PSG on the brink of historic quadruple

European champion thrashes Madrid on march to Club World Cup final clash with Chelsea

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey — Decked out in their team's iconic "Midnight Navy" shirts, Paris Saint-Germain supporters were engulfed in a sea of white.

Real Madrid fans accounted for 95 percent of the crowd at MetLife Stadium for Wednesday's Club World Cup semifinal, the jerseys of Los Blancos radiant in the bright summer sun. Yet, it was PSG fans in a couple of sections behind one goal who cheered virtually from start to finish as their team moved within one win of a historic quadruple.

A 4-0 rout of Real Madrid in a Club World Cup semifinal, following a 5-0 wipeout of Inter Milan in the Champions League final, reinforced PSG's status as, arguably, the dominant soccer team of the mid-2020s.