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The Sun
14 minutes ago
- The Sun
PSG Beat Bayern 2-0 to Reach Club World Cup Semi-Finals
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN reached the Club World Cup semi-finals as Desire Doue and Ousmane Dembele goals earned the nine-man European champions a 2-0 win over Bayern Munich in a gripping battle on Saturday. The French treble winners had Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernandez sent off in the final stages but managed to oust the German giants in Atlanta. Bundesliga champions Bayern, who lost Jamal Musiala just before half-time with a horror ankle injury, shared an intense and even battle with the Parisians and had two goals ruled out for offside. Bayern had won their last four matches straight against PSG, including a 1-0 Champions League victory last November, before Luis Enrique's side hit their peak. 'I think we showed our character with two less players, we showed our personality, and we are strong also like that,' PSG's Achraf Hakimi told reporters. 'We showed that we want to be continue in this competition and go forward.' Players and nearly 67,000 spectators observed a minute of silence in honour of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who tragically died in a car crash on Thursday. It was an emotional moment, especially for a PSG side with five Portuguese players in the squad, including starters Vitinha, Joao Neves and Nuno Mendes. Luis Enrique began with leading Ballon d'Or candidate Dembele on the bench, as he continues his comeback from a quadriceps injury, but Bayern playmaker Musiala was fit to start. It was FIFA's expanded tournament's biggest heavyweight clash thus far and Bayern coach Vincent Kompany said on the eve of the game he would pay to watch a match he described as a 'perfect storm', because of the teams' similar high-pressing, attacking styles. The air-conditioned Mercedes-Benz Stadium also produced the perfect conditions for a pulsating game, lit up by supremely talented dribblers on both sides, as well as two elite goalkeepers in Gianluigi Donnarumma and Manuel Neuer. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia hit the side netting after a razor-sharp PSG counter and forced Neuer into an excelent save, while Donnarumma saved twice from Olise. Dayot Upamecano headed home from Olise's free-kick in first-half stoppage time but the defender had strayed offside and it was disallowed, while England captain Harry Kane sent a header off-target when well placed. - Musiala horror injury - Unfortunately Musiala suffered a gruesome ankle injury before half-time as he fell following a collision with Donnarumma, with the goalkeeper appearing distraught in the aftermath. Bayern's 39-year-old stopper Neuer produced a sensational save to deny Barcola early in the second half as PSG threatened. With 20 minutes remaining, Luis Enrique sent on Dembele to make the difference and avoid extra-time. Dembele came inches from doing just that when Neuer gave the ball away outside his area and the Frenchman lunged to try and roll into the empty net, but it trickled just wide of the post. Eventually 20-year-old Doue found the breakthrough as Kane gave the ball away and PSG attacked in numbers. Doue, who burst into the limelight in PSG's run to Champions League glory, fashioned some space on the edge of the box and flashed a low strike home at the near post. Bayern were given hope as they hunted for an equaliser when PSG defender Pacho was sent off for a high tackle on Leon Goretzka after 83 minutes. Kane headed home from an offside position before PSG substitute Hernandez was dismissed for an elbow. Despite their numerical disadvantage Dembele hit the crossbar before sealing their victory after Achraf Hakimi's run through, and the Frenchman paid tribute to Jota by copying his video-gaming celebration. 'It was very difficult to hear the news,' Marquinhos told DAZN. 'We have got Portuguese players in the dressing room and they were with him only a few weeks ago playing in the Nations League... we wanted to cheer them up.' Bayern coach Kompany said he was proud of his team's performance despite their elimination. 'It could have been 2-0 to us, but it didn't go our way,' said Kompany. 'In the first half we showed them who we are and they had problems with us,' said Bayern substitute Thomas Mueller, who played his last game for the club. PSG will face Real Madrid or Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals on Wednesday at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Time of India
15 minutes ago
- Time of India
France urges tariff barriers to stop China from killing industry
French finance minister Eric Lombard said Europe must shore up its tariff barriers to counter Chinese imports that risk harming the continent's industrial economy. Europe has already taken action on steel and automobiles, but rules must be changed to allow the wider use of measures against imports from China, Lombard said. "In the world we are in today, we must protect our industry," Lombard said Saturday at a conference in Aix-en-Provence, France. "We must do it on all industrial segments, otherwise the Chinese policy that consists of having a production capacity of more than 50% global market share in each sector will kill our industry." China announced anti-dumping duties on European brandy on Friday while exempting major cognac makers that agreed to minimum price levels. The action followed the EU's decision in 2024 to levy duties as high as 45% on Chinese-made electric vehicles.
