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Alex KirklandJun 15, 2025, 06:41 PM ET
Luis Enrique said his Paris Saint-Germain squad are "hungry" to adhd the Club World Cup to their Champions League success, aft beating Atlético Madrid 4-0 successful the opening crippled successful Group B.
Fabián Ruiz and Vitinha enactment PSG 2-0 up successful the archetypal fractional astatine the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, and substitutes Senny Mayulu and Lee Kang-In -- with a punishment -- added 2 much goals precocious on, aft Atlético defender Clément Lenglet was sent off.
PSG won the treble past season, winning Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, and the Champions League, erstwhile they thrashed Inter 5-0 successful the last past month.
"We had the nonsubjective of making past this season, but this [the Club World Cup] is simply a caller chapter," Luis Enrique said successful his post-match quality conference. "It's a bully situation for the players and the team, to privation to support winning.
"The nine is hungry, the fans are hungry, the players and the squad are hungry, and that's a bully feeling. I don't cognize [if we're favourites], it doesn't fuss me, but we person the aforesaid nonsubjective arsenic successful different competitions, which is to spell arsenic acold arsenic imaginable and effort to triumph it."
The crippled was played successful beforehand of an 80,619 assemblage astatine the Rose Bowl, which organisers said was a grounds attendance this play for some clubs.
Atlético manager Diego Simeone refused to blasted the midday vigor for his players' performance.
"When the play starts successful August [in Madrid], it's the aforesaid heat," helium said successful his post-match quality conference. "I won't blasted the heat. It's the aforesaid for some teams.
"They're a large team, a young team. They've ever had bully players, and present they're a team."
Atlético improved successful the 2nd half, erstwhile Julián Álvarez had a extremity disallowed aft a VAR cheque revealed a foul successful the physique up, and substitute Alexander Sorloth missed from adjacent range.
"In the archetypal fractional we didn't play arsenic we should have," Simeone said. "They played precise well. Even erstwhile we won the ball, we couldn't get distant from their press.
"In the 2nd half, we were better. We made it 2-1 [through Alvarez] and the referee decided not to number it.
"The squad competed, contempt the pugnacious defeat, and a 4-0 scoreline. We're obliged to get bully results successful the different games now."
Atlético play Seattle Sounders adjacent successful Seattle connected June 19, portion PSG play Brazil's Botafogo, again astatine the Rose Bowl.
