{"id":156402,"date":"2025-07-09T22:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T22:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/psg-beat-real-madrid-4-0-to-reach-club-world-cup-final-vs-chelsea-live-updates-and-reaction-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T22:49:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T22:49:56","slug":"psg-beat-real-madrid-4-0-to-reach-club-world-cup-final-vs-chelsea-live-updates-and-reaction-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/psg-beat-real-madrid-4-0-to-reach-club-world-cup-final-vs-chelsea-live-updates-and-reaction-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"PSG beat Real Madrid 4-0 to reach Club World Cup final vs. Chelsea: Live updates and reaction – The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Paris Saint-Germain blew Real Madrid<\/a> aside to reach the Club World Cup final.<\/strong>
PSG<\/a>, the reigning European champions, made a lightning-quick start to the game during which they scored three goals in the opening half. The outstanding Fabi\u00e1n Ruiz<\/a> scored twice, either side of a confident Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9<\/a> finish. Goncalo Ramos<\/a> added the fourth late on.
The Ligue 1 winners will play Chelsea<\/a> in Sunday\u2019s final.
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Whoever wins the final will walk away from the summer tournament up to $125million (\u00a392m) richer in participation and prize money. For whoever falls just short, their total will not be far off.
FIFA provided a $1billion prize pot for the tournament, shared out in differing proportions among its participants, and based on clubs\u2019 progression.
UEFA clubs secured the larger slice of the pie with some clubs, namely Porto and Atletico Madrid, taking home a bigger sum than the likes of Al Hilal, Inter Miami and Monterrey, despite crashing out of the tournament sooner than their non-European counterparts.
Both PSG and Chelsea have earned $30m just for making it to the tournament\u2019s showcase final \u2014 an extra $10m for the winner is but a small percentage of their overall earnings.
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The Athletic<\/em> has provided ongoing coverage of changes in ticket prices at the inaugural Club World Cup in the United States this year. For the semi-final between Chelsea and Fluminense, prices had originally been set at $473.90, but were later reduced to $13.40. This is not an isolated incident, with prices also slashed for other matches, including today's semi-final between Madrid and PSG, and some quarter-final matches.
The cheapest general admission tickets for the final are currently priced at $312.20, via Ticketmaster through FIFA\u2019s official website. On the higher end of the pricing scale, the system also offers verified resale tickets in some prime positions of the stadium, varying from around $1,400 to $8,000.
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Kick-off for the final is slated for 3pm local time (8pm BST) on Sunday.
As was the case for every match as this year\u2019s Club World Cup, the final is available to watch via DAZN providing you create an account. The final is also available to watch through TBS in the United States.
The final for the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup is set.
After a valiant fight from teams across the globe, from South America, to the Middle East, to Africa, East Asia and Oceania, it is two European titans who collide in the showpiece final on Sunday.
Much has been made of the gruelling calendar the summer tournament has thrust upon its participants, but Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain have outlasted the rest in the searing American heat in their hunt for the trophy \u2014 and healthy prize fund on offer.
Thibaut Courtois
"The first goals condemned the game a bit and they were comfortable, we were less so," he said. "It's a tough defeat, but one to learn from, that we're on the right track and sometimes a slap like that is good for you to keep running, to know that there's still a lot of work to do, that we can improve and that we have to reach their level. They have won the Champions League. This tournament has been very good and that's what we have to work on next season.\u201d
Speaking to DAZN after the match, Xabi Alonso reflected on his team's heavy defeat before paying tribute to Luka Modric after the midfielder's final appearance for the club.
"The start of the match had a big impact for us," said Alonso. "We wanted a well-managed start, knowing we were up against a very strong opponent. By the tenth minute, the game had already become very difficult for us, and that\u2019s a sign that we still have a lot of work to do. Conceding two early goals demands a lot more from you \u2014 you know you can\u2019t lose your balance because they have a very high level.
"We have to try to learn from today. (PSG) have built their team over two years, we are just starting."
On Modric: \u201cHe's been a legend of the club. He\u2019s a legend of football. I have been his team-mate and now his coach. He is going to be remembered forever in Madrid.\u201d
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Well, the good news for the disappointed Real Madrid supporters leaving the MetLife Stadium is that at least it won\u2019t take them long to drive home this afternoon.
