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Champions League winners PSG bushed chap European heavyweights Atletico Madrid astatine the Rose Bowl successful Pasadena, California, the US.
Published On 15 Jun 2025
Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain opened their Club World Cup run with an impressive 4-0 victory implicit Atletico Madrid, underlining to their rivals that they volition apt beryllium the squad to bushed successful this tournament.
PSG mostly dominated Atletico astatine the Rose Bowl connected Sunday successful their archetypal lucifer since trouncing Inter Milan 5-0 to triumph its archetypal Champions League title connected May 31.
Fabian Ruiz and Vitinha scored successful the archetypal half, portion Senny Mayulu and Lee Kang-in scored against 10-man Atletico successful the 2nd fractional of their Group B clash.
The European giants met astatine the venue of the 1994 World Cup last for 1 of the highest-profile matches successful the radical signifier of the archetypal 32-team variation of the Club World Cup.
Ousmane Dembele did not diagnostic for PSG aft reportedly injuring a quadricep portion playing for France connected June 6. Goncalo Ramos replaced Dembele successful Luis Enrique’s lone alteration to the starting lineup from the Champions League final.
Enrique wore shorts and a grooming garment connected the sideline portion coaching PSG successful 31 Celsius (88 Fahrenheit) midday California heat.
PSG controlled possession early, and Ruiz capitalised from conscionable extracurricular the punishment country successful the 19th minute. The Spanish midfielder agelong coveted by Atletico bushed Jan Oblak with a clever onslaught into the acold corner.
Atletico got a aureate accidental to necktie it successful first-half wounded time, but Gianluigi Donnarumma swallowed up Antoine Griezmann’s accidental successful the box.
Moments later, Vitinha slipped done the Atletico defence and scored connected the break.
Julian Alvarez appeared to propulsion 1 backmost for Atletico successful the 2nd half, but his extremity was chalked disconnected aft VAR determined Koke had fouled Desire Doue successful the build-up.
Atletico’s Clement Lenglet was sent disconnected successful the 78th infinitesimal with his 2nd yellowish paper connected a frustrating time that near manager Diego Simeone visibly furious astatine some the referees and his players’ mistakes.
Alexander Sorloth someway missed an unfastened nett successful the 82nd infinitesimal for Atletico successful a determination that made Simeone autumn to his knees successful disbelief.
Mayulu secured PSG’s triumph 5 minutes later, and Lee converted a punishment with the last footwear of the lucifer from the spot aft a handball by Robin Le Normand successful the box.
Man of the lucifer Vitinha told DAZN it was a “very bully performance” by his side.
“We did a precise bully game, it is hard with this temperature. We did good against a pugnacious team, we controlled each of the game. We are blessed with the result,” helium said.
“The toughest happening to bash successful shot is to support the level, and that is what I effort to do.”
PSG manager Enrique besides hailed his side’s performance.
“I deliberation each azygous subordinate showed their champion prime to the team,” helium told DAZN.
“As a coach, I americium happy. Really large to consciousness that emotion [from the stadium]. We are blessed and privation to proceed with our ways.”
In Sunday’s earlier game, Bayern Munich romped to a 10-0 triumph implicit Auckland City arsenic Jamal Musiala had a hat-trick successful a 17-minute span of the 2nd fractional successful beforehand of a assemblage that unfurled a banner urging to “Smash FIFA!” portion accusing the governing assemblage of mismanagement.
Thomas Muller, Kingsley Coman and Michael Olise scored 2 goals each for the Bundesliga champions, who went up connected Coman’s extremity six minutes in. Bayern had a 17-1 vantage successful shots connected target.
Musiala, a 22-year-old midfielder, replaced Harry Kane successful the 61st minute, making his archetypal quality since April 4 aft recovering from a hamstring injury. He scored successful the 67th minute, converted a punishment footwear successful the 73rd and scored again successful the 84th.
Before a assemblage of 21,152 astatine TQL Stadium successful Cincinnati, Ohio, fans displayed a red-and-white banner referring to the 2015 raid by US instrumentality enforcement astatine a Zurich edifice that led to the apprehension of galore shot officials implicit corruption allegations: “10 Years Baur Au Lac – World Football Is More Poorly Governed than Before! Smash FIFA!”
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Al Jazeera and quality agencies
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