Chelsea will hope to have a complete trophy house when they face Brazilian side Palmeiras in the Club World Cup final after edging past Al-Hilal at the Mohamed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
Romelu Lukaku grabbed the only goal in the first half.
The Blues will now look to lift the only trophy that has evaded them across Roman Abramovich’s 19-year ownership of the club.
Boss Thomas Tuchel missed the game as he was isolating after testing positive for Covid-19.
Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo played the entire duration in the encounter but could not save his team from defeat.
Chelsea dominated from the start against the Saudi Arabian side, and their breakthrough came from Lukaku just after the half-hour mark.
Kai Havertz’s left-wing cross was inadvertently headed into the Belgian’s path by Yasser Al Shahrani, and he rifled home from point-blank range.
Chelsea will face Palmeiras in the final on Saturday and will hope to turn the tide having previously lost at this stage to Corinthians in 2012.
