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

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.














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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.









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.















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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.