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Flamengo 3-1 Chelsea: Blues collapse in disaster second half as Nicolas Jackson gets a straight red for horror challenge - and Brazilian giants punish Enzo Maresca's sloppy men

Published: 16:03 EDT, 20 June 2025 | Updated: 18:10 EDT, 20 June 2025

Chelsea stumbled in the city famed for stepping up and, worse still, it was their own striker in Nicolas Jackson who gave them a good kicking when they were already tumbling down.

Enzo Maresca's side had looked like shoo-ins to reach the Club World Cup's knockout stages as they led Flamengo here in Philadelphia. They could have spent their weekend visiting the Rocky Steps and such, rather than thinking of their final group game versus Tunisian side ES Tunis.