Chelsea won the Club World Cup - on Saturday - thanks to a late goal from the German Kai Havertz penalty, but the real hero was captain Cesar Azpilicueta.

Belgium's Romelu Lukaku advanced with a goal for Chelsea in the 55th minute, but Rafaelviga scored the equalizer for Palmeiras in the 64th minute from a penalty kick.

The two teams played for extra time after the end of the original time with a 1-1 draw, and the referee awarded a penalty kick to Chelsea as a result of a handball against Luan Garcia Teixeira, so Haveritz scored the second goal 3 minutes before the end of extra time.

Before the penalty kick, Azpilicueta advanced carrying the ball, deluding Palmeiras players that he was the one who would shoot it. The Brazilian players gathered around the Spanish defender in an attempt to distract him and influence him before taking the kick, which cost the Brazilian team a yellow card that was famous in the face of the player, Eduard Atoista.

Look at our captain.

Just look at him 😍 pic.twitter.com/PzcdlZ8ZgY

— frankie (@frankiegraulund) February 13, 2022

Gere Gordet, a sports psychologist, published a series of tweets, in which he explained the plan of the English team, which was successfully implemented by Azpilicueta.

A penalty kick is a team performance!

For Chelsea's decisive penalty last night, Azpilicueta acted as decoy for Palmeira's mind games, while the real penalty taker, Havertz, quietly prepared his kick in the periphery.

Then a last-second switch.

How did they do it?

And why?

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— Geir Jordet (@GeirJordet) February 13, 2022

Jordet said that Chelsea had studied his opponent well, and he knew that Palmeiras players would distract any player who applied to take a penalty kick, so it was agreed to advance Azpilicueta to absorb the Brazilians' reaction, and when they retreated and the atmosphere calmed down, Haveritz, who was preparing psychologically away from the team's players, advanced. The opponent, to take the kick calmly and successfully.

He explained that Chelsea, in turn, depends on distracting opponents when they receive penalty kicks, and on Saturday proved that he has a plan for opponents who fight him with the same weapon.