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New York Post
04-07-2025
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How to watch Palmeiras vs. Chelsea in 2025 FIFA Club World Cup for free
New York Post may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. The FIFA Club World Cup quarterfinals continue Friday with Palmeiras and Chelsea battling for a spot in the semifinals. Palmeiras reached the quarterfinals thanks to a 1-0 victory over fellow Brazilian club Botafogo in the Round of 16. Palmeiras won Group A in the group stage after beating Al Ahly and drawing with both Inter Miami and Porto. Chelsea reached this stage after a wild Round of 16 match against Benfica. The English club led 1-0 past the 90th minute before Ángel Di María tied the game — Chelsea then scored thrice in extra time for a 4-1 win. Advertisement Palmeiras vs. Chelsea: what to know When: July 4, 9 p.m. ET July 4, Where: Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia) Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia) Streaming: DAZN Palmeiras won the Copa Libertadores in 2020 to secure a spot in the FIFA Club World Cup, while Chelsea earned a spot after winning the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. When is the Palmeiras vs. Chelsea match? Palmeiras and Chelsea will square off today, July 4, at 9 p.m. ET in the quarterfinals of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. How to watch Palmeiras vs. Chelsea in the FIFA Club World Cup for free: Advertisement The Palmeiras vs. Chelsea match, like every match in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is streaming on DAZN. No matter where you are in the world, you can watch the FIFA Club World Cup for free on DAZN. All you need to get started is an email address. No subscription is required, but you will have to make a free account on the streamer to start watching. DAZN also has premium, paid options available to enhance your viewing experience with HDR picture, Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound, and fewer ads. DAZN Premium plans begin at $19.99/month. 2025 FIFA Club World Cup key dates:
Yahoo
29-06-2025
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- Yahoo
Chelsea manager calls Club World Cup weather delay 'a joke'
Chelsea advanced in the FIFA Club World Cup on June 28, getting three extra-time goals to defeat Benfica 4-1 in their Round of 16 encounter. Following the victory, Chelsea's manager wasn't in a celebratory mood. Advertisement Enzo Maresca lambasted the nearly two-hour weather delay that interrupted the match at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, describing it as 'a joke,' before launching into broader criticisms of the beleaguered event and FIFA's decision to stage it in the United States. REQUIRED READING: Club World Cup bracket: Schedule, scores, and results for FIFA soccer tournament With four minutes remaining in regulation, and Chelsea leading 1-0 courtesy of a Reece James free-kick goal in the 64th minute, the match was paused due to lightning in the area. It led to a 113-minute delay, with officials waiting for a storm to pass through the area. The match ended at 8:38 p.m. ET, more than four-and-a-half hours after it began. After just one goal between the teams before the delay, Chelsea and Benfica combined for four goals the rest of the match. Benfica's Ángel Di María converted a penalty kick in stoppage time to tie the game and send it into extra time. In the second 15-minute period of extra time, Chelsea scored three goals in nine minutes, with Christopher Nkunku's 108th-minute goal serving as the game-winner. Advertisement 'After the break, the game changed completely,' Maresca said after the match when asked about the difficulty of the lengthy delay and its effect on the game. 'I think for me, personally, it's not football. It's already seven, eight, nine games that they suspended. It's a joke, to be honest. It's not football. It's not for us.' 'You cannot be inside (for that long). I can understand that for security reasons, you are to suspend the game. But if you suspend seven, eight games, that means it is probably not the right place to do this competition.' REQUIRED READING: FIFA Club World Cup group stage sees lack of fans attending games across USA With the win, Chelsea will take on Brazilian club Palmeiras at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on July 4 in the quarterfinals. Advertisement As Maresca noted, the Club World Cup has been beset by a slew of weather-related stoppages that have disrupted the flow of matches. Chelsea's win became the sixth Club World Cup game, and first of the event's knockout stage, to be subjected to a weather delay. It was Benfica's second experience with one, as its 6-0 win against Auckland City on June 20 in Orlando was held up by thunderstorms for two hours. It's one of several problems the Club World Cup has endured. Ticket sales and attendance have lagged throughout the event, with photos of half-full or largely empty venues circulating on social media. The official attendance for the Chelsea-Benfica game was 25,929 in a stadium with a seating capacity of nearly 75,000. The 48 group-stage games of the tournament had a combined one million empty seats. Those woeful crowds and persistent thunderstorms have raised questions and concerns about next year's World Cup, which will be held across 16 cities in North America, 11 of which are in the United States. Seven of the U.S.-based venues are outdoors and lack retractable roofs, leaving them vulnerable to the thunderstorms that are common across the country during the summer months. Advertisement 'It's a fantastic competition,' Maresca said. 'It's a Club World Cup. It's top. We are happy to be in the last eight. We are happy to win all these kind of things. But something happens, six, seven games suspended, probably the one[s] that they decide, they need a reason, because it's not normal to suspend a game. In a World Cup, how many games are suspended? Zero, probably. In Europe, how many games? Zero. We are here, two weeks, they're already suspended six, seven games. There is some problem for me, personally.' This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Chelsea manager calls Club World Cup weather delay 'a joke'
