by East Rutherford, NJ (AP)-Fabián Ruiz scored twice when Paris Saint-Germain built a lead of three goals in the first 24 minutes and strived on Wednesday Real Madrid 4-0, on the way to the World Cup final against Chelsea.
Ruiz scored in the sixth minute and Ousmane Dembélé in the ninth after striking errors by defenders Raúl Asencio and Antonio Rüdiger, and Ruiz brought the score to 3-0 to cover a counter. Gonçalo Ramos added a goal in the 87th.
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From his first European title, PSG will play for the championship on Sunday.
Real did no better than Inter Milan, flooded by PSG 5-0 in the final of the Champions League. The 15-times European champion looked slow after traveling to Florida for training between games, and PSG had 76.5% owned in the first half.
A crowd of 77,542 was on a burning day in Metlife Stadium with a temperature of 91 degrees Fahrenheit (33 Celsius) at kick -off and humidity, making it felt like 101 (38).
Real’s Kylian Mbappe was not a threat in his first game against his former team.
Luka Modrić came in the 64th in probably his last match for Madrid, his team since 2012. Eer Militão arrived at the same time in his first game since he tore his judge ACL on November 9.
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PSG rose ahead after the cross of Lucas Beraldo was incorrectly hit by Raúl Asencio, Thibaut Courtois tipped the ball of Dembélé and Ruiz hit him in the empty net.
Dembélé then decreased about 40 meters after a rüdiger mis any hit, dribbled and walked past Courtois.
PSG went over the length of the field to make it 3-0. Hakimi exchanged passes with Dembélé, then crossed to Ruiz, who maintained control despite the challenge of Federico Valverde and scored from 8 Yards for his third goal of the tournament.
Important moment
The defense of Madrid missed Dean Huijsen, who received a red card against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, and Trent Alexander-Arnold, who had muscle ponflow with right leg.
Take -away meals
Paris Saint-Germain earned $ 88,435,000 to $ 113,815,000 for reaching the final, the amount depending on participation costs.
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