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Paris Saint-Germain have now won 48 games this season, alongside eight draws and eight defeats. They've set a new club record for victories in a single season, surpassing the 47 they posted in 2015-16.
Paris Saint-Germain head coach Luis Enrique has just been interviewed by DAZN.
He said: "You want to play in those type of matches. We started the game very good and we\u2019re very happy with the performance.
\u201cEspecially in those conditions. It\u2019s too much heat for me. You need to play in different conditions to watch a better show. But both teams did it great. And we are having a special season and deserve to win.
\u201cWe have one more step against a good team in Chelsea. They have performed well all competition but we are almost there and we want to make history.\u201d
Enrique also singled out Ousmane Dembele for praise, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s the first match in this World Cup where we could use him as a (starter). We tried to take care of him. He deserves to win everything because he gave everything to the team.\u201d
Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea haven't faced one another since 2016, which was the third of three straight seasons in which they met in the knockout stages of the UCL. Chelsea won the first tie in 2014 before PSG won the next two.
Fabian Ruiz, scorer of two goals today, spoke to DAZN after PSG's win: \u201cIt was an incredible game. A perfect performance, especially considering the heat. It was a brilliant performance against a really top team in Real Madrid and we are really happy we have gone through.
\u201cI am happy for the goals of course but mostly I am just happy about the win. Now we celebrate because we are through to the final.
\u201c(Facing Chelsea) will be difficult. We know they are a good team and they are doing well but hopefully we can win it and finish the season in the best way possible.\u201d
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We mentioned this ridiculous stat before the match, so let's return to it now. Paris Saint-Germain have now won their last five knockout matches in all competitions by a combined score of 18-0!
Kylian Mbappe swapped PSG for Real Madrid in the hope of ending his Champions League hoodoo.
Instead, he watched his former side become European champions in the very next season and has now been eliminated from this tournament by his former employers.
Not the results he was expecting so far…
There are no greater legends at PSG than Marquinhos and he made a point to trudge beyond the goal at the end of the pitch and into the pack of PSG supporters who didn't stop bouncing up and down throughout that match.
Seemingly being mostly Paris natives, the club captain clearly appreciated their effort to make it all the way over here.
They were outnumbered by tens of thousands today, but the PSG fans made up for it in the noise they were able to produce.
So that is it for Luka Modric and Lucas Vazquez at Real Madrid.
Both of their contracts expire now that they have been eliminated from the Club World Cup and they are free to join other teams.
Having played in Madrid's ultra-dominant era of the Champions League, they are two of the most successful players in European history. No one has won more than the six European titles of Modric, while Vazquez was part of the squad for five of them.
They will both leave with the best wishes of Madrid supporters around the world.
PSG are one game away from one of the most successful club campaigns in history.
They won both of the major French honours before cantering to their maiden Champions League triumph, and are huge favourites to go all the way in the Club World Cup for the first time.
The lack of competition for them in French football certainly helped them fight on all of those fronts, but it is still a brilliant achievement for them to still be performing like this so deep into the season.
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Ali K.: <\/strong>As a Chelsea fan, I\u2019m absolutely s—— myself for Sunday, gotta mentally prepare myself for what could happen.
Tim S.: <\/strong>Men against boys.
Charles D.: <\/strong>It\u2019s over. Another PSG bloodbath. I\u2019m disappointed really. I was expecting another great match like PSG\/Bayern.
Christopher S.: <\/strong>Luis Enrique subbing off his best players at 60' to rest them for the next match. You'd think this was a Ligue 1 match vs. Le Havre.
Elroy B.: <\/strong>PSG is Barcelona with a better defense…and we saw what Barcelona did to Real Madrid the three times they played this season.
Before the start of this Club World Cup, Florentino Perez stressed the importance of this tournament to Real Madrid.
He must have seen it as a great opportunity for his team to add to their long list of international honours but, instead, they have been embarrassed on the world stage by a much better team.
PSG have spent a lot <\/em>of money, but so have Madrid. This defeat is a painful one for those in charge at the Bernabeu.
Aggregate score this tournament: Paris Saint-Germain 8-0 the city of Madrid.
Four against Atletico, four against Real\u2026 does anyone want to see what Getafe and Rayo Vallecano are up to between now and Sunday? <\/p>\n

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