Real Madrid y Paris Saint-Germain They will face the semifinals of the Club World Cup next July 9 at 9:00 p.m. (Spanish peninsular time) in the MetLife Stadium of New Jersey. The duel brings together the last two European champions and promises to be one of the great meetings of the tournament. The other semifinal will play it Chelsea y Fluminense, A day before, also on the same stage.
The white team accesses this phase after imposing itself with authority to the Borussia Dortmundin a match that confirmed the evolution of the team led by Xabi Alonsowhich had already left Juventus on the way. He Real Madridin clear ascending line, it is now at a single step from the final.
For its part, the PSG of Luis Enrique He beat Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals with a 2-0 win. A match that was not exempt from controversy: the French ended with nine players after the expulsions of Pacho and Lucas Hernández, and the bitter note was the serious injury of Jamal Musialaone of the talents of the Bavarian team.
Intimate enemies and pending accounts
Beyond the sports appeal, the game will be marked by several emotional ingredients. It will be a new episode in the long history between Luis Enrique and the Real MadridClub in which he played, but with which he maintains a strap relationship from his signing for Barcelona.
It will also be special for Kylian Mbappéwho will face his former team for the first time since his signing for Real Madridin a context still marked by certain pending legal litigation between both parties. So far, the Frenchman has not started in this Club World Cupbut everything indicates that it will be key in this meeting.
The last time Real Madrid y PSG They faced each other in the round of 16 Champions 2021-2022. In the first leg, in Paris, the French won 1-0 with a goal from Mbappé. In the Vuelta, the own Kylian He marked again, but the Real Madrid signed one of its historic comebacks with a hat-trick of Benzema In just nine minutes, which served to launch the team towards its fourteenth.