CNN
29-06-2025
- Climate
- CNN
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca critcizes weather delays at Club World Cup and questions US hosting the competition
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca hit out at the Club World Cup organizers and suggested the United States is not a suitable host for the competition after his team's last-16 win over Benfica was disrupted by a two-hour weather delay. 'For me personally, it's not football. It's already seven, eight, nine games that they suspended here. I think it's a joke,' he told reporters after Chelsea's dramatic, extra time 4-1 win on Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina. 'I can understand that for security reasons, you have to suspend the game. But if you suspend seven or eight games, that means that probably this is not the right place to do this competition.' Six matches have now been suspended in five cities across the US due to adverse weather at this tournament, a year before the country is due to host the men's World Cup. On Saturday, Chelsea's match was suspended in the 85th minute when the Blues were 1-0 up thanks to Reece James' brilliant, long-range free kick midway through the second half. Enormous grey clouds gathered over the Bank of America Stadium as the players trudged off the field, bringing thunderstorms and a risk of lightning which delayed the match for one hour and 53 minutes. When they returned to play the final minutes of the match, Benfica equalized through Ángel Di María's penalty in the 95th minute to force extra time. But, instead of the momentum swinging towards the Portuguese club, Chelsea regrouped and scored three goals in less than 10 minutes to secure a thrilling win and its spot in the quarterfinals. That such a match took more than four hours to play, however, dominated the press conference afterward. 'It's not normal to suspend a game,' Maresca continued. 'In a World Cup how many games have they suspended? Zero, probably. In a European (championship), how many games? Zero. We are here, two weeks, and they already suspend six, seven games. There is some problem, for me personally.' FIFA, soccer's global governing body which organizes the Club World Cup, has not responded to CNN's request for comment. At the time of the delay, FIFA issued a statement saying that it was following 'the established safety protocols.' Maresca was quick to clarify he thought the Club World Cup was 'a fantastic competition,' and that he was 'talking as a manger' who had struggled to keep his players focused during the two-hour delay. 'When you are two hours inside and you're trying to keep them in the game for two hours, they're speaking with the family outside for safety reasons, they're eating something, they're playing, they're laughing. How can you keep them two hours inside focused?'
CNN
29-06-2025
- Climate
- CNN
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca critcizes weather delays at Club World Cup and questions US hosting the competition
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca hit out at the Club World Cup organizers and suggested the United States is not a suitable host for the competition after his team's last-16 win over Benfica was disrupted by a two-hour weather delay. 'For me personally, it's not football. It's already seven, eight, nine games that they suspended here. I think it's a joke,' he told reporters after Chelsea's dramatic, extra time 4-1 win on Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina. 'I can understand that for security reasons, you have to suspend the game. But if you suspend seven or eight games, that means that probably this is not the right place to do this competition.' Six matches have now been suspended in five cities across the US due to adverse weather at this tournament, a year before the country is due to host the men's World Cup. On Saturday, Chelsea's match was suspended in the 85th minute when the Blues were 1-0 up thanks to Reece James' brilliant, long-range free kick midway through the second half. Enormous grey clouds gathered over the Bank of America Stadium as the players trudged off the field, bringing thunderstorms and a risk of lightning which delayed the match for one hour and 53 minutes. When they returned to play the final minutes of the match, Benfica equalized through Ángel Di María's penalty in the 95th minute to force extra time. But, instead of the momentum swinging towards the Portuguese club, Chelsea regrouped and scored three goals in less than 10 minutes to secure a thrilling win and its spot in the quarterfinals. That such a match took more than four hours to play, however, dominated the press conference afterward. 'It's not normal to suspend a game,' Maresca continued. 'In a World Cup how many games have they suspended? Zero, probably. In a European (championship), how many games? Zero. We are here, two weeks, and they already suspend six, seven games. There is some problem, for me personally.' FIFA, soccer's global governing body which organizes the Club World Cup, has not responded to CNN's request for comment. At the time of the delay, FIFA issued a statement saying that it was following 'the established safety protocols.' Maresca was quick to clarify he thought the Club World Cup was 'a fantastic competition,' and that he was 'talking as a manger' who had struggled to keep his players focused during the two-hour delay. 'When you are two hours inside and you're trying to keep them in the game for two hours, they're speaking with the family outside for safety reasons, they're eating something, they're playing, they're laughing. How can you keep them two hours inside focused?'
