Roman looks thrilled.
Chelsea 2021/22 - World and European Champions
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Cheap penalties are the way to go.
Even more so. He’s terrible.Still think so?
Palmeiras have been playing for pens, Chelsea get one they complain ….there’s no pleasing some people
So that wasn’t handball?
Nice to see Palmeiras manager and staff taking the loss so sportingly 
That was a pretty drab affair
Most teams play these so called 'wonderful' teams during pre season games, as they are usually a complete non entity of a game.As someone whose team is **ahem** as of this moment still the sitting Club World Champion
I can only tell you to enjoy!
For me these games were always (I say always as if it's a regular occurence and did not just happen twice!
1) At the latest by November, the fact that you won the Champions League has faded from the system, the new season is a grind, it's unkown what it will bring, and everyone is focused on the week-to-week, only interrupted by obnoxious international breaks
2) At the same time, because of its insignificance to anyone but the participants, the CWC tournament is not on anyone's radar at all. It only enters the horizon at some point, first merely as a perceived nuisance in the league calendar - fans wonder "Eh? What is this? Why are these league games being postponed?"
3) Then you realize that you are, in fact, playing the Club World Cup, because you are actually the reigning Club Champion of Europe! What a great thing to remember!
4) and then, the tournament is just a wonderful thing. It's actually involving the whole globe! The winner is officially the best club in the world! And when else do you actually get to play these wonderful teams, from Africa, from South America, Asia, from Cairo, Casablanca, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, what have you, in a somewhat competitive setting?
It's something special. You earned it for yourselves, like a nice holiday after a hard year of work.
When was the last time a non European team won this competition?
It's a complete non entity of a competition and needs to be scrapped in my opinion.
I like Palmeiras' passion. Their histrionics is fun to watch.
Havertz starting to build a Drogba-like reputation as decider of big finals? Wouldn't mind if that keeps going.
why haven’t Palmeiras stuck loads up front? 3?!
This ref will need protection.
Chelsea are world champions.
Great week for Mendy.
Great week for Mendy.
Chelsea are the only European team to not win this in the last 15 years.
Pardon?
Time to change title to Super Cup World Champions?
Edit: where is the Super Cup part?
Edit: where is the Super Cup part?
World champions!!
Palmeiras spent the match diving and rolling around. It was glorious to win that in the end up.
Super Cup - Yep
World Cup - Yep
League Cup
FA Cup
Champions League
Premier League
That's the double won. The Sextuple awaits.
World Cup - Yep
League Cup
FA Cup
Champions League
Premier League
That's the double won. The Sextuple awaits.
Second cup of the year and first Chelsea Club World Cup!!!!!
We're the best team in the world, ever. No question. Objectively a facht.
Think the Emirates Cup is more glamorous.
World and European but not Domestic Champions
We're a big picture club.
That's Brexitism. We're the world.
Corinthians defeated Chelsea in 2012. Before that Liverpool 2005 and Barça 2006 lost their finals too.
Since 2012 European clubs have won all editions.
Exactly,
It's clear that European teams are so far ahead of the rest, makes it an absolute non competition of a competition.
It's a pathetic attempt to get some global cup competition going, United used it as a chance to rest years ago such was the disdain for it.
I do like what Azpi did with the pen there, held onto the ball, took all the gamesmanship from their players then gave the ball to Kai.
Thank you.
Useless competition. South America have won 1 out of the last 15.
He's a gem.
Chelsea made hard work of that. If football is a marathon, I think Tuchel might have started too quickly! But fair play to him, he has gotten a CL and World title out of it.
Gone by Christmas
Gone by Christmas
Since 1992 (the inaugural season of the Premier League) no non-Premier League team has won the FA Cup. The last time a non top flight team won it was WH in 1980.
Maybe the FA Cup is a useless competition.
Say what about chelsea, they are run in a much better way than our club. Roman cares about the club and for him present is more important than past nostalgia. Credit to chelsea.
I totally agree
Fair play to Chelsea and congrats to them. They are run much better than we are.
If you’re a Chelsea fan (guessing you are but don’t know), how do you feel about it right now? Happier than if you get 3 points in your next PL game. Happier? I’m not knocking it by the way; when you get down to it all sport is essentially worthless, or rather it’s value is only in the eye of the beholder. I do seem to remember SAF talking about it’s importance, perhaps in the year they dropped out of the FA cup? Might be mixing my memories to be fair.
Definitely. Never content, always planning forward, and doing so by legal avenues open to them. Loan system, maximizing sales etc… to get the budgets they want.
They had style and a profile before Abramovic, but he has built something there that should last. A system within which a head coach is just another role.
I sometimes thinks it lacks heart, but then I look at the top of the table for a comparison and it doesn’t seem that bad!
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