A first-half pummelling powered Paris Saint-Germain past Inter Miami CF and into the FIFA Club World Cup™ quarter-finals. Luis Enrique’s charges will return to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday to play the CR Flamengo-FC Bayern München winners. Central midfielders put PSG in command. Joao Neves headed home the opener from a Vitinha cross and tapped home the second from a Fabian Ruiz centre.
Tomas Aviles then inadvertently turned the ball into his own net, before Achraf Hakimi effectively put the contest to bed on the stroke of half-time. Inter Miami, with Tadeo Allende and Lionel Messi threatening on the break, performed better following the restart, but they failed to trouble goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
An excellent afternoon for PSG was enhanced with go-to player Ousmane Dembele getting 30 minutes of action on his return from a hamstring injury. (FIFA.COM)
•PHOTO: Inter Miami’s Argentine forward #10 Lionel Messi (R) acknowledges the crowd as he walks off the pitch at the end of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 round of 16 football match between France’s Paris Saint-Germain and US Inter Miami at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on June 29, 2025. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
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