtime and advanced. In the quarter-finals, Chelsea defeated Palmeiras 2-1 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

In contrast, Fruminense is a strong team in the League One, winning the League One 4 times, winning the Cup of Liberators in 2023, winning the Cup of Winners in 2024, and also winning the InterContinental Cup in 1951. In this Club World Cup, all four Brazilian League teams advanced to the knockout round, setting a new record. In the group stage, Fruminense was tied with Dortmund, Mamerodi Sunset and Ulsan Hyundai in the same group. In the end, Fruminense remained unbeaten and advanced. In the knockout round, Fruminense eliminated Inter Milan and Riyadh Crescent successively to advance to the semi-finals.

The two teams have no record of confrontation in history, and this is an encounter. Chelsea won a Club World Cup championship, and Fruminense participated in the last old Club World Cup, losing to Premier League giant Manchester City in the finals. Chelsea is not the strongest in the Premier League, but this Club World Cup has earned a lot of face for the Premier League. It has played against the Brazilian League team twice, winning and losing, and reaching the semi-finals, which is well deserved.

Comparing the offense and defense of the two teams, Fruminense scored 8 goals and conceded 1 goal, remained unbeaten in 5 games, while Chelsea scored 9 goals and conceded 5 goals. Chelsea's offense was stronger, but their defense was not as good as Fruminense. Fruminense was highly expected of South American football and avoided the Club World Cup becoming the Champions League. Chelsea winners are younger and more energetic. In this game, we are optimistic that the two sides will draw within regular time, and it is difficult to decide the winner in overtime. Let's win the penalty.