Fluminense vs Chelsea LIVE: Reaction as Blues seal a place in the Club World Cup final

The Club World Cup final will kick off at 8pm BST on Sunday 13 July at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

How to watch the Club World Cup

DAZN will show each match of the tournament live, including the final, for free in the UK.

All users can watch a live stream on television and mobile devices by signing up for the company’s DAZN Freemium service, with the option to watch ad-free coverage for £14.99. Users can watch DAZN from anywhere by using the DAZN App on TVs, smartphones and any device with a web browser.

Just one more game then before we know the two Club World Cup finalists.

Tomorrow, PSG will face Real Madrid for a place in the final, as Xabi Alonso’s new-look side meet Luis Enrique’s all-conquering PSG.

That match kicks off at 8pm BST tomorrow, and will also take place at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

QUARTER-FINALS

Friday 4 July

Match 57: Palmeiras 1-2 Chelsea

Match 58: Fluminense 2-1 Al-Hilal

Saturday 5 July

Match 59: PSG 2-0 Bayern Munich

Match 60: Real Madrid 3-2 Borussia Dortmund

SEMI-FINALS

Tuesday 8 July

Match 61: Fluminense 0-2 Chelsea

Speaking on DAZN, Gareth Bale praises Joao Pedro.

“It's not just the goals, it's the link-up play, the passing and the vision,” he says.

“Even just coming into a new team and trying to understand your teammates is very difficult as well. It was a great all round performance and he thoroughly deserved the player of the match,” he adds.

“I'm not saying Brighton are a small club but he has made the next step up to a team that are playing Champions League and challenging for trophies.

“He is on the right trajectory and I think if he keeps his feet on the ground and keeps working hard - you can see the ability he has so hopefully he can keep ticking on,” he says as he finishes.

Enzo Maresca has snapped back at any suggestion that Chelsea are favourites to win the Club World Cup ahead of his side’s semi-final meeting with Fluminense.

Chelsea are potentially 90 minutes away from a shot at becoming world champions, with a final against either Real Madrid or Paris Saint-Germain waiting.

But with such calibre of opponents still in the competition, Maresca disagrees that his side are the clear front runners to bring home Club World Cup glory.

Joao Pedro says “it was a dream first start” today.

“I don’t think it could’ve been better, two goals, now we need to think about the final. I’m very happy.

“I think I’m happy to score my first goals, but also I know that this tournament is very important for them [Fluminense fans], I can say sorry but I have to be professional, I play for Chelsea and today I was happy to score,” he says.

“Today, because I started , I had more time to do my stuff. The team played well, that’s important.

“I try to improve every session, but I know it’s hard, they help me as well, now I need to rest, [and] focus on the final.

“I think it could be my first title, so I think it’ll be a very important, very special game. I came a week ago and now I’m going to play a final!” he adds.

“I feel comfortable here,” he says as the finishes.

Against a legend of old, Chelsea have a new Brazilian to deify. They are potentially 90 minutes away from becoming world champions, and they have a mid-tournament acquisition to thank.

Fluminense’s journey in the Club World Cup has been nothing short of remarkable. Running on financial fumes, they’ve slayed European giants and Saudi money machines. Thiago Silva, a beloved former Chelsea figure now spending his final footballing days captaining his boyhood club, has been lauded as the heart and soul of their unexpected success. But at the feet of fellow local boy Joao Pedro, Fluminense’s dream of conquering the globe came crashing down.

Chelsea are potentially 90 minutes away from becoming world champions after dispatching Fluminense in a dominant display in their last-four clash.

The Blues haven’t had the easiest ride to the Club World Cup final, having suffered one of the first shocks of the tournament in a 3-1 group stage loss to Flamengo before seeing their last 16 tie with Benfica marred by a two-hour weather delay.

They’ve managed to battle through, though, overcoming their Brazilian demons to beat Palmeiras, before a Joao Pedro brace gave them a win over the Tricolour to set up a date with destiny at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.

Enzo Maresca’s side now wait to see who they will face, with a finale meeting with either Real Madrid or European champions Paris Saint-Germain in their sights.

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“We’re very happy, because I know how difficult it is. As I said, Premier League top four, we won the Conference, in the final here, it’s fantastic.

“We go game by game. We know what we need to. Now it’s finally the last game of the season, and hopefully we can win the tournament,” he says.

On Madrid and PSG, he adds: “They are both top teams, one won the Champions League this season the other the last, but we’re proud and happy to be there.”

Enzo Maresca says that it is “a great achievement” to reach the final.

“It’s been a fantastic season. Top four, Conference League, now in the final of this competition. We’re so happy,” he says.

On Pedro’s goals, he says: “We know we have players able to do that. We need to help them get into siutautons where they can do that.

“Nico is a striker, he played almost all the games last season, but he was okay,” he adds.

On Caicedo’s injury, he adds: “We’ll see, I told him he has to do everything to be on the pitch on Sunday.”