by Chelsea somehow has to try to stop an irresistible side of Paris Saint-Germain because it adds the Club World Cup trophy to her UEFA Champions League title, as the final of the first edition of FIFA’s extended competition takes place on Sunday.
PSG traveled fresh in the USA because at the end of May in Munich in Munich with an impressive 5-0 demolition by Inter Milan with 5-0 demolition for the Club World Cup with an impressive demolition from Inter Milan in Munich.
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The team of Luis Enrique scored four goals to Atletico Madrid, four other Lionel Messis Inter Miami in the last 16, and then proved to be too strong for Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals.
They seemed to meet new heights when they tore apart in the last four Kylian Mbappes Real Madrid when their 4-0 winning margin could have been far greater.
The Parisians are now facing an exceptional performance, since they carry out a clean trophy season in this Marathon 2024/25 and add the world championship title to their French and European crowns.
“This is the goal we had from the start, but it is always very difficult to achieve these things-very few teams can do what we try,” said Luis Enrique after the semi-finals.
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PSG are therefore overwhelming favorites for the game, which is played in the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey with 82,500 capacity-with the skyline of Manhattan as the background and Donald Trump.
According to Doue, one of her outstanding actors during a remarkable campaign, it insisted that there were no concerns about complacency.
“We are not confident, not at all,” said France International Doue on Friday at Rutgers University south of New York City before PSG was trained at Rutgers University.
“We were favorites for most games in this competition and this season, but what matters is what we do on the field.”
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Chelsea also has many reasons to believe, since the game on Sunday has finally completed a campaign in which they won the UEFA Conference League, and also fourth in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League.
While PSG lost to Botafogo during the group phase, Chelsea was also beaten by Brazilian opposition in Flamengo.
However, they defeated Benfica and two other Brazilian teams, Palmeiras and Fluminensee, to reach the final.
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“If everyone thinks we will lose, then we have nothing to lose. We have to go out there and play our football, be confident and hopefully try to surprise everyone,” said defender Levi Colwill on Friday.
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PSG’s record against the English opposition in 2025 shows the size of the task for Chelsea – the French club stood compared to four Premier League teams in the Champions League and defeated them all, from Manchester City and Liverpool to Aston Villa.
“It’s a super high -ranking game. You are currently one of the hottest teams in the world, but this is the final, a unique game,” said Reece James.
“Everyone has them as a strong favorite, but I have been to many finals where we were favorites and we didn’t get to the extreme.
“I don’t care that everyone turns the opposition upside down. We only prepare in the right way and we go out.”
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The match brings the curtain in a one -month competition in which FIFA already occurs as a great success.
But the concerns about the heat of an American summer plagued the tournament, and Chelseas Enzo Fernandez said on Friday that playing in the middle of the afternoon was “very dangerous” – the game on Sunday begins at 3:00 p.m. local time (1900 GMT).
Whatever happens in the final, the tournament was already a great success for the participants from a financial perspective.
Chelsea and PSG are certain to go home with over 100 million US dollars, whereby the final amount becomes clear after the final – this money will be particularly welcome for Chelsea after UEFA has recently been subject to violation of the financial rules.
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