João Pedro sends Chelsea to Club World Cup final as stunners sink Fluminense

New signing scores twice against boyhood club.
João Pedro sends Chelsea to Club World Cup final as stunners sink Fluminense

Chelsea's João Pedro, left, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal. Pic: Seth Wenig/AP

Fluminense 0-2 Chelsea (João Pedro 18, 56)

The talk was mostly about Enzo Maresca wanting to add more guile to his attack when Chelsea signed João Pedro last week. Less was made of the former Brighton forward’s ability to crash through an opposition defence. Then again Fluminense made João Pedro and were probably not surprised to find their former star in scintillating goalscoring form in this one-sided Club World Cup semi-final.

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