Paris Saint-Germain made a statement in their Club World Cup debut with a commanding 4-0 win over Atlético Madrid at the Rose Bowl. Fabián Ruiz opened the scoring with a long-range strike, and Vitinha doubled the lead just before the break after a Griezmann error sparked a ruthless counter.

The swathes of empty seats during the FIFA Club World Cup match between Chelsea and Los Angeles FC have been criticised by fans, who blamed the governing body for ‘screwing up’ the tournament.

The summer of soccer will take a new look this year with the FIFA Club World Cup, which comes to the U.S. for the first edition of the expanded competition that will see 32 teams from around the world compete for a share of the $1 billion prize purse.

Fabian Ruiz and Vitinha put PSG 2-0 up before half-time, with Senny Mayulu and Lee Kang-in rounding out an emphatic victory for PSG late on, after Clement Lenglet had seen red

PSG are expected to target a center-back this summer, and Bournemouth defender Illya Zabarnyi has emerged as a standout option. But signing the Ukrainian defender won’t be easy. The Parisians leaned into a youth-driven approach last year,

Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, two of the best clubs in the world, are showing their early dominance at the tournament. Meanwhile, some non-European squads, such as Brazilian club Palmeiras and Botafogo, are putting up strong performances to open the group stage.

Freshly crowned kings of Europe, Paris Saint-Germain arrived this week in the United States for the Club World Cup and are treating FIFA's lucrative new competition not as a nuisance at the end of an exhausting season but as a serious objective.