- Chelsea (Lukaku 55, Havertz 117pen) 2-1 Palmeiras (Veiga 64pen)
- Blues beat 10-man Brazilians to win trophy for first time
Chelsea can finally call themselves champions of the world. Nine years on from losing in the final of this competition to Corinthians, they were determined to make history and the celebrations were joyous when the full-time whistle blew and they had ended their long wait to win the only trophy to have eluded them in the Roman Abramovich era.
Perhaps it had to be this way. It seemed Chelsea would need a penalty shootout before Kai Havertz, the man who scored the only goal when Thomas Tuchel’s side won the Champions League, stepped up to make history with three minutes to go. César Azpilicueta, the first Chelsea player to have won every club trophy, had won a penalty and Havertz was nerveless from the spot, finally ending Palmeiras’s stout resistance.
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