Updated / Sunday, 6 Jul 2025 00:07
Nine-man **Paris St-Germain** booked a Club World Cup semi-final showdown with Real Madrid after a remarkable 2-0 victory over **Bayern Munich**.
Goals from Desire Doue and substitute Ousmane Dembele at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta ended a run of four successive wins for the German champions over their French counterparts, who had Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernandez sent off late on.
Bayern's misery was compounded by a potentially serious injury to Jamal Musiala, who was carried from the field on a stretcher after a collision with keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, a correctly disallowed Harry Kane equaliser and a rescinded penalty.
Doue struck with 12 minutes remaining, but the game came to a chaotic conclusion with Pacho receiving his marching orders for a high challenge on Leon Goretzka and substitute Hernandez for an elbow on Raphael Guerreiro.
There was still time for Dembele to increase quadruple-chasing PSG’s lead in the sixth minute of stoppage time, and Bayern’s misfortune continued when referee Anthony Taylor was advised to review his decision to award a last-gasp penalty for Nuno Mendes’ high challenge on Thomas Muller and changed his mind.
Luis Enrique’s men will now face Spanish giants **Real Madrid** at New York’s MetLife Stadium on Wednesday evening after they secured their passage courtesy of an eventful 3-2 win over **Borussia Dortmund**.
Kylian Mbappe’s late acrobatic volley proved to be the difference as his side almost made a mess of what should have been a regulation victory.
Cruising at 2-0, thanks to early goals from Gonzalo Garcia and Fran Garcia, they conceded twice in added time, Maximilian Beier reducing the deficit before Serhou Guirassy’s spot-kick, awarded against former Bournemouth defender Dean Huijsen, who was sent off for his pains.
Mbappe, who had missed the group stage through gastroenteritis, had intervened in spectacular style in the meantime, but his team needed a brilliant save by Thiabaut Courtois from Marcel Sabitzer’s final kick of the game to prevent extra-time.
More damaging than the appearance of the 3-2 scoreline will be the absence of Huijsen for Wednesday’s clash with PSG, who will themselves be without the suspended Pacho and Hernandez.