PSG vs Atletico Madrid – Club World Cup LIVE SCORE: Fabian Ruiz and Vitinha gives Champions League winners lead
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE winners PSG open up their Club World Cup campaign with a tricky test against Spanish giants Atletico Madrid - and the match is on RIGHT NOW!
Luiz Enrique's red-hot side will be oozing with confidence as they go into this tournament off the back of a treble-winning season, having secured Ligue 1, the French Cup, and the Champions League.
And it was a record-breaking Champions League final win as the Desire Doué's double fired the Parisians to a staggering 5-0 victory against Inter Milan.
However, Atletico own the current bragging rights as Nahuel Molina and Angel Correa's strikes, fired the La Liga heavyweights to a marginal 2-1 win when the sides last met in November 2024.
Follow ALL the action from this Club World Cup match with our live blog below...
Today, 19:58 By Zorawar Assi
Moments away from Kick off
The game is about to get underway as both teams emerge from the tunnels right now.
The game of the competition so far!
Today, 19:28 By Nyle Smith
Club World Cup prize money
Here is a full breakdown of what each club could earn from every round:
*Note: prize money accumulates as a club progresses
Group stage (three matches) $2m/£1.4m win or $1m/£746k draw
Round of 16 + $7.5m/£5.5m
Quarter-final + $13.125m/£9.7m
Semi-final + $21.0m/£15.6m
Finalist + $30m/£22.3m
Winner + $40m/£29.8m
Today, 19:12 By Nyle Smith
Last time out
PSG may have won the Champions League, but their campaign got off to a torrid start and that included a last-gasp 2-1 home defeat to Atletico Madrid.
Warren Zaire-Emery's opener was quickly cancelled out by the visitors' Nahuel Molina in the first half
And then Angel Correa stabbed home the winner three minutes into added time.
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PSG and Atletico Madrid face off tonight in a thrilling Club World Cup contest at the Rose Bowl - and we'll be all over it!
This is both clubs' debut at the Club World Cup, but PSG would have been taking part in its old format later this year regardless, after their incredible Champions League triumph at the end of May.
And both teams are expected to qualify for the knockout stages after being drawn in Group B along with Botafogo and Seattle Sanders.
Enrique's men enjoyed the perfect season, winning Ligue 1 by 19 points, collecting another Coupe de France with consummate ease, before making light work of Inter Milan in the Champions League final, setting a record-high scoreline by thrashing the Nerazzurri 5-0.
Those five goals added to a season-long tally of 152 scored by PSG, who were a joy to watch, especially for the neutral, as they have also only kept three clean sheets in their last 12 games.
Ironically, they were unable to keep Atletico at bay when they met during the league phase of the Champions League as Diego Simeone's men completed a customary smash-and-grab win over the Parisians at the Parc des Princes.
But this is most certainly a more confident PSG side with a dangerous trio of Desire Doue, Ousmane Dembele and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia up top.
However, potential Ballon d'Or winner Dembele is a doubt for this match so Luiz Enrique may have to rethink his starting line-up.
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