{"id":69492,"date":"2025-06-29T08:52:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T07:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=69492"},"modified":"2025-06-29T08:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T07:52:58","slug":"chelsea-to-battle-palmeiras-in-first-2025-club-world-cup-quarter-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/chelsea-to-battle-palmeiras-in-first-2025-club-world-cup-quarter-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea To Battle Palmeiras in First 2025 Club World Cup Quarter-Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the sweltering heat of the American summer, the FIFA Club World Cup has provided no shortage of drama. Fans have witnessed everything from thunderstorm evacuations to last-gasp equalisers. The pressure of intense knockout football was felt for the first time on Saturday as four teams clashed in the Club World Cup Round of 16.<\/p><p>After an evenful Saturday, the first quarter-final of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is officially set with Chelsea and Palmeiras set to clash for a spot in the last four of the tournament. Chelsea booked their place after an <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/chelsea-beat-benfica-in-extra-time-to-reach-fifa-club-world-cup-quarterfinal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>extraordinary 4-1 extra-time victory over Benfica<\/a> in Charlotte. <\/p><p>Reece James&rsquo; stunning free-kick in the 64th minute initially put the Blues ahead. However, a late penalty from Angel Di Maria following a Malo Gusto handball forced extra time after a near two-hour storm delay. Gianluca Prestianni was then sent off early in extra time. Chelsea capitalised on their numerical advantage with goals from Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto, and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to secure the win and progress to the quarter-finals.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Next round: Chelsea vs Palmeiras. &#127942;&#128283; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rhfPO8GywN\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/rhfPO8GywN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1939133129467285736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>June 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Palmeiras Becomes First Team To Reach Quarterfinals<\/h2><p>Earlier in the day, Palmeiras became the first team to reach the quarter-finals after a <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/palmeiras-vs-botafogo-2025-match-highlights-next-opponent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>dramatic 1-0 extra-time win over Botafogo<\/a> in Philadelphia. Substitute Paulinho was the hero for the Brazilian champions, scoring the decisive goal in the 100th minute with a low finish into the far corner. <\/p><p>The win came despite Palmeiras finishing the match with 10 men following a red card to captain Gustavo Gomez just minutes after the goal. Botafogo pushed for an equaliser late on but could not break through, sending Palmeiras through to the last eight.<\/p><p>Chelsea and Palmeiras will now meet in Philadelphia on Friday in what promises to be a compelling contest between the Conference League&nbsp;winners and the Brazilian giants. Notably, the last time these two sides met was in the final of the Club World Cup in 2021. The Blues lifted the title in 2021 with a 2-1 win over Palmeiras with Romelu Lukaku and Kai Havertz scoring the goals for Chelsea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time that Chelsea and Palmeiras met was in the final of the Club World Cup in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":69497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[7731,4038],"tags":[6880,4245,7741,6860],"class_list":["post-69492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fifa-club-world-cup","category-soccer","tag-2025-fifa-club-world-cup","tag-chelsea","tag-fifa-club-world-cup-2025","tag-palmeiras"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea To Battle Palmeiras in First 2025 Club World Cup Quarter-Final - 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