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Nine-man PSG hold off Bayern Munich to reach Club World Cup semi-finals

  • Quarter-final: Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 Bayern Munich

  • Doué 78, Dembélé 90+6

PSG were a goal up and two men down, deep into stoppage time, when they went on one last run of hundreds here. Suddenly, as had happened so many times in a breathless afternoon in Atlanta the pitch had opened up and footballer’s flew into the space. They should have been exhausted, barely able to move, but off went Vitinha through the middle, Ousmane Dembélé sprinting up alongside. He smashed the crossbar with the first shot but this wasn’t done just yet; Achraf Hakimi got possession back, dribbled through three men and set up Dembélé to score the goal that ended it.

Actually, ended might not be the word because although that was the 96th minute, there was still time for Bayern to have a penalty given to them and then taken away again. But after Désiré Doué had got the opener on 78 minutes, Dembélé had secured PSG’s passage to the Club World Cup semi-final. Bayern were out. Worse, they had seen Jamal Musiala carried off at half-time, having suffered a horrific broken ankle after a challenge from Gianluigi Donnarumma who, seeing the grim sight of his opponent’s foot facing the wrong way, had been left close to tears.

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