Monterrey v Chelsea

Monterrey 1

De Nigris 90′

Chelsea 3

Mata 17′ Torres 46′ Chavez 48′ (og)

FT 90 +3
HT 0-1

Club World Cup highlights - Monterrey 1-3 Chelsea

By Gary Rose BBC Sport

Fifa Club World Cup

Venues: International Stadium, Yokohama & Toyota Stadium
Date: 6-16 December

Coverage: Live coverage of semi-finals (BBC HD/Red Button/online) and final (BBC Two/HD/online), and live text commentary on BBC Sport website

Chelsea marked their Club World Cup debut with a comfortable victory over Mexican side Monterrey to secure their place in Sunday's final.

Juan Mata put Rafael Benitez's side ahead in the 17th minute, sweeping home from inside the area.

Juan Mata opens scoring for Chelsea

Fernando Torres's deflected goal just after the break made it 2-0 before Monterrey's Darvin Chavez turned Mata's cross into his own net soon after.

Aldo de Nigris curled in a consolation for Monterrey in stoppage time.

Chelsea will play Brazilian side Corinthians, who beat Al Ahly of Egypt 1-0 in the other semi-final.

Monterrey, meanwhile, face Al Ahly in the third place play-off.

The victory was rarely in doubt for Chelsea against a Monterrey side who showed plenty of endeavour but lacked bite in the final third.

One of the main positives for the European champions was the performance of defender David Luiz, who was employed as a makeshift midfielder to fill the void left by the injured Oriol Romeu.

The Brazilian was revelling in his new role from the outset and he was the first to threaten inside the opening 10 minutes, firing over from outside the box.

In-form Fernando Torres

Fernando Torres's goal against Monterrey was his 12th of the season, meaning he has now scored more goals for Chelsea this season than he did in the whole of last campaign

Luiz then played a smart through ball for Eden Hazard down the left, but the Belgium international bent his shot just wide of the far post.

Branislav Ivanovic should have done better soon after when he stabbed wide from a corner, but the expected Chelsea goal duly arrived with just over quarter-of-an-hour gone.

A delightful move carved open the Monterrey defence as Oscar's backheel found Ashley Cole on the left side of the area and the full-back squared a pass for the unmarked Mata, who swept a left-footed finish into the net.

Monterrey's best chance of the half came in the 26th minute when Jesus Manuel Corona got the better of Cesar Azpilicueta and delivered a cross into the area but, fortunately for Chelsea, De Nigris directed his header over the bar.

The Mexican side had a couple more promising moments before the break but their hopes of causing an upset were ended less than five minutes into the second half as Chelsea added two quick goals.

Two goals in two minutes for Chelsea

First, Hazard superbly beat a defender for pace on the left before feeding a pass to Torres inside the area and his hugely deflected shot looped into the back of the net.

And as Monterrey were still recovering from that setback Chelsea increased their advantage. Torres bent a pass behind the Mexican side's defence for Mata, whose ball back across goal was turned into his own net by Chavez.

With the win safe, Chelsea took their foot off the pedal and allowed Monterrey to enjoy more possession and they had a couple of half chances as game headed towards full time.

Petr Cech was called into a rare moment of action as he got down to save Cesar Delgado's weak effort from distance, before De Nigris lashed an effort high over the Czech keeper's goal.

But De Nigris was rewarded for a hard-working performance by snatching a consolation for Monterrey in stoppage time as he was played in inside the area and he confidently fired beyond Cech.

Lineup, Bookings (0) & Substitutions (6)

Monterrey

01 Orozco
02 Meza (Solis - 82' )
05 Chavez
15 Basanta
21 Mier
24 Perez (Osorio - 57' )
11 Ayovi
14 Corona
18 Cardozo
09 De Nigris
19 Delgado (Carreno - 82' )

Substitutes

12 Dautt
23 Ibarra
03 Lopez
04 Osorio
06 Morales
59 Jasso
07 Solis
08 Moreno
20 Garcia
10 Madrigal
13 Carreno
26 Suazo

Chelsea

01 Cech
02 Ivanovic
03 Cole
04 David Luiz (Lampard - 63' )
24 Cahill
28 Azpilicueta
10 Mata (Ferreira - 74' )
11 Oscar
12 Mikel
17 Hazard
09 Torres (Moses - 79' )

Substitutes

22 Turnbull
40 Hilario
19 Ferreira
26 Terry
34 Bertrand
07 Ramires
08 Lampard
13 Moses
21 Marin
56 Saville
23 Sturridge
35 Piazon

Ref: Carlos Vera

Att: 36,648

Match Stats

Possession 48 52

Shots

9 10

On target

4 2

Corners

6 3

Fouls

8 10

Live Text Commentary

90:00 +2:37 Full time

Full Time The final whistle is blown by the referee.

90:00 +0:59

Assist by Neri Cardozo.

90:00 +0:59 Goal scored

Goal - Aldo De Nigris - Monterrey 1 - 3 Chelsea Aldo De Nigris finds the net with a goal from inside the box to the bottom left corner of the goal. Monterrey 1-3 Chelsea.

88:08

Victor Moses challenges Darvin Chavez unfairly and gives away a free kick. Jose Maria Basanta takes the free kick.

86:57

Shot from just outside the area by Frank Lampard goes over the bar.

83:26

The referee blows for offside. Direct free kick taken by Jonathan Orozco.

83:10

Victor Moses crosses the ball, Jose Maria Basanta manages to make a clearance.

81:35 Substitution

Substitution Edgar Solis on for Severo Meza.

81:35 Substitution

Substitution Dario Carreno comes on in place of Cesar Delgado.

81:35

Ricardo Osorio produces a cross.

80:25

The ball is sent over by Cesar Delgado.

78:24 Substitution

Substitution Victor Moses comes on in place of Fernando Torres.