President Donald Trump looks like Chelsea’s Reece James (24) will raise the trophy after the final football match of the club between Chelsea and PSG in East Rutherford, NJ, Sunday, July 13, 2025 (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) New Delhi: “We won the game in the first few minutes,” said Chelsea chief Enzo Maresca after his party defeated PSG in the finals. Few could disagree. Blues amazed Paris Saint-Germain with a blister and held firmly to require the title of the World Cup FIFA FIFA in a dramatic way. The men of Enzo Maresca ran to 3-0 leadership in the first half, while Cole Palmer and João Pedro combined the dismantling of European champions who did not respond to the attacking football Chelsea.PSG came to the final on the back of the wicked campaign, but it was Chelsea who brought the intention and ingenuity to the finals.
Palmer, Pedro and Maresco make it the difference
Cole Palmer, who has already played a key role in the Chelsea’s Conference League and Premier League campaigns, remembered another performance. The 23 -year -old man scored twice and once he helped, he became the third player of Chelsea in this century, after Didier Drugba and Eden Hazard achieved more goals in the finals.His first and second targets were almost identical: released on the right side, cut inside, placed shots. PSG runner Gianluigi Donnarumma could only look. Both goals saw punishment of the high PSG line. Palmer also turned the creator for João Pedro and threaded the perfect ball that Brazilian accidentally soaked over the goalkeeper.Pedro, the summer signature of Chelsea, now scored in the semifinals and the finals and forced discussion whether Blues finally found the middle forward, which was looking for Diego Costa. Given that Pedro – who was brought to potentially start on the right side, was driving to the center and creating space for Palmer – only in the finals in the finals. To say that Chelsea supporters will be on cloud after this performance would be an underestimation.Meanwhile, Enzo Maresca made decisive tactical changes. He pushed Palmer wider, strengthened the middle field control by bringing the club of Reece James club, and playing him alongside Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez, which allowed Malo Gusto moving forward. In the end, it was their two goals in ten minutes and three in less than half an hour, which were the extinction of the PSG party, which went through Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Inter Miami.
PSG had a ball but not goals
Although PSG enjoyed almost 66% of holding the ball, he never recovered from the opening blitz. Osman Dembelé and Khvich Kvaratskhelia had flashes of promise, but were repeatedly forced to wide or back. The defensive shape of Chelsea, who sometimes saw Pedro Neto fell into the back five, frustrated Luis Enrique for a long time.In the middle of the second half of the PSG, it regained some control, but the damage was already caused. Chelsea sat deeper, soaked in pressure and closed the game with a kind of efficiency rarely from such a young party.For PSG, defeat ends almost perfect season on a bitter note. After attacked Inter Miami and Real Madrid in earlier rounds and raised both the Ligue 1 and the UEFA Champions League, this final was considered the last title in the bag. But Mareska’s men stood firmly, thoroughly spoiled the PSG party, and they did their middle field game, although they were really worse in the middle of the park – at least on paper.
Defining a moment for Maresca’s Chelsea
Chelsea’s run to the final included the loss of flamengo shock and the hard semifinals against Fluminense. But in the finals there was nothing about their intention. Maresco’s tactics worked flawlessly, his key players have added and Blues has now won his second club in the club in four years.With Palmer, João Pedro and the party that begins to show promising and developing tactically, the World Championship in the club can only be the first big step in the new era on Stamford Bridge.
