Episode 3298: Chelsea, The Undisputed…
Chelsea are the new FIFA world champions after destroying PSG in another one-sided CWC knockout game. Johnny Infantino’s long servile campaign paid dividends as Donald Trump showed up and dominated the extended post-match proceedings.
The entire occasion was as though someone had started with the basic concept: imagine the Americans had invented football. To which we can only respond: why?
Trump didn’t wanna leave as Chelsea were lifting the trophy ? pic.twitter.com/V1lxWHAoI4
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) July 13, 2025
Jonathan Wilson and Tim Vickery join us to look back on the final and to evaluate the tournament as a whole. Do they agree with Enzo Maresca’s perhaps self-serving prediction that this competition is going to take over from the Champions League as the gold standard of club football?
¡SALTARON CHISPAS ENTRE LUIS ENRIQUE Y JOAO PEDRO! ????
El momento del técnico español con el jugador del Chelsea tras perder la final del Mundial de Clubes @FIFACWC | La final, gratis en https://t.co/OFe1FpBGjK | #FIFACWC #TakeItToTheWorld pic.twitter.com/InAjrW0QQE
— DAZN España (@DAZN_ES) July 13, 2025
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