Les Parisiens make huge FIFA Club World Cup statement
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Paris Saint-Germain made a statement in their Club World Cup debut with a commanding 4-0 win over Atlético Madrid at the Rose Bowl. Fabián Ruiz opened the scoring with a long-range strike, and Vitinha doubled the lead just before the break after a Griezmann error sparked a ruthless counter.
The summer of soccer will take a new look this year with the FIFA Club World Cup, which comes to the U.S. for the first edition of the expanded competition that will see 32 teams from around the world compete for a share of the $1 billion prize purse.
Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, two of the best clubs in the world, are showing their early dominance at the tournament. Meanwhile, some non-European squads, like Brazilian club Palmeiras and Botafogo, are putting up strong performances to open the group stage.
Fabian Ruiz and Vitinha put PSG 2-0 up before half-time, with Senny Mayulu and Lee Kang-in rounding out an emphatic victory for PSG late on, after Clement Lenglet had seen red
Freshly crowned kings of Europe, Paris Saint-Germain arrived this week in the United States for the Club World Cup and are treating FIFA's lucrative new competition not as a nuisance at the end of an exhausting season but as a serious objective.
Inter Milan Vice-President Javier Zanetti believes that PSG and Real Madrid are the “big favourites” to win the Club World Cup.The Nerazzurri executive spoke to Radio La Red, via FCInterNews. He