Chelsea Weather The Storm

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew reacts to Chelsea's 4-1 extra time win over Benfica and discusses the almost 2-hour weather delay and potential solutions for it. Then, the guys break down Palmeiras' 1-0 win over Botafogo to set up a clash with Chelsea in the quarterfinals. Plus, a look at Jürgen Klopp's comments calling the Club World Cup the "worst idea ever implemented in football." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1979, the first words spoken on ESPN weren't just an announcement.
0:07.0	If you're a fan, they were a sports prophecy.
0:10.9	What you'll see in the next minutes, hours, and days to follow.
0:14.6	Glad you're with us tonight.
0:16.0	May convince you, you've gone to sports heaven.
0:20.2	And right now, you're standing on the edge of tomorrow.
0:24.6	This fall, the next era of ESPN begins.
0:28.8	Sports Forever.
0:35.1	Welcome into the latest edition of ESPN FC.
0:37.3	I'm Dan Thomas. I'm Alan here in the studio. of ESPNFC. I'm Dan Thomas
0:37.8	Trubber, Ali Moreno here in the studio. It took over four and a half hours for Chelsea
0:43.9	to pick a place in the next round of the Club World Cup. That's exactly what they did, beating
0:48.4	Benfica 4-1 in the end after extra time. The reason it took so long, almost two hours delay right near the end of the game.
0:57.0	86 minute the players were cooled off because of lightning in the area. Chelsea 1-0 up at the stage
1:03.0	and then everyone was so happy when Benfica got awarded a penalty and Catherine Maria converted it,
1:09.0	which meant then we went to extra time.
1:11.6	Mphiqa having a man sent off early in that period.
1:14.6	We see the doors open for Chelsea to run away with a tie and win by four goals to one.
1:19.6	Nadeem and Gab have stayed up with us and Chelsea fans.
1:22.6	They're angry with me, but I don't care.
1:24.6	I don't want to talk about Chelsea.
1:25.6	I want to talk about this game. I want to talk about him embarrassing.
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