From enjoying his holidays to being put straight into the action, Joao Pedro has instantly made his impact.

After joining Chelsea this month, the Brazil forward played an important role in their triumph at the Club World Cup.

His two goals in the semi-final against Fluminense set up a clash against Paris Saint-Germain in the final, where the 23-year-old scored another goal in Chelsea’s 3-0 victory against the Champions League winners.

Yet, it wasn’t only about what Joao Pedro did on the ball, but what he did off it, too.

Spearheading Chelsea’s 3-2-4-1 shape when in possession, Joao Pedro’s positioning and movement constantly caused problems for PSG’s defence in the first half. He knew which spaces to attack and perfectly timed his runs to have an advantage against PSG’s centre-backs.

Here, he is initially behind Lucas Beraldo as Robert Sanchez chips the ball to Marc Cucurella down the left side.

When Chelsea’s left-back plays the ball to Enzo Fernandez, Joao Pedro takes a couple of steps forward to be in a position to either link the play or attack the gap between Beraldo and Marquinhos.

This movement readies him for the pass when Fernandez plays the ball into the space between PSG’s centre-backs.

In another example, he is near the penalty spot as Pedro Neto and Fernandez are combining down the left side.

When Neto plays the ball to Fernandez, Joao Pedro takes a couple of steps towards the space behind Marquinhos to present himself as a passing option.

Fernandez finds him and the forward immediately backheels the ball to Cole Palmer, whose shot narrowly misses the target.

Joao Pedro’s smart positioning and off-ball movement were vital to Chelsea’s plan, which focused on attacking PSG’s left side. “They have three midfielders: two of them were in charge of Reece James and Moises Caicedo, and Vitinha was in charge of Enzo Fernandez,” said head coach Enzo Maresca in his post-match press conference.

“Analysing them, we saw that was a good opportunity to exploit that space, and we used Cole Palmer and Malo Gusto on that side to create a bit of an overload.”

While Palmer and Gusto tried to outnumber PSG’s left-back, Nuno Mendes, Joao Pedro made sure he occupied the left centre-back, Beraldo, to prevent him from supporting his team-mate.

Joao Pedro constantly positioned himself on Beraldo’s right side when Chelsea were attacking the right wing. This way, he is attacking the space away from the ball, which forces Beraldo to be in a more central area and isolates Gusto against Mendes.

It was a similar situation in the lead-up to Chelsea’s opener. Here, Joao Pedro is initially positioned towards Beraldo’s left side as Cucurella plays the ball back to Robert Sanchez…

… but he adjusts his position to pin PSG’s left centre-back and isolate Mendes against Gusto when Chelsea’s goalkeeper plays the ball.

Mendes fails to properly head the long ball and Gusto recovers it, before the right-back’s effort on target is blocked, and the attack ends with Palmer slotting the ball into the bottom corner.

For the third goal, Joao Pedro was the beneficiary of his own movement. First, he positions himself in front of Beraldo (out of shot) to prevent the centre-back from moving up towards Palmer as Trevoh Chalobah plays the ball to the England playmaker.

Meanwhile, Gusto advances down the right wing to put Mendes in a one-versus-two situation, forcing PSG’s left-back to defend him and leave Palmer free.

Joao Pedro then moves towards Beraldo’s blindside…

… which allows him to attack the space behind the centre-back when Palmer threads the ball through PSG’s defence.

The Brazilian then completes the move by chipping Gianluigi Donnarumma and making it 3-0.

“We attacked more to the left side (of PSG) because Cole was there and he can decide the game like he did,” said Joao Pedro after the match. “I tried to fix the left side of them, and in the end it happened and we won.”

Joao Pedro’s fingerprints were all over Chelsea’s goals. The second was on an attacking transition where the Brazilian’s off-ball run created space for Palmer to attack.

In this example, Palmer is facing Vitinha with Beraldo in support. Behind him, Joao Pedro is dashing forward to offer a passing option…

… and his run forces Vitinha and Beraldo to react, creating a bigger space for Palmer to dribble into…

… and the England midfielder can curl the ball into the bottom corner.

Considering Joao Pedro has had limited training time with the squad, his understanding of what he needs to do in and out of possession has been impressive.

After winning the Club World Cup, Chelsea fans will be hoping he puts in similar performances in the coming season.