Luis Enrique’s team were starting to look superhuman but Enzo Maresca has found a few chinks in their armour By Get French Football News Paris Saint-Germain games often have a Groundhog Day feel: they start with a rugby punt into the corner, fall into a pattern of PSG domination and, invariably, end in victory for Luis Enrique’s side. Be it in Ligue 1, the Champions League or at the Club World Cup, their opponents tend to deploy unambitious low blocks to break the inevitable pattern. But the tactic rarely stifles PSG’s forwards. PSG have lost just three games in 2025; two of those defeats came in the league, after the title was already secured and attention had shifted towards a maiden European title. A low-block against a side so fluid, liberated and technically gifted is submission masquerading as resistance. Continue reading...

Aggressive, motivated, extremely talented and now champions of the world, Enzo Maresca’s squad have the confidence and real depth When Chelsea won the Conference League in May, a victory secured by the standard ice-cold Cole Palmer performance in a final, the reaction was restrained and there was no internal talk of an impending title challenge. The vibe is different now. It is hard not to dream when Chelsea perform as they did against Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the Club World Cup. Nobody is getting carried away. Chelsea know what the rest of us know, which is that they are not the best team in the world. They are not the finished article. They are young and still have much to learn. Yet there is a gold badge on the shirt for the next four years and if Chelsea woke up feeling $100m on Monday morning it will not only have been because of the prize money made during their month in the US. Continue reading...

PSG's heavy defeat in the Club World Cup final was a bit of a shock, though it's important that Luis Enrique & Co. learn the right lessons from this and apply them to next season.

Chelsea striker Joao Pedro says Paris St-Germain "lost their heads" in the aftermath of Sunday's Club World Cup final.

Luis Enrique said he was trying to separate players during a post-match brawl at the end of Paris Saint-Germain's Club World Cup final defeat against Chelsea after footage appeared to show the him pushing Joao Pedro to the ground.

Cole Palmer spoke of taking satisfaction at proving doubters wrong after Chelsea's 3-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup final on Aunday.

Chelsea's FIFA Club World Cup final win against PSG on Sunday was marred by a post-match on-field brawl at MetLife Stadium involving PSG coach Luis Enrique, goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, defender Achraf Hakimi and Chelsea forward Joao Pedro.

Everyone expected PSG to romp to another big win, but Chelsea and Cole Palmer were superior on the day, racing to a 3-0 lead before halftime and winning the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.

Cole Palmer produced a scintillating first-half masterclass as Chelsea demolished Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 to win the Club World Cup final at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium on Sunday.

Paris St-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma is on Chelsea's radar, Newcastle eye Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike, while West Ham want Juventus midfielder Douglas Luiz, plus more.

One of Chelsea or PSG will win the first expanded Club World Cup on Sunday, so how do they match up ahead of the final?

Club World Cup final features two youth-driven teams but Enzo Maresca’s side believe they can hurt favourites Chelsea have already made over £80m from their Club World Cup adventure but they can achieve something priceless against Paris Saint-Germain. This goes beyond gaudy gold badges and money in the bank. The season with no end is almost over, the final of the tournament that nobody asked for is here and while Chelsea have no intention of getting carried away if they triumph in New Jersey on Sunday it is also the case that there would be no better way to demonstrate that they are on to something with their youth-driven project than by beating Luis Enrique’s awesome PSG. Easier said than done, of course. One school of thought is that Chelsea will have done well if they leave the MetLife Stadium with their dignity intact. Premier League opponents hold no fears for PSG, whose path to Champions League glory was paved by wins over Manchester City, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal, while they were in terrifying form against Real Madrid on Wednesday. It finished 4-0, but it could have been 10; PSG really were that good and the reality is there will only be one outcome if they hit those heights again. Continue reading...

Paris Saint-Germain coach cautious of difficult game against Chelsea ‘I have been better when I lost,’ Enrique says There is just one game left in the season in which Paris Saint-Germain finally won the first Champions League in their history to complete a historic treble and that game is the Club World Cup final, but Luis Enrique says it has not been his best. He was better, he claims, when he lost. Besides, the PSG coach said, Manchester City remain the best team around and his side must face a Chelsea team he likened to his own which can still deny them the perfect campaign and have a manager he “loves”. “The Champions League was our first and it was very important: that was our main objective when we came to Paris last year,” Enrique said. “And on Sunday we have the chance, with the last game of the season, to win another one, with the Club World Cup. But it is important that we are conscious of the difficulty of the game. [Enzo] Maresca is a coach I love. I love the way he has of playing with the ball. They have a lot of good individual platers but they also have a real sense of duty. They are a bit like our team. They are physically strong too. It will be a very even game and a very difficult one. Continue reading...

Luis Enrique said Paris Saint-Germain's "team of stars" can deliver the "icing on the cake" for their incredible season in the FIFA Club World Cup final.