Times
29-06-2025
- Sport
- Times
‘It's a joke' — Enzo Maresca fumes after Chelsea's two-hour weather delay
A furious Enzo Maresca appeared to question the suitability of the United States to host the Club World Cup after Chelsea's 4-1 victory over Benfica became the sixth match of the tournament to be interrupted by severe storms. Chelsea's match was delayed nearly two hours due to a thunderstorm near the Bank of America stadium in Charlotte. The match was suspended in the 86th minute with Chelsea looking comfortable and leading 1-0, however after the break, Benfica managed to take the game to extra-time courtesy of a penalty from Ángel Di María. Chelsea went on to win 4-1 in extra time, helped by a strong response and a red card for Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni, but Maresca was unhappy with the length of the delay, calling it a 'joke' and insisting that it changed the game and made it difficult to coach. 'After the break, the game changed completely,' Maresca said. 'I think for me personally it's not football. It's already [six] games that they suspended. I think it's a joke to be honest, it's not football. It's not for us. You cannot be inside. It's completely something new, but I struggle to understand. I can understand that for security reasons, you are to suspend the game. But if you suspend [six] games, that means that probably is not the right place to do this competition.' The thunderstorm meant that FIFA had to implement a 'seek cover' protocol as players left the field and supporters moved inside and onto the concourses. The protocol meant that the match was delayed by 30 minutes but if a lightning strike was detected to have struck the ground within a ten-mile radius of the stadium, the 30-minute clock was reset. Ultimately the delay lasted for one hour and 56 minutes. This was the second longest delay of the tournament due to weather, with Benfica participants in the longest delay, a two-hour break during their 6-0 win over Auckland City in Orlando. There have been four other delays at the tournament so far due to storms, including Ulsan vs Mamelodi Sundowns in Orlando, Red Bull Salzburg against Pachuca in Cincinnati, Boca Juniors against Auckland City in Nashville and Palmeiras v Al Ahly in New Jersey. Other matches have taken place in high heat. The match in Charlotte, though, would become the longest match of the tournament so far, where a 4pm kick off ended at 8.38pm local time. Asked whether he was referring to the stadium in Charlotte specifically regarding suitability to host the tournament, Maresca said: 'No, no, no. I'm saying that. I ask you, if in this competition, they already suspended six, seven, eight games, probably there is something that is not working well. Because in a football game, it's not normal to suspend a game.' Pushed on whether the delays are bad for a new competition like the Club World Cup, Maresca said: 'Please, don't misunderstand me. I said it's a fantastic competition. It's a Club World Cup. It's top. We are happy to be in the last eight. We are happy to win all these kind of things. But something happens, [six] games suspended. 'In a World Cup, how many games are suspended? Zero, probably. In Europe, how many games? Zero. We are here, two weeks, they're already suspended [six] games. There is some problem for me personally. But I'm talking as a manager. Because when you are two hours inside and you try to keep them in the game, but for two hours, they are speaking with the family outside for safety reasons. They are eating something, they are playing, they are laughing. How can you keep them two hours inside, focused? It's a joke. That's why I said it. Then we are happy. We are happy to be here. We are happy to be in this competition. But it's something that it's not normal for.' Please enable cookies and other technologies to view this content. You can update your cookies preferences any time using privacy manager. Chelsea players kept themselves warm during the break by using exercise bikes in the dressing room. 'Two hours inside; people speak with the family outside, if they were good, the security, people eating, people laughing, people talking on the mobile, It's two hours,' Maresca said. 'That's why I said it's not football. 'It's something that you struggle to understand. But we tried to go out, continue in the same way, knowing that it was difficult. It's not random that for 85 minutes, we didn't concede. nothing. And then for five minutes, we conceded a few chances. Why? It's because it started a completely different game. It's not normal. It's not football.' Benfica managed to equalise from the penalty spot deep into stoppage time after Malo Gusto was adjudged to have handled Nicolás Otamendi's header. By the letter of the law it is a penalty, due to his arm's outstretched position, but the French defender could not see the direction of play having leapt to deal with the initial cross and it felt like an extremely harsh decision. VAR sent the referee, Slavko Vincic, to the monitor and he awarded the penalty. Moises Caicedo said the players were upset about the decision. 'We thought it wasn't a penalty because he didn't look at the ball,' he said. 'He couldn't do anything.' Chelsea will face Palmeiras in the quarter-final of the Club World Cup next Friday, in Philadelphia.
