Chelsea defeated the Champions League champion Paris 3-0 in the Club World Cup final, and the Times disclosed the behind-the-scenes story a few hours before the final. The day before the finals, FIFA organized a dinner. At the banquet, representatives of the Chelsea club heard several employees in Paris discussing the collection and transportation of the trophy, and did not seem to have thought about the possibility of losing in the final.
Faced with some arrogant remarks from Paris, the Chelsea representative told the head coach Maresca about the matter, who also informed the Chelsea players of the matter in his pre-match speech. The results of the game seem to show that the incident inspired the team's fighting spirit.