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The FIFA 2025 club World Cup has entered its last days, with the World Rally at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, to crown its champion. Thirty-two teams have been reduced to two, because the Chelsea FC and Paris Saint-Germain will take the ground to try to win a trophy.

The World Cup final 2025 will be the 9th time that Chelsea and PSG will face each other, PSG winning 3 of previous meetings. Chelsea beat PSG twice, and three times, the teams were satisfied with a draw. There will be a winner on Sunday, and this team that emerges Victorious will obtain the badge of the winners of the Club World Cup to wear on their jersey for the next four years.

Chelsea FC path to the final

Group phase (group D finalists): W 2-0 against Lafc; L 1-3 against Flamengo; W 3-0 against Hope of Tunis
Round of 16: W 4-1 against Benfica
Quarter -finals: W 2-1 against Palmeiras
Semi-final: W 2-0 vs Fluminense

Chelsea had a little trouble in group D. They opened the Los Angeles FC, which had just been added to the tournament 16 days before their match. Despite the 2-0 victory, Chelsea obtained their foot throughout the match. Chelsea’s second match saw them against Flamengo, who struck them in front while the blues lost 3-1. They were able to regroup and beat Hope of Tunis 3-0 in a relatively easy way to go to the stage with direct elimination.

There, they beat Benfica 4-1 in the round of 16, setting up a path that included two other Brazilian teams. Despite a difficult game, Chelsea was able to hold Palmeiras in the quarter-finals, winning 2-1. In the semi -finals, Chelsea fought against Fluminense and it was João Pedro – whose childhood club was newly acquired – who was the hero. His splint was the difference in a 2-0 victory to give Chelsea this main opportunity.

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PSG path to the final

Group stage (group B winners): W 4-0 vs. Atlético Madrid; L 0-1 against Botafogo; W 2-0 against Sounders de Seattle
Round of 16: W 4-0 against Inter Miami
Quarter -finals: W 2-0 vs. Bayern Munich
Semi-final: W 4-0 vs. real Madrid

Paris Saint-Germain, like Chelsea, fought against a Brazilian team in the group phase. They opened the tournament with a 4-0 battery from Atlético Madrid, but then lost 1-0 against Botafogo surprisingly. The winners of the UEFA 2025 Champions League finished group B with a victory against the Sounders of Seattle. In the round of 16, PSG destroyed Inter Miami with another 4-0 victory before beating Bayern Munich 2-0 in the quarter-final despite its reduction to 9 men after late red cards in Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernandez. In the semi-finals, PSG showed real domination in the Shellacking Real Madrid with another 4-0 victory.

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What to look at

Who is back, who is not. PSG will continue to be without defenders Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernandez, who remain suspended for the final of their red boxes against Bayern Munich. However, Ousmane Dembele – the presumed levy of the Ballon d’Or – seems to have no problem of the injury that held him away for a large part of last month. Look for it to be in the alignment of European champions. On the other side, Chelsea again welcomes Levi Colwill and Liam Delap of the suspension for this match, but could be without Moises Caicedo due to an ankle injury he suffered at the end of the victory in the semi-finals against Fluminense.

The fire meets the heat. The two teams enter the match on a little radiator. Chelsea has won 13 of her last 15 games in all competitions, while PSG has won 10 of his last 11 games. Seven of their last 8 games have seen the Paris team keep a white leaf, and they only conceded one goal during the FIFA club World Cup 2025. The two teams will also have to face heat, temperatures that should be in the 80s with tons of humidity. Luis Enrique and Enzo Maresca will have to use all their submarines during the mid-after match afternoon at East Rutherford, but that could be a slight suspended from their semi-final matches in the same stadium.

It will be the battle of a coach. It will be a tactical battle for Chelsea Enzo Maresca head coach and PSG head coach Luis Enrique. This is the first time that Luis Enrique has been a coach against Chelsea, and he has been looking forward to the challenge. “We are in a special season, a special moment, and we have one more step against a very good team like Chelsea. It’s now time to prepare. We want to make the story of our club,” Enrique told Fifa.com before the match. For Enzo Maresca, it’s a chance for Chelsea to top a long season with a trophy. “It’s a great success. It was a fantastic season – the first four of the Premier League, the conference league and now in the final of this competition,” said Enzo. “We are so happy. We are going to play per game. Finally, we have the last game of the season and I hope we can win the tournament.” The two teams have the star power, but it is the match plan and the execution, and for fans of tactics, it should be a great final to attend.

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Prediction

Paris Saint-Germain ran on all cylinders during most of the tournament and they show that they are the best team in the world. Everything meets on Sunday when they go out Chelsea 3-1 to win the FIFA 2025 club World Cup.