The Tunisian Esperance team is playing a fateful confrontation against Chelsea at dawn on Wednesday, at the end of the Group D competitions in the 2025 Club World Cup, at the “Lincoln Financial Field” in Philadelphia, USA, in an irreplaceable meeting to win to reserve the qualification card to the round of 16.
The date of the match and the carrier channel
The upcoming match between Esperance and Chelsea will be held at dawn on Wednesday 25 June at four in the morning Cairo time, and it will be transferred via DAZN Network in the third and final round matches of the group stage.
A triple conflict and awaited resolution
The fourth group enters a decisive turn, after the Brazilian Flamingo officially settled the lead with 6 points from two wins over Esperance and Chelsea. The Arab and English teams share second place with 3 points each, with a preference for Chelsea with a goal difference, while Los Angeles FC bid farewell to the championship after two consecutive losses.
Esperance needs to win any result to qualify, while Chelsea is enough to draw to qualify officially to the final price. As for the loss, one of the two teams will investigate the championship.
Esperance .. motive for hope and a prominent absence
Esperance is playing the meeting with his first victory in the championship at the expense of Los Angeles with a clean goal, in a meeting in which Youssef Blaili, the goalkeeper, and goalkeeper Bashir bin Saeed, who saved his team with a deadly penalty kick in the last seconds.
This victory represents the first victory for an Arab team in the current version, and returned the hopes of the Tunisian champion in qualifying after losing to Flamingo with a clean double in the opening round.
But the team received a strong blow to the absence of Youssef Blaili from confronting Chelsea because of the suspension, which poses a real threat to the attack line, especially with the team suffering from the absence of offensive effectiveness in front of the big teams.
Chelsea under pressure
For his part, Chelsea is entering the match and needs to be balanced after losing to Flamingo 3-1, despite his good start by beating Los Angeles 2-0. The English team realizes the difficulty of the task against a stubborn team that seeks to stay, which makes the confrontation open to all possibilities.
A new system and fierce competition
The 2025 Club World Cup will be held for the first time with the participation of 32 teams distributed in 8 groups, and the first and second of each group qualify to the round of 16, which will be held by the defeated row until the final match, scheduled for next July 13 at the famous “Metlive” stadium in New Jersey.
