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Calaruga Shark Media. I'm Jamie Rudd and well that was
absolutely mental. Chelsea beat PSG three to zero at MetLife
Stadium to win the Club World Cup and honestly nobody
saw this coming. The fourth best team in England just
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beat the Champions League holders in front of eighty one thousand,
one hundred and eighteen people and President Trump to become
World champions. Let me break down how this madness unfolded.
Going into Sunday's final, everyone expected PSG to steamroll Chelsea.
The French champions had just demolished Real Madrid four to zero,
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hadn't conceded a goal in four hundred thirty six minutes
and looked like the best team on the planet. Chelsea
had scraped past Palmiras and Fluminense to get here. Instead,
we got one of the biggest upsets in recent football history.
Cole Palmer scored twice in the first half, Juan Pedro
added a third, and suddenly PSG were looking like confused
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tourists in New Jersey rather than European champions. Coal Palmer
was absolutely magnificent. His first goal in the twenty second
minute came after Nuno Mendez lost control of the ball,
allowing Mallow Gusto to burst into the penalty area. Gusto's
shot was blocked, but Palmer was perfectly positioned to plant
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the rebound in the lower left corner, ending PSG's incredible
run of four hundred thirty six minutes without conceding. Eight
minutes later, Palmer struck again. This time it was pure
individual brilliance. He ran down the right side, cut to
the middle after Gusto's decoy run froze the defenders, and
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instead of passing, took advantage of the confusion to score
another beauty into the bottom corner. Two goals, two perfect finishes,
and suddenly the supposed mismatch was anything but. If Palmer's
brace shocked PSG, Juan Pedro's third goal in the forty
third minute absolutely killed them. The Brazilian who'd been the
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tournament's breakout star, raced Jian Luigi donner Uma to a
loose ball and got their first, chipping it over the
sliding goalkeeper with the composure of a seasoned veteran. That
made it three zero at halftime, and PSG never recovered.
For a team that had scored four or more goals
in three of their club World Cup matches. Going into
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the break with such a deficit proved insurmountable. This was
supposed to be PSG's historic season finale French League, French Cup,
French Super Cup, Champions League and now the Club World Cup. Instead,
they suffered their first three goal defeat since October twenty
twenty three and looked completely lost. Credit to Robert Sanchez
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in the Chelsea goal, who made several crucial saves to
preserve the clean sheet, but PSG's attack, which had been
so devastating against Real Madrid, just couldn't find any rhythm
against Chelsea's organized defense. The final whistle brought its own drama.
Luis Enriqui appeared to hit Juampedro in the face during
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the post match melay, while Nuno Mendez seemed determined to
start fights with anyone in a blue shirt. Players from
both teams had to separate the warring factions and it
took several minutes to restore order. Juan Nevers had already
been sent off in the eighty sixth minute for pulling
Mark Cucarella to the ground by his hair, the kind
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of petulant reaction that showed just how frustrated PSG had become.
Here's the beautiful irony of this entire tournament. FIFA created
this expanded Club World Cup largely because of the Messy Effect,
convinced that American audiences would flock to see European superstars
in action. Into Miami got knocked out in the round
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of sixteen. Ticket prices crashed from four hundred seventy three
dollars to thirteen dollars, and in the end, it was
the least fashionable of the European giants who lifted the trophy.
Chelsea are now World champions. They've made over one hundred
million pounds from this tournament run, which is transformative money
for a club dealing with financial fair play issues. Sometimes
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the house doesn't always win. FIFA President Gianni Infantino was
quick to trumpet the tournament's success, claiming two point five
million fans attended matches from one hundred sixty eight countries,
generating almost two point one billion dollars in revenue with
twenty million global viewers. The attendance for the final was
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genuinely impressive at eighty one thousand, one hundred eighteen, helped
by President Trump's presence with his entourage including Tom Brady
and Rupert Murdoch. Nothing like a bit of presidential star
power Phil seats. The security presence was massive, with Secret
Service TSA, New Jersey State Police and K nine units
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creating a fortress around MetLife Stadium. He even got his
moment on the JumboTron, because of course he did. Chelsea's
victory over PSG was one of the biggest shocks in
recent football history. The fourth best team in England beat
the best team in Europe to become World champions, and
they did it with a performance full of pace, precision
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and heart. FIFA got their American Finale, complete with presidential
attendance and genuine drama. Whether this justifies the entire experiment
is debatable, but you can't argue with the spectacle.