Ruthless PSG condemn Chelsea to humiliating Champions League exit

<p>Chelsea huddled once and, as if in an act of resistance, huddled again. They gathered on either side of the centre-circle before kick-off, apparently impervious to the kerfuffle that had followed their weekend antics, and it was the biggest fight they put up on a night that laid bare their distance from Europe’s elite.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jul/13/chelsea-stun-psg-to-win-club-world-cup-after-cole-palmers-cool-double">The resounding Club World Cup win</a> against Paris Saint-Germain was nothing more than a stateside summer fever dream: here, on the stage that really matters, they were humbled by opponents who belonged on a different pitch from the start.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/17/chelsea-paris-saint-germain-champions-league-last-16-match-report">Continue reading...</a>