The world’s eyes will be on the FIFA Club World Cup Final between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea on Sunday, July 13th, 2025.
Both teams have come a long way and faced many challenges to reach the CWC Final.
PSG led their exciting group, which ended with three teams on six points (PSG, Botafogo and Atlético Madrid)
After that, Luis Enrique‘s side went on a roll and knocked out Inter Miami, Bayern Munich, and then Real Madrid.
On the other hand, Chelsea finished second in their group, with six points, behind Flamengo with seven points.
After that, Enzo Maresca‘s side knocked out Benfica, Palmeiras, and then Fluminense to reach the 2025 Club World Cup Final.
Small details could be crucial in this match, so in this FIFA Club World Cup Final tactics preview, we will examine each side’s set pieces.
This tactical analysis is a set-piece analysis of the Blues and Les Parisiens most essential tactics in set plays ahead of their Club World Cup Final showdown.
Chelsea Short Corners
The most significant thing to notice in Chelseas set pieces is how creative and diverse they are in attacking corners.
This paid off in their match against Palmeiras, as they scored the winning goal from a short corner.
They may send just four players into the box, with five on the perimeter ready to participate in short-corner routines.
They use a short-option player on the goal line (yellow), another out wide in line with two edge-of-the-box players (red), and a deeper option, a little out of the shot below.
In this example, we can also notice that Los Angeles FC defend the short corner with the normal short-option defender and the edge-of-the-box player who joins him to help in this example from earlier in the Club World Cup.
Besides numerical superiority, they also make dynamic rotations.
As shown below, the taker passes the ball to the normal short-option player, who sends it backwards.
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