Club World Cup: Mbappé and Real Madrid will face PSG in a thrilling semi-final after scoring a sublime goal

We expected it in the Champions League, we'll get it in the Club World Cup. Having beaten Borussia Dortmund ( 3-2 ) in a surprising scenario on Saturday in New Jersey, Real Madrid will cross swords with PSG in the semi-finals of the competition next Wednesday. A future duel obviously highly anticipated between Kylian Mbappé 's team and his former club, European champions this season and who beat Bayern Munich earlier in the day.

Sovereign for 90 minutes, the Merengue gave themselves a strange scare in the final moments of the match. Ahead thanks to "their two" Garcia, first Gonzalo (10th) - a sensation of this tournament with four goals scored -, then Fran (20th), served by the precise Alexander-Arnold , Xabi Alonso 's men were cooled by a long low cross shot from Maximilian Beier (90th + 2), unstoppable. thwarted by this German goal, the Merengue relied on their center forward, who had come on a few minutes earlier (67th), a certain Mbappé.

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Still weakened by his acute gastroenteritis of the last few weeks, the Real Madrid striker didn't take long to shine. On one of his first offensive actions, the former Parisian forced Swiss goalkeeper Gregor Kobel into a save, before finding the back of the net in a splendid fashion. Unstoppable and man of the match for Madrid, the young Turkish midfielder Arda Güler simply put in a recital. Placed deeper by his Spanish coach, the 20-year-old metronome fluidified and accelerated his team's play, making two assists in this quarter-final. Including, in particular, the second, intended for "KM", author of a sumptuous acrobatic volley , to (re)put Real in the clear (3-1, 90th + 4) and open his account in the competition.

That was without counting on a final thrill, caused by a delayed foul by Dean Huijsen on Borussia striker Serhou Guirassy, ​​who took justice into his own hands, beating Thibaut Courtois from the penalty spot (3-2, 98th). Caught by the patrol, the White House defender - who arrived in Madrid this summer - was given a red card, synonymous with a suspension for the clash against Paris next week. Bothered until the end, the White House players were saved, yet again, by their Belgian goalkeeper, forced to relax magnificently on the final German attempt (99th).

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Real Madrid are doing well, (almost) as usual, and are now firmly awaiting PSG, for a match that smells of gunpowder and a fiery reunion between the captain of the French team and the capital club. It's promising.