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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Dom Smith

Chelsea stars need a rest as fit and firing Flamengo run them ragged at Club World Cup

Struggles: Cole Palmer - (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters)

In six short minutes, Chelsea went from 1-0 up to 2-1 down and a man down. A collapse of gargantuan proportions.

Their Club World Cup campaign hit a major bump in their second game in Philadelphia, where the scorching heat proved more than a great equaliser, with Brazilian side Flamengo absolutely deserving of the damning 3-1 defeat they inflicted on Chelsea.

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