SPORT HUB: FOOTBALL- CHELSEA ARE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD

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The missing piece is finally in the trophy cabinet of Chelsea football Club. As a big football club, the word "Domination" is supposed to be associated with you. Chelsea had won the UEFA Champions league title last season by beating Manchester City (1-0) in a thrilling final game.

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The Blues proceeded to beating the winners of the Europa league Villarreal in the UEFA Super Cup encounter. The Blues travelled to Abu Dhabi, UAE for the FIFA Club World Cup. The biggest striker Romelu Lukaku had powered the Blues into the final by beating Al- Hilal 1-0.

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The Blues had enforcement as Coach Thomas Tuchel was available for the finals after covid 19 restrictions. The final game was between Chelsea and Palmeiras. The game was a heated game with an exciting first half as the champions of Europe tried to do hard to break the defense of Palmeiras, all efforts to crack the nut proved abortive.

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The first half ended in 0-0, when the second half kicked off it took 56 mins for the Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku to nod Chelsea into the lead. Palmeiras equalised in ten minutes after a VAR decision for penalty against Thiago Silva. This levelled the game to 1-1 and full time ended in a draw, while in extra time Chelsea had a penalty and was scored by Kai Havertz pushing the Blue to winning the Club World Cup Title.

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This huge victory would be the needed catalyst to lead Chelsea into an interesting end of the season. The squad depth of Players in Chelsea has proven to be very important for the team as Thomas Tuchel has so many options to try. During December,the Blues faced alot of difficulties with injures and form which made them fall out of the race for the league.

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In the space of 382 days, the Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has led the team to win the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, UEFA SUPER CUP AND CLUB WORLD CUP. It is a very amazing achievement as the German would be viewed as a big figure in the history of the Football Club. The dynamics of Chelsea's style of football has evolved, switching from the conventional Defensive football to an attacking style of football.

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The Owner of the Football Club Roman Abrahamovich was present to celebrate with the team. The Russian boss would be excited with this amazing achievement with Chelsea winning a total of 22 trophies since the Russian bought the football club

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The celebration would be incomplete without celebrating Edouard Mendy who adds another trophy to his collection this season, he was crowned the champion of Africa and now champion of the World,not forgetting his individual titles.

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Well, the Brazilian Thiago Silva doesn't seem to be ageing soon as the 37- year old who joined Chelsea on free transfer seems to be winning alot. He was crowned the man of the final match and the best player of the tournament

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With controversies surrounding Romelu Lukaku, this is one competition we would certainly remember his effect. The big striker had scored the only goal in the semi final and also delivered when needed in the final match

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The Silky German Kai Havertz seems to be the key for Chelsea when it comes to winning goals. He had proven this during the UEFA Champions league final match and he did not hesitate to score the decider for the Club World Cup game in the absence of Club Penalty taker Jorginho

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Callum Hudson Odoi made history by becoming the youngest football player in history to win the UEFA Champions league, UEFA Super cup and Club World cup, creating a beautiful assist for Lukaku.

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Chelsea Football Club joins other teams like Bayern Munich, Juventus, Ajax and Manchester United to have won all three major titles- UCL title, Super Cup and Club World Cup.

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