João Neves scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain swept aside Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami 4-0 at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday to secure their place in the Club World Cup quarterfinals with ruthless efficiency.
Reuters reports that the French side asserted their dominance within six minutes, with Neves moving unmarked to the far post to power home a precise header from a free kick. Neves doubled PSG’s lead in the 39th minute following a well-worked attack involving Bradley Barcola and Fabián Ruiz.
Any hope of a Miami comeback were extinguished in the first half as Messi and company barely got a look in, and their misery deepened further when Tomás Avilés scored an own goal before Achraf Hakimi added a fourth on the stroke of halftime.
The Champions League winners marched on towards the quarter-finals, where they will face the winners of the clash between Flamengo and Bayern Munich.
