The semifinals of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup have a UEFA Champions League feel to them. Fifteen-time UCL winner Real Madrid and newly-crowned UCL champion Paris Saint-Germain face off in the marquee match of the two semifinals.

Dean Huijsen’s late red card in the quarterfinals against Borussia Dortmund will rule him out of Real Madrid’s semifinal clash with Paris Saint-Germain in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. It was a costly mistake, with the team comfortably ahead by two goals and only minutes remaining.

PSG, the reigning UEFA Champions League winner, dismantled Lionel Messi and Inter Miami in the round of 16 with four goals in the first half of a 4-0 victory, while Bayern took down Brazilian side Flamengo 4-2 to set up the showdown with a familiar European foe.