Cole Palmer produced a scintillating first-half masterclass as Chelsea demolished Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 to win the Membership World Cup closing at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
The English attacking midfielder scored twice and supplied an help for João Pedro in a devastating show within the revamped event’s decider that left the European and French champions, who completed with 10 males, shell-shocked earlier than the break.
Chelsea struck first within the twenty second minute when PSG fullback Nuno Mendes gifted possession to Malo Gusto. Whereas his preliminary effort was blocked by Mendes, Gusto collected the rebound and located Palmer unmarked within the center and the midfielder made no mistake, slotting a tidy end simply contained in the left put up.
Palmer doubled the lead after the Thirtieth-minute cooling break with a objective of elegant high quality. Latching onto a exact by ball from Levi Colwill, he reduce inside earlier than faking a go to dummy a defender and firing into the bottom-left nook.
Palmer then turned supplier, working up the channel earlier than discovering Joao Pedro, who took the ball in his stride and beat the offside entice earlier than chipping his end superbly over keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
PSG’s distress was accomplished when João Neves was despatched off for pulling Marc Cucurella’s hair within the 83rd minute.