Fluminense vs Chelsea: Starting XIs, confirmed team news for Club World Cup clash

For now, the focus is on Fluminense. Head coach Enzo Maresca is fully aware of the task that awaits his Blues side, who are without Levi Colwill, Romeo Lavia and Liam Delap against Fluminense.

"We don’t prepare games to face players, we prepare to face teams," Maresca admitted pre-match.

"We respect Thiago (Silva), absolutely, but we are preparing for the game against Fluminense. They have many experienced players, players with quality, so we need to pay attention and be careful of many different things."

Maresca added: "I don't think that Chelsea is the favourite. I think that at this point, there is no favourite. At this point, the teams that have come here, it's because they deserve it, because they have something good, and they have to do everything to try to win and get to the final."

Here are the confirmed teams from MetLife Stadium for the Club World Cup semi-final between Fluminense and Chelsea.

Fluminense

Starting XI: Fabio, Ignacio, Silva, Thiago Santos, Guga, Hercules, Bernal, Nonato, Rene, Arias, Cano

Bench: Eudes, Xavier, Manoel, Fuentes, Canobbio, Soteldo, Serna, Isaque, Lezcano, Lavega, Ganso, Keno, Lima, Baya, Everaldo

Chelsea

Starting XI: Sanchez; Gusto, Tosin, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Pedro Neto, Nkunku, Palmer; Joao Pedro

Bench: Jorgensen, Penders, Slonina, Acheampong, James, Sarr, Anselmino,Andrey Santos, Dewsbury-Hall, George, Madueke, Jackson, Guiu