PSG dominate Madrid, Mbappé to reach CWC final

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Fabián Ruiz scored doubly and Ousmane Dembélé added a extremity and an assistance as Paris Saint-Germain eliminated Real Madrid and Kylian Mbappé from the FIFA Club World Cup by sailing to a 4-0 semifinal triumph connected Wednesday.

PSG built a 3-0 pb successful 24 minutes, deflating the heavy pro-Madrid assemblage astatine MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey. Gonçalo Ramos, who subbed connected for Dembélé aboriginal successful the 2nd half, added a extremity for bully measurement successful the 87th minute.

Gianluigi Donnarumma parried 1 aboriginal changeable by Mbappé and finished with 2 saves, but the PSG defence was different unbothered en way to their 5th cleanable expanse successful six tourney matches.

Wednesday marked Mbappé's archetypal clip facing PSG, for whom helium scored 256 goals implicit 7 years earlier joining Madrid a twelvemonth ago. After coming connected arsenic a substitute the past 2 matches, Mbappé started up beforehand alongside Gonzalo García, but was held disconnected the scoresheet.

Trent Alexander-Arnold was retired of Real Madrid's squad, reportedly owed to a grooming injury.

PSG's onslaught wasted nary time, forcing Courtois to marque 2 hard saves during the archetypal 5 minutes. But successful the sixth, Dembélé robbed Raúl Asencio of the shot successful the halfway of the box, tapped it distant from Courtois' diving scope and acceptable up Ruiz for a one-timer into the backmost of the net.

Dembélé made Madrid wage again erstwhile helium closed successful connected Antonio Rüdiger, who proceeded to whiff connected a walk effort successful the antiaircraft half. Dembélé bolted distant and bushed Courtois successful the bottommost near country for a 2-0 pb little than 9 minutes in.

After Mbappé's 3rd changeable of the time was blocked, PSG ran retired connected a objective counterattack. Achraf Hakimi sprung escaped down the close broadside connected a give-and-go with Dembele, and Hakimi's transverse acceptable up Ruiz's 2nd extremity successful the 24th minute.

PSG volition look Chelsea connected Sunday successful the final. Chelsea won the rubric successful 2021, portion PSG volition effort to go the archetypal squad from France to seizure the trophy.