Football: Trump irritates Chelsea’s champions on the winner podium

Reece James held the golden World Cup trophy in his hands and looked into the face of the grinning Donald Trump. The other Chelsea players are also amazed at the US President. But he made no institutions to leave the podium to leave the World Champions from London 3: 0 (3: 0) against the disenchanted Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain. No, the most powerful man in the world at the end of the first club world championship wanted to be on the cheers.

And Reece finally did him. He stretched the trophy designed by the New York luxury jeweler “Tiffany” into the afternoon sky over the Metlife stage. It was the starting point in a long party night.

Match winner Palmer: “We were irritated”

“We were already a little irritated,” said Cole Palmer after the game. The Englishman, who was awarded “Man of the Match” and the best tournament player, spoke in the tent next to the stadium on the world press. The 23-year-old was involved in all three goals. The wing striker scored the 1: 0 and 2: 0 with two quasi -identical flat shots with his strong left foot in the far corner.

And Palmer prepared the third effect for PSG by the Brazilian João Pedro with his pass before the break. “It was a great feeling,” said Palmer: “We showed fire on the pitch.”

“The Sun”: Palmer stolen the show

The English boulevard leaf “The Sun” rejoiced: “Cole Palmer did something that no other man did: he stole the show Donald Trump.” In fact, the more than 80,000 spectators were only able to marvel at Chelsea and these famous attacker Palmer – but also via PSG.

Chelsea trainer Enzo Maresca, a hobby chess player, had caught the Champions League winner Luis Enrique with the winner of the small European Conference League. And how! The measure to prefer his midfield star Enzo Fernández a little further and thus bind to the Paris strategist Vitinha further back and to the right was fully opened. For Chelsea’s right wing Palmer, huge rooms opened up.

Maresca coaches Enrique

Maresca had also sent his team to the final with a “clear message”: “Let PSG understand that we are here to win the game. And we showed them in the first ten minutes: We are here!”

It was a big evening, for Palmer, for Maresca, for Chelsea. “We are club world champions. This is a top, top performance,” the Italian coach joined. The “Blues” from London wrote history. Chelsea is the first club world champion in the new XXL format with 32 participants.

Maresca predicts at the beginning of its development despite the many critical voices on the tournament: “This competition will be very valuable, perhaps even more valuable than the Champions League.” He also said that to his players. They are now world champions for four years.

FIFA boss Infantino will not rest

Anyone who knows the FIFA President Gianni Infantino driven by gigantism and business and suspects that they will do everything they can to see their global event at some point when the Champions League of the European Association UEFA has been established for a long time.

The prize money already convinced many top clubs. Chelsea collected over $ 100 million in the four tournament weeks. FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund also took a lot of money home.

As irritated losers, the Paris stars said goodbye to the extremely emotional goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and Starcoach Enrique on the short summer vacation. The frustrated Portuguese João Neves saw red in the final phase because he pulled Spain’s European champion Marc Cucurella Wüst on his long hair. And after the end of the game there were some violent wrangles – in the middle of the right psg coach Luis Enrique.

Enrique: We are not a loser

“That was completely avoidable,” admitted Enrique. The Spaniard attributed the scenes to “the high pressure level” in a final. In addition, when it goes as much as for its previously indomitable PSG ensemble.

When someone spoke of his team as losers, he replied irritably with the index finger raised: “We are not losers! We have become second!” For Paris there is an outstanding season with three titles. Even if the global coronation failed to fail. France’s renowned sports newspaper “L’équipe” headed: “PSG falls out of his cloud.” And hit pretty hard.

And Trump? At some point he rattled away in the helicopter. Before his show at the award ceremony, he had mostly followed the final in a lodge alongside first Lady Melania Trump and the Infantino couple. The FIFA boss courted the US President, who remains very important for the World Association.

Because in one year the World Cup finals of the national teams will also take place in Canada, Mexico and with most of the 104 games in the USA. The final will increase again on July 19, 2026 at the Metlife stage – and maybe Trump then pushes back on the winning photo with the world masters.