PSG bounce Sounders from CWC, take 1st in group

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored successful the archetypal half, Achraf Hakimi struck successful the 2nd and Paris Saint-Germain secured their spot successful the past 16 of the FIFA Club World Cup with a 2-0 triumph implicit the Seattle Sounders connected Monday afternoon.

Gianluigi Donnarumma kept his 2nd cleanable expanse of the tourney successful beforehand of the Sounders location supporters without having to marque a prevention arsenic PSG (2-1-0, 6 points) closed retired their Group B run and rebounded from a 1-0 decision to Botafogo connected Thursday.

They'll look a first- oregon second-place finisher from Group A successful a second-round lucifer either connected Saturday successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, oregon Sunday successful Atlanta, Georgia.

Seattle (0-3-0, 0 points) became the 2nd MLS squad to beryllium eliminated pursuing LAFC's exit aft their 1-0 nonaccomplishment to ES Tunis successful Group D connected Thursday. Inter Miami, which is guaranteed to beforehand with a gully against Palmeiras aboriginal Thursday successful Group A, could extremity up arsenic PSG's adjacent opponent.

Hakimi's extremity came connected a swift antagonistic moments aft 1 of the Sounders' champion chances. Eventually, Bradley Barcola slalomed into the punishment country from the left, past picked retired Hakimi connected the other broadside of the box.

Hakimi had clip to instrumentality a composing interaction earlier firing successful an emphatic decorativeness from astir 10 yards out.

As expected, PSG had the bulk of the aboriginal chances. Désiré Doué's effort forced Stefan Frei into a sprawling aerial prevention successful the 12th minute.

But the Sounders had immoderate occurrence pressing precocious and astir took a daze pb successful the 19th infinitesimal aft turning PSG implicit astatine the borderline of its ain container -- lone for Jesús Ferreira to occurrence his hurried effort good precocious of the target.

And Parisians were fortunate with their 35th infinitesimal breakthrough. Vitinha's archetypal onslaught from the borderline of the punishment country done postulation appeared to beryllium heading wide of the close post. Instead it struck Kvaratskhelia's back, redirecting it neatly wrong the upright earlier Frei could react.

Twice PSG astir doubled its pb aboriginal successful the second. After a promising onslaught down the left, Doue's 56th-minute effort from astir 10 yards was blocked by Nouhou's captious sprawling intervention. Four minutes later, João Neves volleyed Hakimi's outswinging work from the close conscionable wide of the near post.