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REVEALED: The ingenious trick that won Chelsea the Club World Cup - how Cezar Azpilicueta's mind games fooled Palmeiras and allowed Kai Havertz to stay cool before slotting home the decisive extra-time penalty

Chelsea captain Cezar Azpilicueta's mind games played a huge part in the Blues winning the Club World Cup as he fooled Palmeiras by pretending to step up to take a penalty in the dying stages in their 2-1 victory in the final.

The ball fell for Azpilicueta and his shot on the volley fairly cannoned off the hand of Luan, which was somewhat carelessly hanging mid air.

Play went on as Azpilicueta and Antonio Rudiger swarmed around referee Chris Heath.

Chelsea captain Cezar Azpilicueta played mind games with Palmeiras ahead of Kai Havertz penalty
German forward Havertz was able to then cooly slot home his penalty in the 117th minute

When the ball finally went out of play, Heath was called to the VAR monitor and a penalty was awarded.