Finally the reunion! Arsenal had deprived the football fans of a Paris Saint-Germain-Real Madrid in the semi-final of the Champions League after having easily dismissed the Merengues in the quarters (3-0, 2-1). This time, the Club World Cup finally offered us the reunion between PSG and Kylian Mbappé. A match for which Willian Pacho, Lucas Hernandez (Parisian side) and Dean Huijsen (Madrid side) were suspended. Casa Blanca also had to deplore the last-minute package from Trent Alexander-Arnold, victim of an injury the day before in training. On the other hand, Kylian Mbappé was well holder for the first time in this competition in a 4-3-3. Xabi Alonso had even decided to align the Frenchman and his miracle scorer, the young Gonzalo Garcia. The Frenchman was playing on the left, Garcia in the axis and Vinicius junior on the right. On the Parisian side, in addition to the absence of a Pacho, replaced by Lucas Beraldo, it was a great classic, with in particular the tenure of Ousmane Dembélé in place of Bradley Barcola.
In a Metlife Stadium completely acquired by the cause of the Merengues, the men of Xabi Alonso gave the impression of wanting to impose their law immediately by setting foot on the ball. An entry press that quickly disappeared. From the start of the match, the two teams clearly displayed the desire not to close the game with attempts by Tchouameni (1st) and Kvaratskhelia (2nd). What suggest a spectacular match. In the end, the first 45 minutes were, but no one really expected such a scenario. After his entry pressing, Madrid immediately scuttered herself. If Thibaut Courtois rejected the attempts by Fabian Ruiz (4th) and Ousmane Dembélé (5th), the Belgian porter was quickly released by his pair of central Raul Asencio and Antonio Rüdiger. The first missed control in its surface, which allowed Ruiz to open the scoring (1-0, 6th). Three minutes later, Rüdiger did even worse by committing a huge dumpling against Dembélé. The Parisian number 10 was not prayed then to crucify courtes from the left (2-0, 9th). In three minutes, the Merengues understood that the absence of Huijsen had brought them immense damage. Opposite, Paris was infinitely superior. The men of Luis Enrique arrived without forcing in the last twenty meters of Madrid. All without speaking of a significantly higher physical form, especially in the recovery phases.
Paris largely above, transparent mbappé
The domination of the European champions has quickly become indecent vis-à-vis the largest club in the world. But Madrid could not hope for this team. Apart from courteous, the defense was at the abested, the non -existent midfielder and the attack without impact. The rare breakthroughs of Vinicius Jr and Kylian Mbappé were easily countered by the Parisian defense. The Madrilenians even ended up annoying each other when one of them went to putty without being followed by his own. Faced with this observation which seemed unreal, one wondered if PSG was not going to inflict a historic depulotted on the Merengues. A scenario that took shape after an exceptional one between Dembélé and Hakimi which led to the double of Ruiz (25th). 3-0 before half an hour of play. Unthinkable. The worst in all of this is that Real Madrid has not even revolted. No doubt because he just couldn't. Paris still dominated and faced with the absence of an opposing pressing, offered several pass sequences to ten. Paris humiliated Real Madrid and could have increased the addition before half-time without new courteous interventions against Mendes (45th) and Dembélé (45th). Upon returning from locker room, Xabi Alonso decided not to make any change, undoubtedly just to ask the eleven faults to redeem themselves after their first catastrophic period. Unfortunately for the Madrilene coach, his troops had decided not to change anything. Désiré Doué thought of scoring the goal of 4-0, but Casa Blanca was able to blow, Dembélé was reported out of the action on the start of the action (48th). For his part, Mbappé still had a complicated match. Court by the Parisian defenders in the first period, the Bondynois sent a mine in the gallery while it was in the striking position at the entrance to the surface (53rd).
Sure of his family, Luis Enrique decided to leave Dembélé and Kvaratskhelia a little before the time of play and replace them with Bradley Barcola and Gonçalo Ramos (58th). Bring the Barcola rocket in, a torture for the Spanish rearguard. The former Lyonnais did not take long before offering his first ride, but his pass in the axis was too simple to intercept to Tchouameni (60th). In the 64th minute, moment of emotion on the Madrilene side with the entry into play of Luka Modric for his last appearance with Casa Blanca. For his part, Asencio completed a disastrous World Cup by giving way to Militão, back after his second big knee injury. The end of the match was more disjointed on both sides. Paris had clearly got into management mode for the Sunday's final and only had on Barcola's breakthroughs to set fire. Among the Merengues, Modric's entry had the merit of restoring the Real some interesting situations, but the Parisian defense has never broken. Worse, Gonçalo Ramos also went there from his goal (88th). 4-0, humiliation is total. For his reunion with the red and blue, Mbappé missed his appointment. Harmless and limited to repeat the same action scheme (accelerations straight, shooting) to draw out of the game, the captain of the Blues made a very insufficient copy to destabilize the XXL collective of a PSG which has not confirmed that it is much better since its departure. Thanks to this prestigious success (4-0) against the most titled club in the history of the Champions League (15 coronations), Paris Saint-Germain put an end to the hopes of Florentino Pérez who had made this tournament the golden opportunity to save the 2024/2025 season. Qualified for the final, the European champions will face Chelsea on Sunday July 13 at 9 p.m. Winners of their first C1, Luis Enrique's men will have more than ever the opportunity to complete an apotheosis an already unforgettable 2024/2025 season.
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