Chelsea vs Palmeiras 2-1: FIFA Club World Cup – as it happened

Chelsea manage to sneak into the semifinals, where they will take on another Brazilian side in Fluminense.

Can the Rio de Janeiro-based side continue their fairytale run? We should know soon enough.

Until then, and on behalf of Kevin Hand, this is Rohan Sharma signing off.

Click here to read our full match report following the second Club World Cup quarterfinal.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca shared his thoughts post-match with DAZN: “It has been a tough game, as we expected.

“We needed lots of energy. At the end, congratulations to the players because they were very good.

“[I am] Happy because we won and also happy because Estevao scored. The perfect night.”

Al Jazeera’s coverage of the Club World Cup continues tomorrow.

Footballing giants Bayern Munich and PSG get set to lock horns at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Expect plenty of fireworks from these high-flying attacks, with our coverage beginning at 14:00 GMT.

Chelsea forward Cole Palmer, who scored the opener in the 16th minute, spoke with DAZN after the match: “Been working on it [the shot] in training. [I] just saw the space and went there.

“[Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca] just said to keep calm and do lots of passes, and we should be all right.

“You can see he [Estevao] is a top player, so we are excited for him [to join Chelsea after the tournament].”

The first semifinal is sealed, with Chelsea taking on Fluminense in New York City on July 8.

PSG, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid will have to battle it out tomorrow to determine the other two spots.

After scoring an absolute worldie, the soon-to-be Chelsea player is your Player of the Match.

After completely outplaying Palmeiras in the opening half, the North London side looked rather pedestration in the second.

Palmeiras capitalised by levelling the scores in the 53rd minute, thanks to an Estevao special.

But a critical error in judgement by Weverton late in the match means Chelsea will march on to the Big Apple, where they will take on Fluminense on July 8.

Full-time: Chelsea 2-1 Palmeiras

After seeing out the corner, the referee soon calls time as Maresca erupts on the sideline.

The Chelsea players converge into the middle of the pitch as they celebrate their semifinal advancement!

Full-time: Chelsea 2-1 Palmeiras

He makes back-to-back clutch saves in the dying embers of the game!

This time, it is Pedro who launches at the near post from the same side, but Weverton is able to make another diving stop to force yet another corner.

90+4 mins: Chelsea 2-1 Palmeiras

Pedro finds Madueke to his left after Chelsea win the ball.

He fires a vicious strike at the near post, but Weverton is able to deflect it onto the post for a left-side corner.

90+3 mins: Chelsea 2-1 Palmeiras

Dario Essugo comes on for Santos.

90+1 mins: Chelsea 2-1 Palmeiras

Palmeiras have just four more minutes to work a Philadelphia miracle.

Meanwhile, Lopez has gone to ground as Palmer plays the ball out to allow the player to recover.

90 mins: Chelsea 2-1 Palmeiras

He too will miss out, assuming Chelsea go through to the next stage.

Meanwhile, Neto is substituted for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

87 mins: Chelsea 2-1 Palmeiras

He winds in from the left side before aiming for the far post, but it is too feeble and just wide off the mark.

85 mins: Chelsea 2-1 Palmeiras

What did I just say! After the corner is played short, it finds Gusto on the left side of the box.

The Frenchman tries to square the ball across, but it ends up catching a deflection and catching Weverton, who is brought to his knees as the ball ends up going past him into goal.

It looks like the ball grazed the Brazilian keeper on the way to the goal, so he is credited with the goal.

83 mins: Chelsea 2-1 Palmeiras

The game has stretched considerably in the last few minutes as the next goal could well be the winner.

Chelsea win another corner after Fernandez’s shot is deflected for a left-side corner.

82 mins: Chelsea 1-1 Palmeiras

Palmer and Fernandez stand over the attempt.

The former goes for goal, but it goes off the wall and out for a throw-in from the near sideline.

79 mins: Chelsea 1-1 Palmeiras