Staff Reporter.
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) dominated Real Madrid, winning 4-0 with ease to advance to the Club World Cup final against Chelsea at New York’s MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
There was never any doubt they would claim their place in the final after a rampant 18-minute spell in the first half which began when a heavy touch from Raul Asencio inside the Real Madrid box allowed Ousmane Dembele to set up Fabian Ruiz’s sixth-minute opener.
Three minutes later, a miskick from Asencio’s centre-back partner Antonio Rudiger allowed Dembele to race through on goal and coolly beat Thibaut Courtois to double Paris Saint-Germain’s lead.
Real Madrid were reeling and it got even worse for them when Ruiz added his second and Paris Saint-Germain’s third from Achraf Hakimi’s cut-back following a scintillating passing move.
Real Madrid, who lost Trent Alexander-Arnold to injury before the game, tried to regain a foothold by sending on Luka Modric for his final appearance for the club, but substitute Goncalo Ramos added a breakaway fourth to spark more Paris Saint-Germain celebrations.