Miami Herald
24 minutes ago
- Miami Herald
Messi mistake leads to early Montreal goal, Inter Miami trails 1-0 in return to MLS
If there was any question about how seriously Inter Miami is taking its return to the MLS season after exiting the Club World Cup, it was answered with the starting lineup for Saturday night's road game against CF Montreal. Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and five other starters from the Club World Cup Round-of-16 game against Paris Saint-Germain were in the Starting XI against Montreal. The only changes were Tomas Aviles in place of injured Noah Allen at center back and Benja Cremaschi instead of Fede Redondo in the midfield. But Messi made a rare mistake that proved costly two minutes into the game. He sent a back pass directly into the path of Montreal forward Prince Owusu, who scored an easy goal on a left-footed shot from the center of the box. Inter Miami has seven games over the next 25 days, including four of the next five on the road, so coach Javier Mascherano said he plans to do some roster rotation in the coming weeks. But on Saturday, he went with his heavy hitters. 'Clearly, we have a lot of games coming up, plus all the ones we have already played, so we will need everyone to participate,' he said. 'We'll see how we can manage some roster changes without feeling it too much because I don't like to change six or seven players from one match to the other.' Although facing CF Montreal, the last place team in the Eastern Conference, might seem like a letdown after facing European champion PSG in front of a crowd of 65,000, Mascherano and his players entered the game highly motivated to build off their tournament success. They said if they could get through matches against Al Ahly, Porto and Palmeiras undefeated, they can win domestic league games and contend for the MLS Cup. Miami beat Montreal 4-2 at home on May 28 with a pair of goals by Messi and two more by Suarez. Inter Miami has ground to make up, as it slipped from third place to seventh during its Club World Cup break and has played four fewer matches than all the teams ahead of them in the standings. Miami now sits 11 points behind first-place Philadelphia Union, 10 behind second-place Cincinnati and nine behind third-place Nashville. The top seven qualify for the playoffs, which begin in late October. The eighth and ninth place teams enter a playoff for the final spot. Due to its tournament commitments, Miami has played only 16 MLS matches, while its rivals have played 20. Messi and his teammates had not played a league match since their 5-1 win over the Columbus Crew in late May. The next stretch of the schedule is jam-packed as the team tries to catch up. Following the Montreal game, Inter Miami plays at New England on July 9, at home against Nashville on July 12, on the road at Cincinnati July 16, on the road at New York Red Bulls on July 19, and then at home against Cincinnati on July 26. 'Our motivation now is to compete in our league, and to achieve something this club has been aiming for year after year,' Mascherano said. 'We want to get as far as we can, qualify for the playoffs, be in position to have home field advantage, and from there we'll see what happens at the end of October.' Segovia added: 'We had a great tournament overall in the Club World Cup and now we shift our attention to the league. We are motivated against Montreal because we want the earn three points, and we want to be in first place in the league. We have a lot of games this month and we want to win them all. 'The level of competition in the Club World Cup was very high and we benefited from that because it let us know that if we play like we did against Porto and Palmeiras, we can win the league.' Inter Miami's Starting XI on Saturday: Oscar Ustari, Marcelo Weigandt, Tomas Aviles, Maxi Falcon, Jordi Alba, Tadeo Allende, Benja Cremaschi, Sergio Busquets, Telasco Segovia, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez. On the bench: Rocco Rios Novo, Ryan Sailor, David Martinez, Fede Redondo, Baltasar Rodriguez, Santi Morales, Fafa Picault, Leo Afonso, Allen Obando. Montreal's Starting Lineup: Jonathan Sirois, Brandan Craig, Fernando Alvarez, Luca Petrasso, Dawid Bugaj, Caden Clark, Victor Loturi, Samuel Piette, Prince Owusu, Tom Pearce, Sante Sealy.
