Al -Malab newspaper – The attention tonight is heading to New Jersey, where the “Matt Live” stadium is hosting a upcoming European summit that brings together Paris Saint -Germain and Real Madrid in the 2025 World Cup semi -finals held in the United States.
The qualification of the two teams came after both of them succeeded in overcoming the German football giants in the quarter -finals, to face the last two versions of the Champions League on the crossing card to the final, where the winner awaits the confrontation of Chelsea or Fluminness.
Since he stumbled against Botafogo in the group stage, Paris Saint -Germain offers an ideal performance, winning all the next three games to the semi -finals, the last of which was the exciting victory over Bayern Munich on Saturday.
Despite the numerical deficiency after the expulsion of players in the last minutes, coach Luis Enrique’s men managed to add a second goal to come out with a valuable victory 2-0 against the German league champions, in the third consecutive victory with a clean net.
The beginning of Saint -Germain in the championship was also against a team from the capital Madrid, when they swept Atletico Madrid with a clean four in the opening round, in an offer that the Parisians hoped to repeat in front of the royal giant.
The Parisian team is not strange to the big victories, as it appeared in the last Champions League final when Inter Milan crushed 5-0, to continue an exceptional season in which he scored 164 goals so far in various competitions.
Coach Enrique had previously crown the Club World Cup with Barcelona in 2015, and the semi -final confrontation enters a strong candidate to repeat the achievement with Paris after a full decade has passed.
On the other hand, Real Madrid-the club that has long been a nightmare for Paris in the Champions League confrontations during the past decade, especially in 2022 when he turned its 0-2 delay in the total of the two matches to an exciting and exciting victory by the Parisians from the final price.
But many changed the ranks of Merengue, after Xabi Alonso took over the team to succeed Carlo Ancelotti, without affecting the results, as the riyal is still not defeated in the tournament until now.
With the exception of the disappointing tie against Al -Hilal in the opening round, the team won all the other four matches, leading its group with victories over Pachuca and Red Paul Salzburg, before the overthrow of the Juventus and Borussia Dortmund in the exclusionary roles.
Despite the progress of 2-0 on Dortmund until stoppage time, the riyal almost lost control after a wonderful exclusive goal from Killian Mbappe canceled the goal of reducing the difference to Maximilian Bayer, and was expelled by Dean Hoishson, who caused a penalty that allowed Sirho Girassi to score a second goal for Dortmund, before Tebo Courtois saved his team with a fabulous confrontation in front of Marcel Sabitzer. In the 99th minute, it almost imposed an additional time.
This scenario revealed that the Real defense can be penetrated, which increases the scale of the challenge against it in the face of the European Champions.
Paris Saint -Germain will miss the services of the duo Willian Bachu and Lucas Hernandez after being sent off in front of Bayern, to replace them Lucas Perldo at the heart of the defense. Doubts over the participation of Osman Dembele, despite his appearance as an alternative twice in the exclusionary roles after recovering from a short injury.
Ashraf Hakimi will be a star under the microscope, after he contributed to registration or industry in the last three consecutive clubs in the Club World Cup, adding a decisive pass against Bayern after registering in the previous two games.
Real Madrid, in turn, suffers from a defensive absence, as the new expatriate Hoison is absent after his expulsion against Dortmund, which opens the door to Raul Asensio’s return to the starting lineup for the first time since his expulsion against Pachuca in the group stage, despite Edir Melitao’s recovery from the cruciate ligament injury. The eyes are also heading to the rising star Gonzalo Garcia, who has scored 4 goals so far in the tournament, while Alonso’s bench is filled with stars such as Mbappe, Rodrigo and Ibrahim Diaz.
The expected formation
Paris Saint -Germain: Donnaroma; Hakimi, Marcinius, Lucas Perldo, Nuno Mendes; Vitenia, Joao Nevis, Fabian Ruiz; Parkula, Douoy, Expressions of Agency.
Real Madrid: Courtois; Alexander-Arnold, Rudiger, Asensio, Fran Garcia; Chaamini, Beiltham, Valverde; Goller, Gonzalo Garcia, Vinicius
Junior.