EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey — João Pedro stored the celebrations to a minimal after scoring twice to ship Chelsea into the Membership World Cup remaining, his targets proving the undoing of his former membership Fluminense in a bittersweet assembly at MetLife Stadium on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old Brazilian ahead, who joined Chelsea from Brighton & Hove Albion six days in the past, discovered the online within the 18th minute with an outstanding strike and once more early within the second half with one other glorious end to seal his staff’s 2-0 victory and passage to the ultimate.
He held his arms up apologetically after every strike in opposition to the membership the place he spent his youth, at the same time as his teammates swarmed round him on the pitch, solely briefly cracking a smile after the second objective.
“They [Fluminense] gave every little thing to me. They confirmed me to the world. If I am right here, it is as a result of they believed in me,” mentioned Pedro. “I am very grateful however that is soccer — I’ve to be skilled. I really feel sorry for them however I’ve to do my job.”
Pedro made his debut for Chelsea of their 2-1 quarterfinal win over Palmeiras on Friday with solely a pair coaching classes beneath his belt. 4 days later, he was within the beginning staff.
“At present I believe as a result of I began, I had extra time to do my stuff and I needed to rating. The staff received, the staff performed properly and that is necessary,” he added in televised remarks.
Pedro joined a month after Chelsea signed Liam Delap, because the membership moved to plug a ahead scarcity.
Chelsea face the winner of the second semifinal on Wednesday between Paris Saint-Germain and Actual Madrid. The ultimate is about for Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
Enzo Maresca’s facet is seeking to construct off a profitable 2024-25 marketing campaign by which Chelsea completed fourth within the Premier League and received the UEFA Convention League.
Info from Reuters was used on this story.