Paris Saint-German won Atletico Madrid 4-0 on Sunday (15) in one of the most anticipated game of the first round of the FIFA World Cup in the United States. The Parisian team confirmed their favoritism, with superior performance against a strong Spanish team, which offered danger throughout the match and had a scoring goal.
Despite the superiority of the French team on the scoreboard, Atletico’s fierce reaction for most of the second half brought the feeling of an open match to the possibility of turnaround.
Midfielder Fabián Ruiz opened the scoring after 18 minutes, with a strong kick from half moon after an Atletico defense failure and a ball dispute where PSG players got the best.
Vitinha widened the scoring, in a move where the French team approached at speed, receiving the ball at a time when Atletico’s defense was open. Georgiano Khvicha Kvaratskhelia assisted the first two goals.
12 minutes into the second half, Julián Alvarez made the net swing by Atletico Madrid, but the referee annulled the bid. After reviewing the images and consulting VAR (Video Assistant Referee), the judge understood that the play followed a foul against a PSG player, which invalidated her.
The expulsion of defender Clément Lenglet, leaving Atletico in a numerical disadvantage at the end of the second half, worsened the chances of reaction from the Spanish team. Alexander Sørloth lost the best goal chance for the Spaniards less than ten minutes from the end of regular time. Senny Mayulu then scored PSG’s third goal 41 minutes into the second half.
The game remained busy to the end despite the heat of 30 ° C at the Pasadena Rose Bowl stadium in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Region-even where the Brazilian team was four-time champion in 1994. In additions, arbitration scored a penalty in favor of PSG and Lee Kang-in scored, finalizing the score.
The Parisians arrive in the United States at the best time in the club’s history, just after winning their first Champions League title, with a 5-0 defeat over Inter Milan.
Even with the embezzlement of star Ousmane Dembelé-a right-handed one-sought for the world’s best player in the world-the team has the rest of the European champion cast.
PSG and Atlético are in the same group as Botafogo, which faces Seattle Sounders at 23h this Sunday.
Amid the Club Cup, there are protests in several American cities against Donald Trump government anti-immigrant policy. The security scheme for the match was reinforced by precaution because of the manifestations.
