Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored in the first half, Achraf Hakimi hit the second and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) insured his place in the last 16 of the FIFA Club World Cup with a 2-0 win over the Sattle Sounders on Monday afternoon.
Gianluigi Donnarumma kept his second clean sheet of the tournament for the Sounders Home supporters of the Sounders without making a save, because PSG (2-1-0, 6 points) closed his group B campaign and returned from a 1-0 defeat to Botafogo on Thursday.
As a group winner it will be confronted with Inter Miami, which was held into a 2-2 draw with Palmeiras.
Seattle (0-3-0, 0 points) became the second MLS team that was eliminated after the exit of Lafc after the 0-1 loss for Es Tunis in Group D on Thursday.
The goal of Hakimi came except for a fast counterparties one of the best chances of the Sounders. In the end, Bradley Barcola slalved from the left in the penalty area and then chose Hakimi on the other side of the box.
Hakimi had time to take a composing touch before he shot out in an emphatic finish from about 10 meters.
As expected, PSG had most of the early chances. Douse Doue’s effort forced Stefan Frei in a vast air saving in the 12th minute.
But the sounders had some success with pressure and took almost a shocking lead in the 19th minute after he had transferred PSG on the edge of his own box – only for Jesus Ferreira to fire his hurried effort high off the target.
And the Parisians were lucky with their 35th minute breakthrough. Vitinha’s first strike from the edge of the criminal area through the traffic seemed to be the right pole wide. Instead, it hit the back of Kvaratskhelia, so that it is neatly inside the upright before Frei could respond.
PSG doubled his lead almost twice, early in the second half. After a promising attack on the left, Doue’s 56th minute attempt of approximately 10 meters was blocked by Nouhou’s critical vast intervention. Four minutes later, Joao Neves Hakimi’s Outswing -Service from the right -wide of the left pole fucking.
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