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'Genius Midfielder'Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) supported the team's great victory with his performance in helping the net goal.
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) won a 4-0 victory with Fabian Lewis' multi-goal and additional goals from Usman Dembele and Gonzalo Hamus in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup semifinals against Real Madrid at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on the 10th (Korea time).
PSG, which achieved the first European treble (four gold medals) in the club's history by sweeping the French Ligue 1 team, Coupe de France, Trophy de Champion and the European Champions League (UCL) in the 2024-2025 season, is close to winning five gold medals.
PSG, which became the first French club to reach the final of the Club World Cup, will compete with Chelsea at the same stadium on the 14th. The club World Cup, which has been expanded to 32 teams, will receive $40 million (about 58 billion won).
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Contrary to expectations that the match, which was called 'Mbappe Derby', would be fierce because it was a showdown between Kylian Mbappe's former team, PSG, and his current team, Real, was tilted to one side from the start of the match.
PSG coach Luis Enrique put forward Khvicha Kravatskhelia, Dembele, and Desiree Doue, the three-topes that have chewed up Europe. Luis, Vitinya and João Neves built the three-middle, while Archilaf Hakimi, Marquiños, Beraudu and Nunu Mendes built the four-back. Gianluigi Donnarumma defended the goal.
Real's coach Xavi Alonso brought up Mbappe's starting card for the first time in this tournament. Mbappe was placed on the offensive with Vinicius Junior and Gonzalo Garcia. Arda Güller, Aurelien Chouameni and Jude Bellingham played midfield, while Federico Valverde, Raul Asensio, Antonio Rudiger and Fran Garcia set up four backs. Thibaut Courtois wore goalkeeper gloves.
Early in the game 'keyword' was 'Hell defense'. Asensio, who showed a defense close to 'catastrophic' at the Club World Cup, was sent off for giving up a penalty kick foul, made a major error in the dangerous area in six minutes. The fact that PSG's cross on the right side was handled at the gate became a pass to the opponent. Lewis dealt with the ball that flowed out with his left foot.
Three minutes later, in the 9th minute of the first half, veteran defender Rudiger made a major mistake of misstep while trying to make a back pass to the goalkeeper. Without missing the ball, Dembele quickly penetrated the penalty area and scored an additional goal with his left foot.
Real crumbled. In the 24th minute of the first half, Hakimi dug into the back space of the opponent's defense with his fast feet. Hakimi, who caught the ball, poked a neat pass to Lewis on the other side, and Lewis, who caught the ball, scored into the right corner of the goal that Courtois could not use. Shockingly, the score was 3-0 in the 24 minutes of the first half.
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Coach Enrique, who led by three goals in the first half, brought Hvitsa and Dembele to the bench in the 14th minute of the second half and put in Gonzalo Hamus and Bradley Barcola. The plan was to arrange the physical strength of the main players in preparation for the next final. In the 21st minute of the second half, Warren Zaire Emery was put in place of Lewis and Senny Mayulu instead of Du.
Real also put in Ed Militão, Luca Modric, and Brahim Díaz one after another to set up a game. However, Real, who had already lost the steam, couldn't find a way out. In the seventh minute of the second half, Mbappe's right-footed mid-range shot from the penalty arc soared high in the sky.
Coach Enrique put Lee Kang-in as his last replacement card in the 34th minute of the second half. Lee Kang-in, who scored one goal as a substitute in the last group stage against Atletico Madrid, met Enrique's expectations by indirectly helping with the net goal in the eighth minute. He provided Hakimi with a perfect cross chance with a left-footed long pass aimed at the back of the defense at the right point of his camp. Hakimi's cross went through Barcola and connected to Hamus, who calmly scored his team's fourth goal.
PSG left a huge humiliation of losing by four goals to Real in the Big Club with a 69-31 possession ratio and 17-11 shooting numbers. Lee Kang-in actively played on the ground for about 11 minutes, recording 13 ball touches, 10 successful passes (91% success rate), 1 successful ground match, 2 fouls, and 2 loss of ball ownership. At the end of the game, I shared a hot hug with my old colleague Mbappe. It has a rating of 6.6 (Sofascore). Real centre-back duo Asensio and Rudiger have a 5.7 and 5.5 rating.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.