The certainty of almost all humanity that Paris Saint-Germain would be the champion, the revolution or renovation, has broken in half an hour of play. Chelsea’s massacre went through the understanding that it was necessary to close the sectors between midfielder and defense lines.
The absolute blockade, the incessant pressure on the ball, all brands of current football, completely inhibited the game of travel and exchanges of positions of PSG.
The surprise indicates that the biggest democracy on the planet is football. Where the least quoted turns into a hero.
No, Chelsea is neither poor nor was a team from Latin America or Africa winning. But the decision was surprising.
It began with a sound boo to the president of the United States, when his face appeared simultaneously at the beginning of the execution of the national anthem. Respectfully, the rings ceased when Trump’s face disappeared from the big screen. No national anthem. Monocratic leader, yes.
Chelsea fans, or rather people with English club shirts, were much more numerous than Paris Saint-Germain. This appeared in the stands and also in the corners.
What gave life to the Club World Cup to life, between the group stage and the quarterfinals, was the Latin audience. But the stadiums crowded in the semifinals and end were due to the global, Chelsea and Real Madrid brands, especially.
Tactically, Chelsea proved that Paris Saint-Germain is beautiful to see, but it is no dynasty, no revolution. Enzo Maresca stopped PSG with Reece James and Moses Caicedo playing between the lines, opening Palmer in the right half.
But he followed his game plan, the same one that made Abel Ferreira admit to being surprised. With the ball, it was a 3-2-5, the modern WM: Chalobah, Colwill and Cucurella; Reece James and Moses Caicedox. In front, from right to left, Gusto, Palmer, João Pedro, Enzo Fernández and Pedro Neto.
Palmer closed the right corridor when defending it, but was half a right, he played behind Paris Saint-Germain steering wheels in the attack. The width of the field was mission for the French Gusto.
Chelsea pressed more than he was pressured. Even so, when the French climbed to make it difficult to go out, long releases by goalkeeper Robert Sánchez reached Palmer or Pedro Neto behind the sides.
Long releases, convicted five years ago, have the strength of breaking the pressure of the rival.
Annulled, PSG could not find passing options. And its biggest differential, during the tournament, was to reach the players hidden behind the defensive midfielders, to have up to four in a position of entering the area as center forward.
Out of the field, a torment to undergo police blocks, the presence of Donald Trump. If you complain about Brazilian stadiums, buying a meager dog was much worse in New York.
The largest democracy in the world is that of France, which was born in the 1789 revolution, thirteen years after the United States declare independence from the English.
But there is still a right to judge that football, this one, is the most democratic of sports.
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