Overview
- The first expanded 32-team Club World Cup, staged in the U.S. with a $1 billion prize fund, advances to semifinals pitting Real Madrid against PSG and Chelsea against Fluminense.
- Real Madrid edged Borussia Dortmund 3-2 at Meadowlands Stadium thanks to first-half goals by Gonzalo and Fran García, a stoppage-time Mbappé strike, and a last-second save by Thibaut Courtois.
- Paris Saint-Germain secured a 2-0 quarterfinal win over Bayern Munich with late goals from Désiré Doué and Ousmane Dembélé.
- Bayern’s Jamal Musiala suffered a fractured fibula and ligament damage in his collision with Donnarumma and faces a four-to-five-month recovery.
- Manuel Neuer publicly faulted Donnarumma’s challenge for Musiala’s injury while Thibaut Courtois defended the PSG goalkeeper as unlucky in a routine aerial duel.