Corinthians: FIFA World Champion - Clubs

Corinthians is today the best team of the world, as the victory against Chelsea made the team the FIFA World Champion of Clubs 2012.

Great game in Yokohama, Japan today.

Chelsea put a lot of effort, and fought for the entire game. The main strategy of Chelsea was to put a fast team on the field. Coach Rafa Benitez bet on the offence line, fed by the great Frank Lampard.

The game was pretty even during the first half, as both teams had chances to score, and good interventions from the goalkeeper Cassio (Corinthians), ellected the best player in the game and in the Championship.

From Chelsea side, important to highlight the player David Luiz, who made important tackles in the Corinthians offence, protecting the keeper Peter Czech.

When teams returned to the second half, Corinthians was superior, and turned that into results around the 25th minute, with a great play by Paulinho, that resulted in the goal of Paolo Guerrero. 1x0.

After that, Chelsea went to the offence searching for the goal that would give them a tie. Corinthians had a few opportunities to score again when returning the ball, but no success.

Towards the last minutes, Chelsea was playing better and had a couple of opportunities but denied by the keeper Cassio.

No questions on the champion side. The stadium was taken by the Corinthians fans (estimated 30 thousand Corinthians supporters in the stadium).

Surely a championship to be remembered by the Japanese fans, who were introduced to the Bando de Locos (bunch of crazies) and the Republica Popular do Corinthians!!!

Pride of Corinthians!