PSG Don't Skip a Beat

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The FC crew react to PSG's 4-0 victory over Atletico Madrid and argue if Luis Enrique's side are the favorites to win the FIFA Club World Cup. Plus, the guys react to Mauricio Pochettino saying Christian Pulisc and other USMNT players can't choose when they want to play for the national team. Plus, Julien Laurens breaks down Mathys Tel's move to Spurs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.1	Welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC. I'm Dan Thomas, joined the studio today by Shaka here.
0:38.6	So we'll kick things off in California.
0:41.7	PSG taking on Athletica in Madrid in the opening round of matches of the Club World Cup.
0:46.9	And this would be very similar field to what we saw, of course, in the Champions League final.
0:52.0	PSG completely dominant this time of Athlete.
0:55.0	There were 2-0 up, deservedly so going into the break.
0:58.0	Athlete got back into it a little bit in the second half,
1:01.0	but in the end two late goals gave Luis Sennrique's side a convincing 4-0 victory.
1:07.0	Frank LeBuff joins us as Giulian Laurent. Jules, bat like you never left.
1:15.9	Yeah, and PSG, as impressive as they showed in 2025, really. He was a game that was probably
1:21.5	over a half-time. They were very dominant, very good with the ball, controlling the pace of the
1:26.8	game. The kickoff was at 12
1:28.4	on the West Coast, so really early, it was already very hot. And considering they had zero
1:34.5	holidays for much of their squads, really since the season ended domestically, I thought
1:40.4	they showed really good resilience and physicality in the first half. The second half was under control anyway. But the first half, I thought they showed really good resilience and physicality in the first half.
1:45.4	The second half was under control anyway, but the first half I thought was really impressive.
1:48.9	Were you surprised how good they were, Frank?
1:52.8	Well, I was surprised because I thought, you know, because winning of the Champions League
1:58.0	and winning everything in a domestic way would have allowed them to enjoy
2:04.3	and to celebrate it.
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