The semifinals of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup have a UEFA Champions League feel to them. Fifteen-time UCL winner Real Madrid and newly-crowned UCL champion Paris Saint-Germain face off in the marquee match of the two semifinals.

Real Madrid edged past Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in a dramatic Club World Cup quarter-final on Saturday to set up a semi-final against Paris St Germain.

Kylian Mbappe scored his first Club World Cup goal as Real Madrid edged out Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in a quarter-final thriller at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. In what was, for the most part, a relatively comfortable sail into the last four for Xabi Alonso’s side, second-half injury time was where the game finally ignited.