Chelsea defeated Fluminense 0-2 in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup semi-finals match at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, USA on Tuesday.

In the first half, João Pedro scored from a long distance, and Hércules' close-range shot was blocked off the goal line by Cucurella. Fluminense's request for a penalty kick was rejected by the VAR. In the second half, João Pedro scored with a powerful shot. In the end, Chelsea defeated Fluminense 0-2 and reached the final again after 3 years.

First Half

In the 18th minute, Pedro Neto crossed into the box from the byline at the left wing. His pass was initially blocked and cleared off not far away by Thiago Silva. After quickly following up and picking up the loose ball, João Pedro quickly took a long shot with his right foot from outside the penalty area and his shot flew straight into the upper right corner of the net. Chelsea broke the deadlock early to take a 0-1 lead! After scoring, the player refused to celebrate in order to boyhood his childhood club where he had played for 8 years! This was also the player's debut goal for the Blues!

7 minutes later, Hércules played a scintillating one-two with Germán Cano at the front. After successfully beating the offside trap, Hércules quickly followed up, received the latter's overhead pass and dribbled past the outrushing Robert Sánchez before pushing the ball with his right foot from a very close distance in the box, but his shot was blocked by Marc Cucurella in front of the goal line. Fluminense missed the golden opportunity to equalize Chelsea!

In the 36th minute, Fluminense got a free kick opportunity. René took the free kick by crossing into the box from outside the penalty area. The ball hits Trevoh Chalobah's left hand. The referee immediately blew his whistle to award Fluminense a penalty. The VAR assistant referee also intervened. The referee walked to the sidelines to watch the VAR and ruled that Chalobah did not commit a foul, thus the penalty decision was cancelled!

At the end of the first half, Chelsea temporarily led Fluminense by 0-1 into the halftime break.

Second Half

Both teams switched sides as the match continued. In the 56th minute, Chelsea made a quick counterattack. Enzo Fernández made a through diagonal pass from the midfield center circle. After successfully beating the offside trap, João Pedro quickly followed up, got the ball, dribbled into the center of the box before unleashing a fierce shot with his right foot. His shot hit the bottom of the crossbar and bounced into the upper right corner of the net. The Brazil international striker who had just joined from Brighton scored twice in the match! Chelsea extended its lead to 0-2!

11 minutes later, Christopher Nkunku passed back from the left wing. Malo Gusto stopped the ball before taking a long shot with his right foot from outside the penalty area, but his shot went just slightly wide of the upper right corner of the post.

In the 80th minute, Chelsea made a quick counterattack. Ignacio made a mistake while clearing the ball in his own back half. Nicolas Jackson intercepted the ball and dribbled into the left side of the box before volleying with his right foot at a difficult angle, but his shot hit the left side of the net and went out.

When the final whistle is blown, Chelsea defeated Fluminense by 0-2.