⏮️ Chelsea send Palmeiras packing; Fluminense squeeze past Al-Hilal | OneFootball

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🚨 FULL TIME!

Chelsea are through to the semi-finals after scoring a late goal in Philly!

They will have another tough Brazilian opponent to look forward to in the next round.

GOAL!

Chelsea have the lead in the dying minutes thanks to a flukey deflection that fooled the Palmeiras goalkeeper!

Palmeiras are playing some great stuff on the edge of the Chelsea box and look like the team that could snatch a late winner.

Huge chance for Chelsea with a free-kick right on the edge of the box!

Now that is a storyline!

GOAL!

Oh my word!!!! What a goal by future Chelsea player Estêvão! An absolute stunner to pull Palmeiras level!

The teams are back out and the second half is underway!

Half-time in the City of Brotherly Love!

Huge chance for Palmeiras!

A dinked ball to the back-post fell straight onto the head Vanderlan but the youngster sent his header straight into the waiting arms of Robert Sánchez.

Estêvão just took quite the kicking from his future teammate Enzo Fernández!

Big chance for Chelsea!

Cole Palmer slid in Christopher Nkunku but the striker flashed his side-footed effort high and wide.

GOAL!

A vintage Cole Palmer finish sees Chelsea take an early lead! It had been coming in the opening 20 minutes and now the Premier League giants have an advantage to hold on to!

It's already getting spicy as the players clash in the corner after a coming-together!

It's all Chelsea in the early goings as they probe their Brazilian opponents.

And we're underway in Philadelphia! Our next semi-finalist will soon be confirmed.

Late change for Chelsea as Reece James drops out 😬

And now for the Palmeiras XI!

As we turn our attention to the late fixture, the Chelsea team news has dropped! Check out Enzo Maresca's team selection.

FULL TIME: FLUMINENSE 2-1 AL-HILAL

And there we have it!

Fluminense are through to the semi-finals, where they will play either Chelsea or rivals Palmeiras.

They're one step closer to glory, but for Al-Hilal, it's the end of the road after an excellent showing in the States.

Koulibaily makes a mess of what might be Al-Hilal's final chance.

The whistle is going to go any moment now.

It's a corner after corner for the Saudi side, but Fluminense are standing strong.

Two minutes to go.

There's seven minutes of injury time. Can Al-Hilal do something special?

Is this the goal that will send Fluminense into the semi-finals?

Al-Hilal are hanging on.

One more goal for Fluminense and this is over.

GOOOOAL! FLUMINENSE RETAKE THE LEAD!

Hércules is the hero!

He scored against Inter, and now he's scored against their former boss, Simone Inzaghi.

His shot from distance is blocked but he follows up, and the ball comes his way and he makes no mistake, sticking it past Bono.

20 minutes to go - huge goal!

The joint-top scorer in the competition strikes again!

BRILLIANT FROM BONO!

The Al-Hilal keeper has kept them level, but it's a big chance missed from Fluminense.

German Cano is clean through on goal, but is stopped by the Moroccan as he tries to round him.

GOOOOOAL! AL-HILAL ARE LEVEL!

They've done it again with an early goal after the break.

The scorer is Marcos Leonardo, who grabs his fourth of the competition, after controlling Koulibaily's header from a corner, and smashing home from close range.

Big, big goal.

And we're back under way in Orlando!

The goalscorer, Martinelli, will not be returning for the second half in a big blow to Fluminense.

He was on a yellow but it seems a rogue call.

HALF TIME!

After a drab 40 minutes, the game really sprung into a life in a frenetic finish to the half.

The Brazilians are ahead, but this game feels like it's only getting started.

AL-HILAL PENALTY OVERTURNED!

Fábio makes a stunning save from Kalidou Koulibaly's header, but almost immediately after, Fluminense concede a penalty.

However, it is overturned after a check at the pitchside monitor.

Samuel Xavier and Marcos Leonardo came together, and it would have been a very soft spot kick.

Here's the goal. What a strike!

The game needed that bit of quality, and we now have lift off.

Can Al-Hilal respond?

GOOOOAL! FLUMINENSE TAKE THE LEAD!

And what a way to do it!

Al-Hilal fail to clear their lines, and the ball is taken on by Martinelli, who smashes a brilliant left-footed shot into the corner of Bono's net to spark wild celebrations.

Five minutes before the break and Fluminense are in front.

Renan Lodi is also now in the referee's book just before the players take a much-needed water break.

Rúben Neves does very well to put pressure on Nonato, who fires wide from a good position.

This game could do with a goal.

Sergej Milinković-Savić is the first in the book, with the Al-Hilal man yellow carded for a blatant trip on Gustavo Nonato.

The game has not got going in the opening minutes, with a real lack of quality on show so far.

Let's hope that changes quickly.

KICK OFF!

And we're under way in Orlando.

There is a minute's silence in honour of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who tragically passed away yesterday in a car accident.

Al-Hilal's Rúben Neves and Joao Cancelo were international teammates and friends of the Liverpool star.

We're less than 15 minutes away from kick off at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando.

It's very hard to predict a winner here, which could make for a great tie.

And here's Fluminense, led by Thiago Silva.

Here's the side Simone Inzaghi has selected!

Chelsea and Palmeiras do battle later tonight, but first up is the enticing meeting of Fluminense and Al-Hilal.

Neither side was expected to make it this fair, but the Brazilians impressively defeated Inter 2-0, while the Saudi giants stunned Manchester City in a 4-3 thriller.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the first pair of Club World Cup quarter-finals!