AFCON 2025
Newly crowned European champions Paris St-Germain cruised past Atletico Madrid for a winning start to their first-ever Fifa Club World Cup campaign.
The French side dominated the early stages in searing heat at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, enjoying 82.6% possession in the first 15 minutes.
A successful start to the competition 🎯#FIFACWC pic.twitter.com/y5nqmINuno
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) June 15, 2025
They led when Fabian Ruiz rifled a low strike into the bottom corner from the edge of the penalty area.
Portuguese striker Goncalo Ramos missed the target with three attempts before Vitinha drifted through the middle of the Atletico defence just before half-time and slotted past Jan Oblak to put his side in firm control.
Atletico were reduced to 10 men in the 78th minute when Clement Lenglet was shown a second yellow card for dissent.
Diego Simeone’s side should have pulled a goal back eight minutes from time, but substitute Alexander Sorloth missed an open goal from a few yards when a low cross found him at the far post.
Substitute Senny Mayulu followed up his goalscoring cameo in last month’s Champions League final by firing into the bottom corner in the 87th minute.
Atleti defender Robin le Normand was punished for handball by the video assistant referee (VAR), and Lee Kang-in slotted home the penalty for his side’s fourth goal.
