{"id":11167,"date":"2025-06-21T09:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T09:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11167"},"modified":"2025-06-21T09:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T09:05:41","slug":"flamengo-rally-past-chelsea-to-secure-fifa-club-world-cup-knockouts-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11167","title":{"rendered":"Flamengo rally past Chelsea to secure FIFA Club World Cup knockouts spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Flamengo stormed into the FIFA Club World Cup knockout stage with a 3-1 comeback victory over Chelsea in their Group D encounter at Lincoln Financial Field on June 20.<\/p>\n<p>Pedro Neto put Chelsea in front in the 13th minute, intercepting a misplaced pass in midfield and slotting home past Flamengo goalkeeper Agustin Rossi.<\/p>\n<p>Pedro Neto caught Flamengo sleeping \u26a1<\/p>\n<p>(via @DAZNFootball)pic.twitter.com\/s7R5iJ5q5R<br \/>\n\u2014 B\/R Football (@brfootball) June 20, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian side regrouped after the break and equalised in the 62nd minute when Bruno Henrique found the net following a clever knockdown by Gonzalo Plata.<\/p>\n<p>Three minutes later, Henrique turned provider, setting up Danilo from a corner to give Flamengo a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s hopes of recovery faded when Nicolas Jackson was sent off in the 68th minute, reducing them to ten men.<\/p>\n<p>Flamengo extended their advantage in the 83rd minute as Wallace Yan finished off a low cross from Plata, capping off a dominant second-half display.<\/p>\n<p>The icing on the cake from Wallace Yan \u26bd\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/FjMbARSCzL<br \/>\n\u2014 Flamengo (@Flamengo_en) June 20, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The result leaves Flamengo unbeaten in the tournament and top of their group.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea must now beat ES Tunis on June 24\u00a0to remain in contention. The Tunisian side edged LAFC 1-0 in their previous match to keep their hopes alive.<\/p>\n<p>Easy win against London Blue! \ud83d\udc1c pic.twitter.com\/PfGtQbzljC<br \/>\n\u2014 Flamengo (@Flamengo_en) June 20, 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flamengo stormed into the FIFA Club World Cup knockout stage with a 3-1 comeback victory over Chelsea in their Group D encounter at Lincoln Financial Field on June 20. Pedro Neto put Chelsea in front in the 13th minute, intercepting a misplaced pass in midfield and slotting home past Flamengo goalkeeper Agustin Rossi. Pedro Neto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}