English Football Club, Chelsea beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 to win the first edition of the expanded FIFA Club World Cup.
Cole Palmer struck twice in the opening half before summer signing Joao Pedro scored his third goal of the tournament to stun PSG, the reigning European champions.
Chelsea are Club World Cup champions for the second time after they first won the tournament in 2021.
The rout began with a sweep of a cultured left foot, and continued with a crippling counterattack. It was complete before halftime here at the 2025 Club World Cup final between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea. One side exploded up and down the field, and out to a 3-0 lead; the other staggered, as if exhausted, disrupted and dumbstruck.
The Blues qualified for this Club World Cup via their win in the 2021 Champions League final, a match in which only one current player appeared. They arrived in the United States having finished fourth in the English Premier League, and having rolled through a third-tier continental competition, the UEFA Conference League. They were not favorites to win this tournament.
