PSG cruise past Atletico Madrid to get Club World Cup campaign off to perfect start
Atletico thought they had halved the deficit through Alvarez as Desire Doue was robbed by Koke, before Pablo Barrios fed Alvarez, who had peeled off his marker. The Argentine struck beyond Donnarumma, but the goal was chalked off by VAR for a foul on Doue by Koke, leaving Diego Simeone to sarcastically applaud on the touchline.
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