PSG vs Atletico Madrid: FIFA Club World Cup – teams, start, preview, stream

Who: Paris Saint-Germain vs Atletico Madrid
What: FIFA Club World Cup 2025
Where: Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, United States
When: Sunday, June 15, 12:00pm PDT kickoff (19:00 GMT)

How to travel our coverage: We’ll person each the build-up from 6pm (16:00 GMT) connected Al Jazeera Sport.

Freshly crowned kings of Europe, Paris Saint-Germain, are treating FIFA’s lucrative new-look FIFA Club World Club not arsenic a nuisance astatine the extremity of an exhausting play but arsenic a superior objective.

“I deliberation it is an unthinkable competition,” PSG manager Luis Enrique said of the Club World Cup successful the contiguous aftermath of his team’s UEFA Champions League triumph successful Munich.

“Our purpose is to beryllium competitory and effort to triumph a 5th trophy of the season.”

The Qatar-backed French giants could beryllium forgiven for wanting immoderate clip to bask successful the glory of their 5-0 triumph implicit Inter Milan successful Munich, which allowed them to yet triumph the Champions League for the archetypal clip successful their history.

Paris St Germain’s Achraf Hakimi arrives successful Los Angeles up of the Club World Cup [Daniel Cole/Reuters]

There had been galore agonising failures successful Europe’s elite nine competition, arsenic good arsenic billions of euros spent connected transportation fees for stars similar Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, anterior to skipper Marquinhos raising the trophy aloft.

“We person made past for the club, for the metropolis and for the full country,” defender Lucas Hernandez told the sports regular L’Equipe, aft the PSG squad paraded their trophy down the Champs-Elysees avenue successful Paris, attended a reception with President Emmanuel Macron and celebrated with astir 50,000 fans astatine their Parc des Princes stadium.

PSG players observe with the trophy aft winning the Champions League last against Inter Milan [Michael Probst/AP]

Will PSG play their prima names astatine the Club World Cup?

PSG person played 58 matches since past August, and besides swept each the disposable home trophies successful France this season, arsenic has go the norm successful caller years.

But determination is simply nary clip to halt and reflect.

Many of their players, including Champions League last leader Desire Doue, spent past week connected planetary work earlier returning to their nine and departing for Los Angeles, wherever they volition statesman their FIFA Club World Cup escapade this weekend.

“The tourney itself is simply a truly charismatic prospect,” Luis Enrique told FIFA.com.

“We person to onslaught the equilibrium betwixt managing the carnal and intelligence fatigue we’re experiencing present astatine the extremity of a agelong play and harnessing the information that comes with being progressive successful the competition.”

Paris Saint-Germain CEO Victoriano Melero and Adrien Frier, the French consul-general successful Los Angeles, airs for a representation successful Beverly Hills [Rory Carroll/Reuters]

PSG’s opening crippled is against different European heavyweight arsenic they take connected Antoine Griezmann’s Atletico Madrid astatine the Rose Bowl successful Pasadena, conscionable extracurricular Los Angeles, connected Sunday.

They volition past besides look South American champions Botafogo, of Brazil, earlier moving northbound to instrumentality connected Seattle Sounders successful their remaining Group B matches.

Expected to suffice for the knockout signifier without excessively galore issues, PSG could extremity up playing a full of 7 matches if they marque it each the mode to the last successful New York connected July 13 – conscionable a period earlier their scheduled archetypal crippled of adjacent play successful the UEFA Supercup against Tottenham Hotspur.

Have PSG made immoderate caller signings since their Champions League win?

The strain of specified a agelong run is telling, with Ousmane Dembele – their apical scorer this play with 33 goals – struggling with an wounded picked up playing for France past week.

They did not negociate to adhd immoderate caller players to their squad during the little transportation model that opened astatine the commencement of this period up of the tournament. Reported involvement successful Bournemouth’s Ukrainian defender, Illia Zabarnyi, did not crook into thing concrete.

But the rewards for occurrence successful the Club World Cup are enticing and should beryllium capable to support Luis Enrique’s squad focused connected their objective, with up to a stunning $125 cardinal successful prize wealth connected connection for the best-performing European squad if they negociate to spell each the way.

Paris Saint-Germain players get successful Los Angeles connected a Qatar Airways aeroplane with the PSG and Champions League logos up of the Club World Cup [Daniel Cole/Reuters]

Paris Saint-Germain (France) afloat squad:

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matvey Safonov, Arnau Tenas
Defenders: Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Lucas Peraldo, Presnel Kimpembe, Nuno Mendes, Lucas Hernandez, William Pacho, Noham Kamara
Midfielders: Gabriel Moscardo, Fabian Ruiz, Joao Neves, Senny Mayulu, Warren Zaire-Emery, Vitinha
Forwards: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Goncalo Ramos, Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue, Lee Kang-In, Bradley Barcola, Ibrahim Mbaye

Atletico Madrid (Spain) afloat squad:

Goalkeepers: Joan Musso, Jan Oblak, Antonio Gomis, Salvi Esquivel
Defenders: Jose Maria Gimenez, Cesar Azpilicueta, Clement Lenglet, Nahuel Molina, Axel Witsel, Javi Galan, Reinildo, Robin Le Normand, Ilias Kostis
Midfielders: Conor Gallagher, Rodrigo De Paul, Koke, Pablo Barrios, Thomas Lemar, Samu Lino, Marcos Llorente, Rodrigo Riquelme, Javi Serrano, Taufik Seidu, Rayane Belaid
Forwards: Antoine Griezmann, Alexander Sorloth, Angel Correa, Carlos Martin, Julian Alvarez, Guiliano Simeone