Chelsea advances to Club World Cup semifinals with 2-1 win over Palmeiras
PHILADELPHIA AP Chelsea scored the go-ahead goal on Malo Gusto s rd-minute shot that went in after a pair of deflections beating Palmeiras - on Friday night for a spot in the Club World Cup semifinals Cole Palmer put Chelsea ahead in the th minute but Est v o an -year-old who will transfer to Chelsea this summer tied the total against his future club with an angled shot in the rd Gusto s shot following a short corner kick appeared to deflect off defender Agustin Giay and goalkeeper Weverton and sent the Chelsea portion of fans into a frenzy FIFA credited Weverton with an own goal Chelsea won t passage far for its next match facing Fluminense on Tuesday at East Rutherford New Jersey H rcules came off the bench and scored in the th minute to lift Fluminense past Al Hilal - in Friday s earlier quarterfinal With Chelsea s win three of the four semifinal teams will be from Europe with one from Brazil The -year-old Palmer scored his first goal in the Club World Cup and exhibited why he s widely considered one of the top attacking midfielders He took a pass from Trevoh Chalobah and slipped the ball inside the far post Fans made it to Lincoln Financial Field on a holiday weekend that included a strike by nearly city workers in Philadelphia competition from an earlier Phillies championship and a concert and fireworks show near the Philadelphia Museum of Art FIFA had slashed tickets to as low as FIFA president Gianni Infantino attended the battle the eighth of the tournament at the home of NFL Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles There was a pregame pregame tribute for Liverpool participant Diogo Jota and his brother Andr Silva who were discovered dead near Zamora in northwestern Spain after the Lamborghini they were driving crashed and burst into flames on an isolated stretch of highway Key moments Forward Liam Delap and defender Levi Colwill each got their second yellow cards of the tournament and will be suspended for the semifinal Takeaways Est v o agreed to a deal with Chelsea last summer that moved him to Chelsea afterhe turned AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source
