“Full credit to Seattle, said Trainor, the Player of the Match. “We knew after the last time we played them they were going to go all the way to that final whistle, and they did.

Seattle, who needed to beat PSG by a margin of three goals or more to even stand a chance of progressing, exit the Club World Cup winless after three games played in their home stadium.

As a Seattle lineout throw did not go straight, the Warriors ran the clock down before Hodgson sent the ball into the stands to pure elation. “We made it hard on ourselves, but we got there in ...