Paris Saint-Germain encountered difficulties, but beat Seattle Sounders on Monday 2-0 at Lumen Field Stadium. With the result, the current champion of Champions League secured the first place of Group B of the Club World Cup, in front of Botafogo, the second of the key.
The French team will play the round of 16 on Sunday (29), at 13h (Brasília), at Mercedes-Benz Fashion, in Atlanta, against the second place in Group A. Palmeiras can be this opponent if he does not confirm the leadership of his key against Inter Miami, also on Monday, at 10 pm (from Brasilia).
Seattle Sounders started the game very intensely trying to surprise the champion team of Europe. Over the minutes, PSG was establishing the mastery of the confrontation.
Like what had already happened in the defeat suffered against Botafogo, PSG maintained possession of the confrontation always close to 70%, but could not turn this domain into real chances.
Quite tactically applied, Seattle players were all back behind the ball line and expected a counterattack chance.
Despite the lack of creativity of the French team, the goal ended up having come out in an unusual move. With his back to the ball, Kvaratskhelia involuntarily deflected a kick from Portuguese Vitinha and opened the scoring in the 35th minute of the first half. Embarrassed, the two players celebrate shyly.
In the second half, Seattle players followed firmly in the marking. However, only while the fitness ended. In one of the rare attempts to advance to the attack to draw, the home team left the path open to PSG, which did not forgive the failure.
In the counterattack, Hakimi, 21 minutes into the second half, scored and defined the match.
