PSG v England: Chelsea won’t be the last in 2025 | OneFootball

Paris Saint-Germain are one game away from being crowned club world champions, but there’s a familiar theme running through their journey - another clash with an English side.

Luis Enrique’s men face Chelsea this Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup and remarkably, it’ll be their eighth match against English opposition this calendar year.

If it feels like PSG have been playing the Premier League on loop lately, it’s because they practically have. This will be their fifth different English opponent in 2025, and if they beat Chelsea, they’ll complete a near full house of English giants conquered in a single season.

Their Champions League run alone read like a tour of the Premier League’s European representatives. They dispatched Manchester City, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal en route to lifting the trophy in Munich.

Against City, it was a thrilling 4-2 win that lit the spark. Liverpool nearly tripped them up, nicking a late first-leg goal, but PSG held their nerve at Anfield - Ousmane Dembele equalised, and Gigi Donnarumma came up big in the penalty shootout.

Villa gave them their biggest scare. After looking home and dry with a 5-1 aggregate lead, PSG wobbled in the second half of the return leg, conceding three and just about hanging on. It was a real wake-up call - and they responded.

The semi-final against Arsenal saw them back to their ruthless best. Dembele stunned the Emirates inside three minutes, and they defended their narrow advantage with impressive maturity. Back in Paris, they wrapped it up with a 2-1 win, booking their spot in the final - where they didn’t just beat Inter Milan, they destroyed them 5-0.

Now, only Chelsea stand in the way of yet another title. And should PSG prevail at the 82,500-capacity MetLife Stadium, it would not only cap off an extraordinary season.

Next month, PSG will contest the UEFA Super Cup in Udine against none other than Tottenham - the Europa League winners - which means six different English clubs faced in a single year.

That August fixture will also be record-breaking. PSG will become the first non-UK team in history to play nine matches against English opposition in a single calendar year - overtaking the record they’ll equal this weekend, shared with Reggiana (1978) and Bayer Leverkusen (2002).

If anyone’s still wondering whether PSG can handle English opposition, July 13 and August 13 will offer two more chances for them to prove it.