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Drapp won the Blues first goal, and his wonderful personal show shines in the Club World Cup

1:13pm, 28 June 2025【Football】

With a shocking single riding pass, Liam Drapp finally scored his first goal for Chelsea since transferring from Ipswich 30 million pounds.

Chelsea faced Tunisian Hope from Tunisia in the Club World Cup group stage in Philadelphia on Wednesday night. For the "Blue Army", you only need a draw or victory in this game to ensure a seat in the top 16. After the start of the game, Enzo Maresca's team fell into a slow heat, and although they had firm control over the ball throughout the first half, they still struggled to break through the opponent's intensive defense.

However, just in the injury time in the first half, they finally found a breakthrough. Tocine Adarabioyo received a free kick from Enzo Fernandez and scored a header to help the Premier League giant take the lead.

Just a few minutes later, Drapp scored his winning goal to join the new boss with an impressive solo performance. This goal not only expanded the team's lead to two goals, but also allowed them to step into the 16 powerful goals of this tournament with one foot.

At that time, Drapp received a pass from Enzo, who had sent two assists in this game. In the confrontation with the defender, he showed outstanding strength and ability to hold the ball on his back, and successfully protected the ball.

Then, the 22-year-old striker made a fake shot with his left foot, skillfully hit the inside, swung past the defender, and then calmly pushed the ball into the net.

This is Drapp's first goal for Chelsea. The reason why he got the starting chance in this game was that the team's main striker Nicholas Jackson was sent off with a red card in the last game losing to Flamenco. After that, FIFA added his ban to two games.

According to the rules of the event, in this cup held in the United States, the standard penalty for red cards is one suspension. But FIFA reserves the right to increase the number of games suspended as they see fit.

Previously, Manchester City's Rico Lewis was suspended for three games for being sent off against Al Ain. In contrast, FIFA believes that Jackson's pedaling movement of bright shoe nails should be suspended for two games. The organizer of the event said that the penalty was the final decision and cannot be appealed. It is reported that Jackson apologized in public and private situations after being sent off just four minutes after he appeared on the bench. The target of his foul was Elton Lucas.

Drapp himself also told reporters about Jackson's red card: "On the court, you must always be aggressive and proactive."

"I was right in front of the foul at that time. That foul was really unlucky. He obviously didn't mean it. In the football world, this kind of thing happens from time to time."