WATCH: Scuffle breaks out at end of Club World Cup final as Luis Enrique, Donnarumma confront Joao Pedro
Chelsea upset PSG 3-0 to win the title, scoring three first-half goals in a match that turned testy with a red card to PSG's João Neves for pulling down Marc Cucurella by his hair, along with six yellow cards.
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Enrique was on the field near the centre circle and appeared to push Pedro on the throat. Donnarumma shoved the 23-year-old forward, who fell over.
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca moved away Donnarumma, a fellow Italian.
'This was completely avoidable at the end,' Enrique said through a translator. 'My goal and my objective, as always, is to separate the footballers to avoid greater problems. There is a lot of tension, a lot of pressure, and there was a whole bunch of pushing that was going on by many people.' PSG defender Achraf Hakimi had been gesturing at Pedro and Chelsea midfielder Andrey Santos.
'I saw players surrounding him,' Pedro said of Santos. 'Like a good Brazilian, I went to protect a friend. A lot of people were there, and it ended up with me getting pushed. These things happen. They don't know how to lose. Now it's time to celebrate.' Maresca said he wasn't aware of how the fracas started.
'I saw that something was going on, but I don't know what happened,' he said.
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