{"id":69787,"date":"2025-07-06T08:03:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T08:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69787"},"modified":"2025-07-06T08:03:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T08:03:54","slug":"psg-defies-red-cards-knocks-out-bayern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/06\/psg-defies-red-cards-knocks-out-bayern\/","title":{"rendered":"PSG Defies Red Cards, Knocks Out Bayern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adewunmi Oluwaseun\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paris Saint-Germain booked their place in the semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich on Saturday, despite finishing the match with nine men.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Desire Doue and substitute Ousmane Dembele secured the win for the UEFA Champions League holders at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>The French champions overcame the late red cards of Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernandez, as well as a strong challenge from the Bundesliga giants.<\/p>\n<p>The highly anticipated clash, touted as the biggest yet in the expanded Club World Cup format, saw both sides go toe-to-toe in a fast-paced encounter watched by nearly 67,000 fans.<\/p>\n<p>A minute&#8217;s silence was observed before kickoff in memory of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who died in a car crash on Thursday, a moment that carried special significance for PSG, with five Portuguese players in their squad.<\/p>\n<p>The game was marked by moments of brilliance and emotion, including a horrific ankle injury to Bayern\u2019s Jamal Musiala late in the first half after a collision with PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.<\/p>\n<p>Chances fell at both ends, with Donnarumma and Manuel Neuer delivering standout performances in goal.<\/p>\n<p>England captain Harry Kane and Kingsley Coman came close for Bayern, while PSG\u2019s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Bradley Barcola threatened on the break.<\/p>\n<p>Doue eventually broke the deadlock in the 78th minute after Kane lost possession, and the 20-year-old lashed in a low drive at the near post.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern nearly found an equaliser, but Pacho\u2019s dismissal for a high tackle in the 83rd minute gave the German side renewed hope.<\/p>\n<p>Kane had a goal ruled out for offside before Hernandez was also sent off for elbowing an opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the numerical disadvantage, PSG sealed the win deep into stoppage time when Achraf Hakimi burst forward and set up Dembele, who slotted in the second and paid tribute to the late Jota with his celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Enrique\u2019s men will face the winner of Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund in Wednesday\u2019s semi-final at MetLife Stadium, New Jersey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adewunmi Oluwaseun\u00a0 Paris Saint-Germain booked their place in the semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich on Saturday, despite finishing the match with nine men. Goals from Desire Doue and substitute Ousmane Dembele secured the win for the UEFA Champions League holders at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":69788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-69787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69789,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69787\/revisions\/69789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}