A scuffle broke out after the end of the Club World Cup last on Sunday (July 13, 2025) with Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique and goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma showing to push Chelsea ahead João Pedro.
Chelsea upset PSG 3-0 to win the title, scoring three first-half objectives in a match that turned testy with a purple card to PSG’s João Neves for knocking down Marc Cucurella by his hair, together with six yellow playing cards.
Enrique was on the discipline close to the heart circle and appeared to push João Pedro on the throat. Donnarumma shoved the 23-year-old ahead, who fell over.
Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca moved away Donnarumma, a fellow Italian.
“This was completely avoidable at the end,” Enrique stated via a translator. “My goal and my objective as always, try to separate the footballers to avoid greater problems. There is a lot of tension, a lot of pressure, and there was a whole bunch of pushing that was going on by many people.” PSG defender Achraf Hakimi had been gesturing at João Pedro and Chelsea midfielder Andrey Santos.
“I saw players surrounding him,” João Pedro stated of Santos. “Like a good Brazilian, I went to protect a friend. A lot of people were there and it ended up with me getting pushed. These things happen. They don’t know how to lose. Now it’s time to celebrate.” Maresca said he wasn’t aware of how the fracas started.
“I saw that something was going on, but I don’t know what happened,” he said.
