PSG Thrash Atletico Madrid with 4-0 to start their first Fifa Club World Championships on a high note | Mint
PSG wasted no time to establish their lead, they owned 82.6% in the first 15 minutes of the match. Paris Saint-Germain’s Vitinha celebrates his team’s second goal during the club World Championship B Group B soccer match between PSG and Atletico Madrid in Pasadena, California (AP), Paris Saint-Germain started their first campaign of the Fifa Club World Cup against Athletico Madrid. They kept the ball for most of the time and pushed Atletico hard, which made it difficult for them to move forward. PSG players looked unstoppable when they registered 4-0 to clinch the win. Early dominance PSG wasted no time to establish their order, they owned 82.6% in the first 15 minutes. The breakthrough came when Fabian Ruiz converted a goal with his powerful strike of the edge of the penalty area and found the bottom corner to give PSG an edge. Vitinha’s brilliant goal when the first half progressed, PSG continued to dominate. Just before the break, midfielder Vitinha slipped through Atletico’s defense with ease and strengthened his team by scoring a goal by surpassing goalkeeper Jan Oblak. Oblak’s heroes in the second half fought Atletico to stay in the competition powered by Oblak’s remarkable goal skills. Early in the half, he yielded a rescue, and an attempt by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on the crossbar went in vain. However, the hope of Atletico was dived in when a purpose of Julian Alvarez was not allowed due to a mistake by Koke on Desire Deies during the build -up. Red map for Atletico The match took a dramatic turn in the 78th minute when Atletico was reduced to 10 men. Defender Clement Laget received a second yellow card for division after protesting referee Istvan Kovacs’s failure to punish an obstacle to Oblak. Missed chances and late goals Atletico had a golden opportunity to register their first goal, but couldn’t do it when replacement Alexander Sorloth somehow missed an open goal from close in the 82nd minute. The replacement of PSG, Senny Mayulu, on the other hand, shot in the bottom corner in the 87th minute to make the scoring 3-0. Controversion of the stop-time In the extra time, PSG’s Ibrahim Mbaye hit the post and missed a fourth goal. Moments later, Athletico’s Robin Le Normand was penalized for handball to a VAR review, allowing Lee Kang-in the resulting penalty and a one-sided 4-0 victory for PSG. Vintinha: Man of the match “A very good performance. We did a very good game, it’s hard with this temperature. We have done well against a tough team, we have the whole game control. We are satisfied with the result,” Vitinha has pronounced “the hardest thing to do in football is to keep the level and that’s what I try to do,” he added. Paris Saint Germain -The upcoming matches PSG has their next match against Club Botafogo on June 20, followed by their third Fifa Club World Championships against Seattle Sunders on June 24. Atletico Madrid – The upcoming matches Athletico Madrid is scheduled to play their next match against Seattle on June 20 on June 24.