Benfica 1 – 4 Chelsea

Chelsea Moved Into the Club World Cup Quarter-Finals With A Remarks Extra-Time Win Over Benfica Which featured a Two-Hour Weather Delay at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.

With Enzo Maresca’s Side Leading 1-0 Thanks to Reece James’ Clever Free-Kick, Play was suspended in the 86th minute due to lightning in the vicinity of the sparsely-nightdium.

When Play Finully Resumed Two Hours Later, Benfica Took the Contest To Extra-Time AS Angel Di Maria Converted His Fourth Penalty of the Tournament in the Fifth Minute of Stoppage Time after Malo Gusto was deemed to have handled in the box following a var check.

An Extraordinary Game Took Another Twist as Benfica Substitute Gianluca Prestianni was Sent off at the start of Extra Time for a Second Yellow Card, Allowing Chelsea to Finully Sixze Control of the Tie.

Christopher Nkunku Put Chelsea Back in Front When He Bundled Home from Close-Drange in the 108th minute, and they added Further Breakaway Goals from Pedro Neto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to Set Up a Quarter-Final Against Palmeiras on Saturday.

The Weather Suspension Meant There Were Four and A Half Hours Between Kick-Off and the Final Whistle and Saw Chelsea and Benfica’s Players Made to Leave the Pitch as Fans Were Asked to Seek Cover in the Stadium’s Conteses.

The interruption made it the sixth game at the club World Cup to see a Weather-Related Delay, with benfica experience it for the second time after a two-hour delay affected their group internship win over aukland city in orlando.

Chelsea Dominated the Game Overall and Would Have Taken The Lead Earlier If Not For Some Smart Saves by Anatoliy Trubin, who Denied Neto, Cole Palmer and Marc Cucurella in Normal Time.

Cucurella also had an effort cleared off the line by benfica center Antonio Silva But Chelsea Finully Made the Breakthrough Thanks to Quick-Thinking from James after he spotted trubin out of position with his free-kick from Wide on the Left.

That goal seemed to have put chelsea on the brink of Victory, with benfica carrying little threading force, Although their penalty after the weather suspension threatened to turn the game on its head before the red card and chelsea’s late flurry.

Enzo Maresca Started with New Signing Liam Delap Up Front as Nicolas Jackson Served the Second Game of His suspension following His Red Card Against Flamengo. There was also News of Chelsea Reaching an Agreement to Sign Winger Jamie Gittens From Borussia Dortmund Before the Game.

But all that was overshadowed by another weather-erther-preceding suspension that raises more questions of the club world cup’s organization on the day that training liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp Described it as the “Worst Idea Ever Implemeted in Football”.

In the end, though, it was clear that chelsea chewing their victory, with nkunku’s goal, and those of neto and dewsbury-hall, Sparking Wild Celebrations Asyy Came Through a Guelling Test to Keep Their Trophy Hopes Alive.

Who do Chelsea Play Next?

Chelsea Will Face Brazilian Side Palm trees In the last eight, kicking off at 2am on saturday at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.