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Chelsea proprietor Roman Abramovich celebrates Membership World Cup last win vs Palmeiras

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ROMAN ABRAMOVICH put his arms collectively as a Kai Havertz penalty sealed the Membership World Cup for Chelsea.

The billionaire Blues proprietor couldn’t conceal his delight as his aspect edged out Palmeiras to turn out to be champions of the world.

Kai Havertz sealed victory with a penalty in extra time
The Russian billionaire signalled his approval from the stands
He was later seen on the pitch with the players and Thomas Tuchel

Chelsea had been made to work by their Brazilian rivals at Abu Dhabi’s Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium.

The perimeters had been all sq. at 1-1 as the ultimate went to additional time.

Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring for the Champions League winners on 55 minutes after a goalless first-half.

Palmeiras struck again simply ten minutes later as Raphael Veiga fired residence from the spot.

The Copa Libertadores champions had been cheered on by a rowdy contingent of 15,000 travelling followers.

But when Havertz despatched keeper Weverton the fallacious method, with three minutes of extra-time left, the 15,000 Brazilian followers fell silent.

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The final European group to fail to win this competitors had been Chelsea themselves in 2012, after they misplaced to Corinthians – metropolis neighbours of Palmeiras.

This 12 months the Blues had been enjoying towards a group from the identical nation – even the identical metropolis – however a minimum of they obtained a unique consequence.

The win means Abramovich’s males have now claimed each trophy going whereas beneath the Russian’s possession.

And with the 54-year-old businessman, who’s now based mostly in Israel, hardly ever attending his group’s video games lately, he was clearly happy to see this triumph in particular person.

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