Neves scores two as PSG thrash Inter Miami to reach Club World Cup quarters

Paris Saint-Germain expanse speech Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami 4-0 to acceptable up past 8 clash with Bayern Munich oregon Flamengo.

Paris Saint-Germain person thrashed their erstwhile subordinate Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami 4-0 successful the past 16 of the Club World Cup with Joao Neves scoring doubly en way to victory.

A Miami ain extremity and a onslaught by Achraf Hakimi widened the borderline to 4 by halftime at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium connected Sunday.

The European champions volition look the victor betwixt Bayern Munich and Flamengo successful the quarterfinals connected Saturday.

Oscar Ustari made six saves for Inter Miami portion PSG’s Gianluigi Donnarumma had to marque conscionable 3 aft Miami were held without a changeable attempted for the archetypal 50 minutes. The lucifer was Messi’s archetypal clip facing PSG since leaving the nine and coming to the United States 2 years ago.

Desire Doue won PSG a escaped footwear conscionable extracurricular the punishment country little than 5 minutes into the match. Vitinha took the footwear and connected with Neves, who headed it connected the tally crossed Ustari’s assemblage and into the net.

Miami defender Noah Allen took a tumble and subbed retired owed to wounded successful the 19th minute. His replacement, Tomas Aviles, instantly earned a yellowish paper by tripping up Nuno Mendes.

PSG continued to power play until Neves doubled the vantage successful the 39th minute. Fabian Ruiz dispossessed Sergio Busquets, and a speedy passing series freed up Neves for an unfastened changeable from the centre of the box.

Aviles’s unfortunate lucifer continued erstwhile helium accidentally chested a PSG transverse implicit his ain extremity enactment successful the 44th minute.

Moments later, PSG’s Bradley Barcola made a cleanable tally to person a walk heavy successful the box, and helium passed it backmost to Hakimi.

His archetypal changeable ricocheted disconnected Ustari’s caput and the crossbar, but Hakimi scored his ain rebound for a 4-0 advantage.

Hakimi scores PSG’s 4th extremity [Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters]

After a quiescent archetypal half, Messi was credited with Miami’s archetypal changeable effort successful the 51st infinitesimal erstwhile helium had a left-footer deflected implicit the net.

Inter Miami’s champion accidental came aboriginal successful the 2nd half.

A Messi walk to Luis Suarez sent him wide astatine the broadside of the net, but the shot slid harmlessly disconnected his ft without a shot. The 38-year-old striker kicked a h2o vessel implicit the obstruction successful frustration, summing up the time for Inter Miami.

Messi yet connected with Inter Miami’s archetypal changeable connected extremity successful the 63rd minute, but it was easy scooped up by goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Messi had different accidental connected a header with astir 10 minutes remaining, forcing Donnarumma to marque a diving prevention successful the lone existent menace to his 3rd cleanable expanse of the tournament.

Neves said it was a precise “positive” time for PSG.

“It is the archetypal clip I person scored 2 [goals] successful 1 game, truthful I americium precise happy. But I americium happier for the win,” helium told DAZN.

“We person the aforesaid assurance [as before]. We volition play our game, nary substance against who [our opponents are]. We are bushed now, but we volition retrieve [before the quarterfinal].”

Inter Miami’s manager Javier Mascherano told DAZN that the crippled was a bully learning acquisition for his side.

“We knew contiguous was going to beryllium very, precise difficult. They [PSG] are astir apt the champion squad successful the world,” helium said. “In the 2nd half, we tried to play and amusement our worth.”

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