Brazilian teams continue to impress in the Club World Cup: Flamengo beats Chelsea 3-1 in a comeback, this is the second giant killing after Botafogo’s against PSG.
We also remember the two draws of Palmeiras and Fluminense against Porto and Borussia Dortmund. No Brazilian team has yet lost in the competition.
At the 13′ Pedro Neto scores in open field taking advantage of a serious mistake by Wesley (linked to several Italian teams in recent days) but Chelsea does not have the dominance of the game or possession: even 63% against the 37% of the Blues.
However, Maresca’s team experiences 6 minutes of total distraction: first a beautiful launch by Gerson (ex Fiorentina) inspires the header assist for Bruno Henrique’s tap-in at the 62′, who entered the field 10′ ago.
2 minutes pass and Flamengo completes the comeback: on a corner kick, ex-Juve Danilo scores the 2-1 with a split.
The sporting madness continues with the expulsion of Nicolas Jackson at the 68′, just 4 minutes after he came on. Hammer leg for no reason and a rightful red.
Flamengo’s coach Filipe Luis (former Atletico Madrid full-back) brings in the 2005 class striker Wallace Yan who fortuitously finds the 3-1 at the 83′.
This result confirms a very clear trend: Brazilian teams are dominating these early rounds of the Club World Cup, especially against the big European teams
Remember that Palmeiras drew with Porto 0-0 and is in 1st place in Group A, as is Botafogo in Group B after beating PSG 1-0.
Fluminense, on the other hand, held Borussia Dortmund to a 0-0 draw but creating more chances than the Germans. And now Flamengo’s 3-1 win over Chelsea has arrived, with the red-blacks leading Group D: 6 points out of 6.
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