“What Are You Doing?”: Mikel Slams Jackson’s Teammate Despite Chelsea Win Against Fluminese
- John Mikel Obi has blasted Chelsea's goalkeeper Robert Sanchez after his recent blunder at the ongoing 2025 FIFA World Cup
- The Blues defeated Fluminense 2-0 in their semi-final clash played at the MetLife Stadium on Wednesday morning
- New signing Joao Pedro scored a brace in his first start for Chelsea after completing his signing 8 days ago
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Chelsea have qualified for the final of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, taking place in the United States of America.
The Premier League side outclassed South American side Fluminense by two goals to nothing in the semi-final played at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
New signing Joao Pedro, who was on holiday in Brazil, scored a brace for Chelsea against his boyhood club.
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The Brazilian forward gave the Blues a deserved lead in the 18th minute through a curled shot from the left side of the box, as reported by Al Jazeera.
A few minutes later, Fluminense were handed a penalty after defender Trevoh Chalobah's arm hit the ball in the area, but the decision was overturned following an intervention from Video Assistant Referee.
The Brazilian team had the opportunity to equalise after an error from goalkeeper Robert Sanchez as Marc Cucurella cleared out Hercules shot off the line in the 27th minute.
In the 54th minute, Pedro completed a brace in his first appearance following an assist from Enzo Fernandez, picking the ball from Cole Palmer, who dribbled three players in the build-up, per BBC.
Chelsea have earned £88.4m for reaching the final while awaiting their opponent, between Real Madrid and PSG.
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What did Mikel Obi say?
Chelsea legend has delivered a sharp critique of the Blues' goalkeeper, Robert Sanchez, despite their victory over Fluminense.
Mikel Obi, who was on commentary duty during the game for DAZN, questioned the shot-stopper’s decision-making, pointing out an error that could have cost his team.
According to Football Insider, the UEFA Champions League winner said the Spanish goalkeeper frustrated Chelsea fans present at the stadium with his shabby performance.
He admitted the brilliance of Cucurella in preventing the team from conceding a goal from the goalkeeper's blunder. He said:
“Ah yeah it did frustrate me, I’m sure all the Chelsea fans here in the stadium and at home as well watching would be thinking ‘Sanchez, what are you doing?! Come out! It’s your ball! Come and catch it!’
“But he didn’t. But of course Cucurella, great anticipation didn’t stop, and a great clearance.”
Despite the performance of Sanchez in the 2024/25 EPL campaign, coach Enzo Marcesa stuck with him throughout the Club World Cup campaign.
How Chelsea won Europa League conference
Legit.ng earlier reported that Chelsea won the 2024/25 UEFA Europa Conference League, after beating Real Betis 4-1 in Wroclaw, Poland.
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli opened the scoring for Betis in the ninth minute of the first half, but Chelsea sprang to life in the second half to complete the turnaround.
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