European heavyweights Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid clash on Wednesday night in the semifinal of the FIFA Club World Cup, with a chance to play in the final at stake. PSG and Real Madrid are the two last winners of the UEFA Champions League, with the Parisians capping off a phenomenal 2024/25 season with a maiden Champions League title. While PSG has continued at a rapid pace with its swashbuckling style, which delivered a treble-winning season, Real Madrid is solidly rebuilding under the early days of Xabi Alonso's tenure. The Spaniards are unbeaten in the 2025 Club World Cup and showed flashes of their old self in the dramatic victory over Borussia Dortmund in the last eight. PSG may have surprisingly lost to Botafogo in the group stages, but their steely performance in their quarterfinal win over Bayern Munich means the bookmakers have installed them as slight favorites to get to the final.
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- FOOTBALL: PSG vs. Real Madrid, FIFA Club World Cup, Semifinal
- Where to Watch: DAZN, 5, FIFA TV, FanCode, Foxtel, Kayo Sports, TUDN, TNT, Supersport
- Venue: MetLife Stadium, New Jersey, USA
- Date: 09.07.2025 15:00 ET
Paris Saint-Germain
Leading 1-0 but down to nine men against the German Champions Bayern Munich, Achraf Hakimi raced up the right-hand side of the pitch and squared to Ousmane Dembele, who finished to kill any hopes of a Bayern comeback and give the Parisians a 2-0 victory. PSG has not conceded a goal at the Club World Cup since a 1-0 loss to Botafogo on Matchday Two. The newly crowned Champions League winners have even had the luxury of playing much of the competition without talisman Dembele. PSG has scored 12 goals in the Club World Cup, while conceding only one. They started their run with a 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid, before putting four past Messi's Inter Miami in the Round of 16. With his fire attack, Luis Enrique's headache will be finding replacements for the suspended defenders Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernandez, who both got sent off in the win over Bayern.
PSG Possible Starting Lineup:
Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Lucas Beraldo, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, Joao Neves, Fabian Ruiz, Barcola, Doue, Kvaratskhelia.
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Los Blancos are unbeaten since Xabi Alonso took charge of the team. Real Madrid seems to get better with each match as the team adjusts to Alonso's 5-3-2 tactics. Young striker Gonzalo Garcia continued his impressive breakout with another goal against Borussia Dortmund in the last round, joining the competition’s top scorers on four goals. Young Garcia also has one assist. Real Madrid topped their group after a draw with Al Hilal in matchday one and beat Juventus in the last 16. Against Dortmund, a routine victory was nearly undermined by a late penalty and red card to new centerback Dean Huijsen. Guinean striker Serhou Guirassy reduced the deficit to 3-2 for Dortmund, and the Germans nearly equalized, save for a fantastic Thibaut Courtois stop in added time. Kylian Mbappe, who replaced Garcia in the second half, scored a spectacular overhead kick goal to give Los Blancos a 3-1 lead. With Huijsen out, Alonso will likely recall Raul Asencio to the team after the defender was sent off seven minutes into the win over Pachuca.
Real Madrid Possible Starting Lineup:
Courtois; Alexander-Arnold, Rudiger, Asencio, F. Garcia, Tchouameni, Guler, Bellingham, Valverde, G. Garcia, Vinicius Jr.
Betting Odds
Betway has PSG as 2.23 favorites with Real Madrid 2.80 underdogs. PSG to win and both teams to score is offered for 3.64 on 1xBet, which also has No to both teams scoring for 2.631 odds. Bet365 offers Kylian Mbappe to score for 3.10 odds and Ousmane Dembele to score or assist for 1.72 odds. Read more here.
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