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PSG volition look either Real Madrid oregon Borussia Dortmund successful the semifinals aft winning a lively crippled against the German champions.
Published On 5 Jul 2025
Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain moved a measurement person to different trophy with a 2-0 victory implicit Bayern Munich successful the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup, a crippled marred by a gruesome wounded to young German prima Jamal Musiala.
After Desire Doue broke the deadlock with a 78th-minute onslaught successful Atlanta connected Saturday, PSG soon recovered themselves down to 9 men aft a brace of precocious reddish cards.
But with Bayern throwing everyone guardant successful hunt of an equaliser, Ousmane Dembele added an security extremity heavy into stoppage clip to nonstop the French powerhouse into the semifinals, wherever they volition look either Real Madrid oregon Borussia Dortmund successful New Jersey connected Wednesday.
PSG’s keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma made a brace of exceptional first-half saves.
In the 27th minute, helium sprang to his close to parry Michael Olise’s goal-bound effort from conscionable beyond the country of the six-yard box. In the 41st, helium sprawled the other absorption to support Aleksandar Pavlovic’s effort, an intended aboriginal transverse that was inches successful beforehand of Musiala adjacent the punishment spot, from creeping wrong the close post.
Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer was besides called into enactment during the archetypal half, thwarting Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s effort from adjacent scope astatine the adjacent station with an outstretched limb successful the 32nd minute. Four minutes into the 2nd half, helium dove near to contradict Bradley Barcola connected the break.
But Musiala’s sickening wounded marred the extremity of the half. As helium chased a escaped shot adjacent the byline successful first-half stoppage time, Donnarumma darted disconnected his spot and dived for it, lone to clang into the near ankle of the 22-year-old German.
As Musiala rolled over, his ft dangled awkwardly, the ankle appearing to beryllium cleanly broken.
Donnarumma walked distant with the ball, but knelt down successful fearfulness erstwhile helium looked backmost and realised the seriousness of the injury. A stretcher was instantly summoned to instrumentality Musiala disconnected the field.
Both teams walked towards the locker rooms successful stunned silence, with the PSG keeper appearing to beryllium adjacent to tears. He was booed passim the 2nd fractional by Bayern fans each clip helium touched the ball.
PSG, which claimed their archetypal Champions League rubric with a 5-0 rout of Inter Milan 5 weeks ago, broke the impasse precocious successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile Joao Neves stole the shot from Harry Kane adjacent the halfway enactment to nonstop the French squad sprinting towards the Bayern goal.
Neves got the shot backmost disconnected a give-and-go and recovered Doue lurking conscionable extracurricular the apical of the area. His left-footed changeable caught Neuer flat-footed arsenic it skidded wrong the close post.
But PSG had to clasp connected for beloved beingness to sphere the triumph aft Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernandez were some sent disconnected with reddish cards.
Referee Anthony Taylor dismissed Pacho successful the 82nd infinitesimal for his unsafe situation connected Bayern’s Thomas Muller, and sent disconnected Hernandez successful the 2nd infinitesimal of second-half stoppage clip for an elbow successful the look of Raphael Guerreiro.
Bayern had 2 goals overruled for offside successful the game, including a precocious header by Kane.
As Bayern pressed for an equaliser, PSG broke connected a counterattack and Dembele doubled their vantage heavy into stoppage clip pursuing immoderate superb setup enactment by Achraf Hakimi, who bushed 3 defenders, past fed Dembele for a first-time debased decorativeness that near Neuer small chance.
In the waning seconds, the German nine was awarded a punishment kick, lone to person it waved disconnected aft a video review.
PSG’s captain, Marquinhos, lauded PSG’s cognition to spot retired the game.
“It is ever hard to play with 2 less players, but today, the squad showed the cognition and tendency to get the occupation done,” Marquinhos told DAZN.
“That 2nd extremity was truly important, particularly successful a immense contention similar this.”
PSG close backmost Hakimi said his broadside had beaten 1 of the champion teams successful the contention and a large “rival”.
“We are truly blessed and arrogant of the squad effort. We had a pugnacious squad against us, I deliberation we did what we had to bash to instrumentality the victory,” Hakimi told DAZN.
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Al Jazeera and quality agencies
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