It is therefore not just Paris Saint-Germain which suffered a defeat for its second group match in the Club World Cup. This Friday, Chelsea underwent the Flamengo law (3-1). The blues nevertheless opened the scoring, but we then sank during a second catastrophic period for them. For their Brazilian opponents on the other hand, it is an excellent deal with the first place of group D at the key.
Things started well for Chelsea who opened the brand before the quarter of an hour of play by Pedro Neto (0-1, 13th). There could even have been two goals in advance for the English club if the referee had whistled a penalty that Fernandez, hung by Gerson, thought of recovering (45th). But it was nothing and everything finally switched to the Brazilian side in the second half.
The equalization intervened at the sixtiesth minute of play thanks to Bruno Henrique (1-1). This same Bruno Henrique turned into a passer three minutes later and offered a decisive ball in Danilo (2-1, 65th). Chelsea was then sealed by Nicolas Jackson who received a direct red card after a sole on Ayrton Lucas. The striker had just got into play four minutes earlier.
Chelsea cracks completely
And the blues will finally conceded a third and last goal at the end of the meeting through Yan Wallace (3-1, 83rd). This defeat is a big hit behind the head for a team of Chelsea who will not have reassured and who will have to fight to obtain a place for the next round. He will have to do much better on June 25 against Hope Tunis.
But it is also necessary and above all to underline the solid performance of the Flamengo of Filipe Luis. The former Atlético of Madrid player was able to make the right choices and take his own to a second success in as many games at the start of the club World Cup. Next step next Wednesday against Los Angeles FC.
