Fluminense vs Chelsea live updates: Club World Cup semifinal team news, predictions and latest

It was a haze of maroon euphoria after Fluminense’s win against Al Hilal but Thiago Silva, their leader whose words inspired them to another underdog victory in the last round against Inter Milan, broke the circle slightly early.

Some players were hugging like velcro, others had flags draped around them. Some swung club scarves like a lasso.

Not Silva. He was stoic, walking alone towards the tunnel, sipping from a water bottle, his mind already focused on the semi-final. A picture of tranquility that makes his spine-tingling team talk four days earlier look like it was delivered by a different person.

Control is his superpower.

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