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Chelsea make the Club World Cup final

Feb 10, 2022

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Chelsea are through to the final of the Club World Cup. 

The European Champions defeated Al Hilal 1-0, courtesy of a Romelu Lukaku goal in the first half.

Thomas Tuchel’s side will next face Brazilian club Palmeiras in the final on Sunday. 

This means Tuchel has now reached the final of every competition Chelsea have entered, since he took charge of the club.

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Separately, Chelsea players who are unvaccinated look set to miss next month’s Champions League last-16 second-leg against Lille in France. 

This is because French regulations currently allow only vaccinated individuals into the country.

The Blues have not disclosed how many of their players are unvaccinated.

Chelsea had been hoping to move the second-leg tie to a neutral venue to avoid any problems, but UEFA has said a switch is not possible.

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Man City have extended their lead at the top of the EPL table, after a comfortable 2-0 win over Brentford this morning.

Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring, before Kevin DeBruyne sealed the win.

The result sees City move 12 points ahead of second-placed Liverpool, who have two games in hand.

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Meanwhile, Southampton scored twice in 11 minutes, as they battled back to beat Tottenham 3-2. 

It moves the Saints into the top ten…while Spurs remain in seventh place.

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Real Madrid are reportedly taking every possible precaution, to keep Karim Benzema and Ferland Mendy fit for their Champions League last-16 clash against PSG next week.

Both have only just recovered from injury and are set to return to first team training this week.

Its widely reported that the two players will miss Saturday’s La Liga clash against Villarreal…to keep them fresh for the trip to Paris next Wednesday.