PSG vs. Madrid and Fluminense vs. Chelsea, Club World Cup semi-finals: when will they be played?

Real Madrid will face Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, July 9, at MetLife Stadium in New York. The two reigning European champions will face each other in the Club World Cup semi-finals, which begin on Tuesday, July 8, with the clash between Fluminense and Chelsea at the same venue.

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Real Madrid's 3-2 victory over Borussia Dortmund and PSG's 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich on Saturday provide a clash between the two most recent Champions League winners, a reunion for Kylian Mbappé with his former team, and a reunion for Real Madrid with Luis Enrique Martínez.

PSG's Spanish coach will be without two starting defenders in the semifinals: Ecuadorian Willian Pacho, who was sent off with a straight red card in the 81st minute for a harsh tackle on Leon Goretzka, and Frenchman Lucas Hernández, who was sent off in stoppage time for elbowing an opponent.

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Xabi Alonso, meanwhile, lost Dean Huijsen, who was also sent off with a direct red card in the 96th minute of the quarter-finals after committing a penalty.

Real Madrid and PSG have faced each other twelve times, in a head-to-head relationship that began in March 1993, with a record of five wins for the Spanish team, four for the French team, and three draws.

The first semi-final of the Club World Cup will be played on Tuesday in New York, with Brazil's Fluminense and England's Chelsea the first two teams vying for a place in the final, which will be played on Sunday, July 13 at MetLife Stadium in New York.

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