Moises Caicedo breaks silence after huge Chelsea blow at Club World Cup

Moises Caicedo has spoken for the first time since being handed a major Chelsea blow at the FIFA Club World Cup.

Caicedo played a key role in helping the Blues claim a victory over Benfica in the last-16 of the Club World Cup in the United States on Saturday.

Chelseasecured a 4-1 win after extra time against the Portuguese club to book a spot in the quarter-final of the competition, with Reece James, Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall on the score sheet.

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Caicedo played a key role in the victory, however he will not be involved in the next fixture in the quarter-final against Palmeiras. The Ecuador international received a booking in the second half which was his second of the tournament.

This means that Caicedo will now serve a one-match ban which will see him miss Chelsea's last-eight tie, which will be played at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Friday night.

Even though Caicedo was handed some bad news for his quarter-final hopes, the midfielder still issued a message on social media after the win over Benfica.

Taking to Instagram, the Blues star posted several photos of himself from the win over Benfica to his 2.3 million followers. Caicedo included the caption: "We keep dreaming [Chelsea]", followed by a blue love heart emoji, before adding, "quarter-finals."

Chelsea and Palmeiras are so far the only clubs to book a spot in the quarter-final of the Club World Cup, but more will join them over the next few days.

Manchester City will take on Al-Hilal, while Real Madrid will face Juventus. Paris Saint-Germain vs Inter Miami, Flamengo vs Bayern Munich, Inter Milan vs Fluminense and Borussia Dortmund vs Monterrey are the other remaining last-16 ties that will take place in the United States.

Chelsea's clash against Benfica was played out in bizarre circumstances, with the potential threat of a lightning strike meaning the game had to be suspended for two hours and took nearly five hours to complete.

"I think it's a joke, to be honest," Blues boss Enzo Maresca said. "It's not football, it's completely something new, I struggle to understand.

"I can understand if it's security reasons but if you suspend seven or eight games then it's probably not the right place to do the competition. "It's not normal to suspend the game. In a World Cup, how many games are suspended? Zero probably. In Europe how many games get suspended? Zero.

"We've been here two weeks and they've already suspended six or seven games, there is some problems for me personally.

"I'm talking as a manager because when you're two hours inside and you have to try to keep them (the players) in the game, they're speaking to their families outside for safety reasons, they're eating, they're playing, they're laughing, how can you keep them inside focused for two hours? It's a joke."