Ended the 5-hour battle! Chelsea scored 3 goals in 7 minutes, 4:1 to the top 8 of the Club World Cup, and it is hard for the angel to save the owner

In his first year of coaching Chelsea, Maresca led the team back to the Champions League and won the European Cup crown, making the Blues the first super Grand Slam team. However, when he came to the Club World Cup stage, Chelsea did not achieve the results he deserved. He lost to Flamenco in the second round of the group and only qualified for the second place in the group. In the early morning of June 29, Chelsea ushered in a showdown with Benfica in the quarterfinals. James scored a free kick directly. After a two-hour interruption, Di Maria tied in 95 minutes. Nkuncu, Neto and Hall scored 3 goals in 7 minutes in overtime, and Chelsea advanced to the quarterfinals 4:1.

Benfica, as an absolute giant in the Portuguese Super League and a regular visitor in the Champions League, directly surprised Bayern won the first place in the group in the last round of the group stage. When he came to the knockout stage, Maresca did not dare to neglect. Palmer, Neto and Delapp joined forces to attack the trident; Kesedo, Lavia and Enzo were in the midfield combination; James, Badiacile, Colewell and Cucurella formed the defense line, and Sanchez guarded the goal.

After the game started, Chelsea immediately launched an offensive. In the first minute, Neto held the ball and shot in the penalty area and tried a low shot, Trubin resolved it; in the 19th minute, Enzo passed directly from the right, Neto fell down the triangle, Cucurella adjusted the penalty point and shot, Antonio Silva contributed a key goal line to clear the goal line; in the 21st minute, Palmer successfully broke through one-on-one on the left and shot at a small angle, Trubin responded quickly to block the near corner and saved the ball.

In the 39th minute, Lavia smoothly broke away from the inclined plug and broke through Benfica's defense line. Kukurelia shot from the left and shot low from the left and went straight to the goal. Trubin's state was hot and resolved the danger again. Chelsea shot 7 times and 6 times in the first half, but Trubin's outstanding performance failed to break the deadlock, and Benfica was completely suppressed, and there was no shot even once.

When Chelsea returned from the second half, he continued to take the lead. In the 48th minute, Kesédo made a powerful shot from 30 meters away from the goal. The ball was strong but unfortunately it was a sliding pass. Since the positional battle could not be made, then work hard on the set piece. In the 64th minute, James took the free kick from the left side of the frontcourt, and the ball bounced straight to the goal. This time Trubin saved the ball and watched the ball enter the net, 1:0! In this Club World Cup, there have been 4 direct free kicks to score; and Chelsea's only 2 direct free kicks this year were scored by James.

In the 67th minute, Di Maria made a precise long pass in the middle circle, Pavlidis cut into the penalty area with a single shot, Badiacile returned to defense at high speed and stuck his opponent's shot with his body. He accidentally pulled himself in and was replaced by Adarabioyu; in the 77th minute, Orsnes passed by Kukurelia from the right and knocked across the bottom, and Sheldrup's push shot without anyone to guard directly missed. Two minutes later, Drapp stepped forward and passed the goalkeeper and pushed the empty goal, but the offside goal was invalid.

When the game was approaching the injury stoppage time, the sky above the stadium was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and the scene was once again affected by extreme weather. The referee decisively terminated the game early; the game was postponed for nearly 2 hours before it started again. After the game resumed, Benfica, who was behind, did not give up. In the 95th minute, Otamendi headed the ball in the penalty area, Gusto made a handball foul, the referee awarded a penalty after watching VAR, Di Maria withsto's penalty kick, and the score was tied, 1:1! Di Maria scored 4 goals in 4 Club World Cups and led the scorer list.

Overtime just started one minute, and the situation changed suddenly on the court. Prestiani directly knocked down Colewell in defense, and received the second yellow card and was sent off with a red card. In the 103rd minute, Neto took a tactical corner kick, Cucurella hit the bottom, Palmer went off the angle to shoot, Trubin made a wonderful save, and then Benfica made a quick counterattack, Di Maria cut inside and shot low, and Sanchez resolved it again. In the 108th minute, Kesedo intercepted the ball and counterattacked on the spot and decisively stepped forward. Palmer held the ball and blocked it. Kesedo's low shot at a low angle was saved. Nkunku fell to the ground and the scoring shot was blocked by Otamendi's goal line. He reacted quickly and immediately got up and made up his kick, 2:1!

, Benfica, who had no way out, could only push up, which instead gave Chelsea more opportunities to counterattack; in the 114th minute, Kessedo intercepted the ball in the middle circle and passed directly, and the inner support was like entering the unmanned realm and went to the meeting alone to lock in the victory, 3:1! In the 117th minute, Palmer made a precise pass as usual, and Hall also scored a single goal against the sidelines, 4:1! In the end, with three goals in 7 minutes in overtime, Chelsea defeated Benfica 4-1, ending the nearly five-hour battle and meeting with Palmeiras in the quarterfinals.