Real Madrid sank on Wednesday on the lawn of the Metlife Stadium. Opposed to PSG in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, the Merengues were wandered by the Parisians and ten minutes were enough to seal the victory of the capital's club.
After two serious alerts, the men of Xavi Alonso conceded two goals in three minutes, caused by two huge blunders of Raul Asencio and Antonio Rüdiger. PSG did not ask for time and after having tripled the bet before half an hour of play thanks to a marvel of collective movement, the European champions could already lift their foot.
The Madrids seemed unable to be dangerous and Gianluigi Donnarumma did not even have to work to preserve the quiet victory of his family. The observation of helplessness was terrible and the Madrid press did not fail to emphasize it as soon as the end of the match.
“Real Madrid has been crushed”
WhileAS evoked on his website a “Collective suicide”, Marca evoked the “Terrible lesson” received by Madrilenians, writing: “Xabi Alonso was able to measure everything that was missing from his team to be able to compete with the best in Europe. Real was grinded as it was already the case this season against Barça or against Arsenal. »»
The tone is a little less severe in one of the two Madrid newspapers. “A very tender Madrid, a very hard farewell”title as well Marca In reference to the farewells of Luka Modrc,
AS opting for a sober “A hammer blow to learn”. The Catalan press is more acerbic. “A global beating”, thus spreads into one of Sport, Mundo Deportivo titling for his part “Madrid took the broth.”