Club World Cup 2025: Flamengo-Chelsea, the likely lineups

Flamengo and Chelsea take the field at 8 p.m. Italian time for the second day of the group stage of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.

Both the Blues and the Rossoneri won in the opener against Los Angeles and Esperance Tunis, respectively, showing good defensive solidity. The challenge is worth the top spot in Group D between the two clearly stronger teams in the group: the stakes are high.

Pedro is Flamengo’s offensive reference, supported by Araujo, De Arrascaeta and Gerson in the three-quarter. In the median are Pulgar and Jorginho.

Delap central point for Maresca’s men, on the three-quarter are Neto, Palmer and Madueke. On the lanes James and Cucurella.

Flamengo-Chelsea, the likely lineups
FLAMENGO (4-2-3-1): Rossi; Varela, Ortiz, Pereira, Lucas; Pulgar, Jorginho; Araujo, De Arrascaeta, Gerson; Pedro. All: Filipe Luis.
CHELSEA (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; James, Adarabioyo, Calwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Neto, Palmer, Madueke; Delap. All: Maresca.

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