Two European powers go at it with a spot in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final on the line, as Paris Saint-Germain squares off with Real Madrid on Wednesday. Both sides got to this point by playing in a couple of wild quarterfinals last Saturday.

Real Madrid faced a nervous last minute of the game but sneaked through to the Club World Cup semi-final stage. They beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2, dominating the

Los Blancos have won their last three matches by a combined score of 7-1, and their latest result, a 1-0 victory over Juventus in the Round of 16, was their most impressive performance of the tournament. Madrid has shown some understandable growing pains under new manager Xabi Alonso, but things have sharpened up with each passing match.