Article 6YMCE Chelsea stun PSG to win Club World Cup after Cole Palmer’s cool double

Chelsea stun PSG to win Club World Cup after Cole Palmer’s cool double

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Sid Lowe at MetLife Stadium
from US news | The Guardian on (#6YMCE)
  • Final: Chelsea 3-0 Paris Saint-Germain

  • Palmer 22 30, Joao Pedro 43

The boy from Wythenshawe who had sat on top of the Rockefeller on Friday took Chelsea to the top of the world on Sunday, that shiver celebration shown to everyone. It was 90F (32C) in New Jersey, humid too, but oh, this was cold, all right.

Two wonderful, almost identical strikes, executed with an effortless ease, and a lovely soft-shoed assist from Cole Palmer led Chelsea to the expanded Club World Cup. That Tiffany trophy, a great, big gold coin, had their name engraved into it alongside Gianni Infantino's, the billion-dollar team that won the billion-dollar competition.

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