Paris Saint -Germain is playing a fiery confrontation against Real Madrid in the Club World Cup semi -finals, amid unbalanced French ambitions to achieve an unprecedented achievement, after an exceptional season led by Luis Enrique.
Date of confrontation
The expected summit between Paris Saint -Germain and Real Madrid will be held on Wednesday, July 9th, at ten in the evening, Cairo time, at the famous “Metlive” stadium in New Jersey, in the US World Cup semi -finals held in the United States.
Amazing season for Paris
Paris Saint -Germain this season succeeded in crowning all possible titles, achieving record victories of 47 wins, to equal his best record since the 2016 season, and is close to breaking his historical number. The last victory of the team at the expense of Bayern Munich came 2-0 in the quarter-finals at the Mercedes Benz Stadium, in one of the most prominent championship matches so far.
Comprehensive
The Parisian team, which will face Real Madrid, is completely different from that which bid farewell to the Champions League in 2022. Although it retained some of the defense pillars such as Donaroma, Marcinius, Ashraf Hakimi, and Nono Mendes, but he fought a comprehensive transformation after the departure of the offensive trio Neymar, Messi, and Mbappe. The technical staff was able to build a more organized and effective football project.
Amazing numbers
The number of Paris goals this season reached 164 goals, to score the second highest number in the club’s history after the 2018 season, while maintaining the cleanliness of its nets in 6 of the last 7 games, which reflects the strength of the defense organization led by Donaroma.
Shine stars
At the top of the list of brilliants Othman Dembele, who scored 40 goals this season, 26 of them during 2025, and made 8 goals, to become one of the most prominent candidates to win the Golden Ball. Khaficha also contributed to the expression of Napoli with 70 million euros, to enhance the offensive efficiency of the team.
A promising young team
The club’s policy has resulted in a significant decrease in the rate of ages, as Paris became the second smallest team in the French League, and participated in the smallest squad in the club in a match against Spali with an average age of 21 years and 327 days. The percentage of French players in the squad reached 40%, a remarkable development that strengthens the local base of the club.
Madrid Road to the semi -finals
As for Real Madrid, he secured its qualification to the semi -finals after defeating Borussia Dortmund in a pure European meeting that took place at the “Metlive” stadium as well, to strike an appointment with Paris in a confrontation that is one of the strongest championship summits so far.
