It was a flattener. Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) crushed Real Madrid 4-0 and qualified for the FIFA 2025 Club World Cup final, in which the title will be played against Chelsea of England.
Two catastrophic errors of Raúl Asencio and Antonio Rudiger allowed the PSG to be placed with 2-0 in just nine minutes thanks to the goals of Fabián Ruiz and Ousmane Dembélé. The Spanish midfielder completed his double in 24 after a fabulous collective play of the Gallic team. The room arrived in 87 courtesy of Gonçalo Ramos.
After its Triplet of the Champions League, Ligue 1 and Cup of France, Luis Enrique’s pupils will have the possibility to conquer this Sunday, July 13 (3 m ET) a new title against a Chelsea that defeated Fluminense in his semifinal by 0-2.
The “meringues” led by Xabi Alonso put a bitter brooch to a World Cup of green shoots, positive signs and first reconstruction features. The defeat against the PSG was something likely, but the way of losing was too painful and embarrassing. In addition, this meeting was the farewell of Luka Modric and Lucas Vázquez.
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Alonso opted for a 4-3-3 after the last minute of Trent Alexander-Arnold for muscle discomfort. Fede Valverde took his place on the right side. The great news was the first ownership in the Kylian Mbappé tournament, in his first reunion against the PSG, and that Gonzalo García did not leave eleven. Both shared front with Vinícius Jr.
For its part, the PSG also enjoyed for the first time at the World Cup Dembélé going out.
Thibaut Courtois began the semifinal as the rooms ended: working miracles. The Belgian goalkeeper took a magnificent hand down to reject a shot of Fabian and also raised a shot at the pleasure of Dembélé. However, Courtois could not do anything in the face of two huge errors of his plants.
Substitute for the sanctioned Dean Huijsen, Asencio, who committed a penalty against Al Hilal and saw the red against Pachuca, failed in a very simple control inside the area and stole the Dembélé wallet. Courtois knocked down the French striker, but the referee let him continue because the ball fell to a Fabián Ruiz who only had to push him.
The whites were still processing that disaster when the defender Rudiger committed a huge pifia in a clearance and Dembélé took the ball without any problem to beat Courtois.
It had only been nine minutes and Real Madrid already lost 0-2. No trace remained in the Metlife Stadium of that explosive and vibrant meeting between the last two winners of the Champions League that was expected in the previous one.
The blow to Xabi Alonso was practically lethal. Mentally sunk, they wandered through the field without a fang in the pressure, without a pinch of forcefulness and without any capacity to discuss possession.
Faced with the impotence of Real Madrid, the PSG took flight with those two unexpected gifts and handled the game with absolute authority until reaching 77 % possession to rest.
The comparison was blushing: the poise and brilliance of an imposing PSG in the face of the doubts of a Real Madrid with very exciting brushstrokes during the World Cup but that still has a long way to go under the baton of Alonso.
The third goal, unlike the first two, was not a merengue concession, but a Parisian wonder. Two consecutive walls threw Achraf Hakimi to disassemble the pressure of Madrid, reach the edge of the area and serve Fabian on a tray.
Luis Enrique’s could make even more blood with multiple occasions. The 3-0 almost fell short.
From Mbappé and Vinícius Jr. there was no news. The center of the White Field with Jude Bellingham, Arda Gular and Aurélien Tchouaméni shipwrecked before the Imperial Media of the PSG with Vitinha, Fabián and Joao Neves. Bands entered as Khvicha Kvarathskhelia and Hakimi rockets. Only Courtois interventions and Valverde’s pride were saved.
Under the sun and the heat of New Jersey, the match did not change anything in the resumption with the PSG dominating the game calmly. The icing arrived in the 87th minute with the fourth goal of the French team through Gonçalo Ramos.
The changes were the only positive thing that Real Madrid could rescue in an afternoon for oblivion, with the returns after his long -term injuries of Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal and, above all, for the farewell of two essential figures of his last glorious era with the goodbye of Luka Modric and Lucas Vázquez.
Thus they aligned
– PSG (4): Donnarumma; Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Lucas Beraldo, Nuno Mendes (Lee Kang-in, m. 80); Joao Neves, Vitinha, Fabián Ruiz (Senny Mayulu, m. 66); Désiré Doue (Warren Zaïre-Emery, m. 66), Ousmane Dembélé (Goncalo Ramos, m. 59) and Khvicha Kvarathskhelia (Bradley Barcola, m. 59).
– Coach: Luis Enrique.
– Real Madrid (0): Thibaut Courtois; Federico Valverde, Antonio Rudiger, Raúl Asencio, (Eder Militao, m. 64) Fran García; Aurélien Tchouaméni, Arda Güler, Jude Bellingham (Luka Modric, m. 64); Vinícius Jr. (Brahim, m. 64), Kylian Mbappé and Gonzalo García (Dani Carvajal, m. 71).
– Coach: Xabi Alonso.
– Goals: 1-0, m. 6: Fabián; 2-0, m. 9: Dembélé; 3-0, m. 24: Fabián. 4-0, m. 87: Gonçalo Ramos.
– Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Pol). He admonished Joao Neves in the PSG and Tchouameni and Carvajal at Real Madrid.
– Incidents: Semifinals of the Club World Cup played at the Metlife Stadium of East Rutherford (New Jersey, USA) compared to 77,542 spectators.
(With EFE report)
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