2020 Trophée des Champions

2020 Trophée des Champions

The Stade Bollaert-Delelis, in Lens, hosted the match.
Event	Trophée des Champions
Paris Saint-Germain Marseille 2 1
Date	13 January 2021
Venue	Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France
Man of the Match	Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain)[1]
Referee	Ruddy Buquet[2]
Attendance	0[note 1]

The 2020 Trophée des Champions (transl. 2020 Champions Trophy) was the 25th edition of the French super cup. The match was contested by the 2019–20 Ligue 1 champions and 2019–20 Coupe de France winners Paris Saint-Germain, and the Ligue 1 runners-up Marseille.^[3][4]

The match marked the 99th time Classique rivals Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille played against each other and the second time in the Trophée des Champions, after their first meeting in 2010.

Paris Saint-Germain were the seven-time defending champions. They won the match 2–1 for their tenth Trophée des Champions title.^[5]

The match was televised live on the new French joint venture TF1-Mediapro's football channel Téléfoot and other international broadcasters throughout several countries as the part of the four-year LFP broadcasting rights package contracts.^[6]

Host selection

In February 2020, the LFP evokes three venues for hosting the 2020 Champions Trophy to take place originally on 1 August 2020, such as: both venues at the outside France (Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire and Minneapolis in USA) and Bordeaux in France.^[7]

For the first time since 2008, a French Super Cup match was held in France.

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic

The decision for host venue was originally to be taken in the spring but the three cities were not chosen due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the match was postponed to January 2021.^[8]

Match

Summary

Mauro Icardi opened the scoring in the 39th minute when his header from a cross from the right was initially saved and pushed onto the post by goalkeeper Steve Mandanda, he followed up to tap in the rebound from a yard out.^[9] Neymar made it 2–0 in the 85th minute with a penalty, sending the goalkeeper the wrong way to shoot into the right corner of the net after Mauro Icardi had been brought down by Yohann Pelé.^[10] Dimitri Payet got a goal back for Marseille in the 89th minute when he finished to the left corner of the net from six yards out after a low cross from the right.^[11]

Details

13 January 2021 (2021-01-13)

21:00 CET

Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Marseille
Icardi 39' Neymar 85' (pen.)	Report	Payet 89'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Paris Saint-Germain

Marseille

GK 1 Keylor Navas RB 24 Alessandro Florenzi CB 5 Marquinhos (c) CB 22 Abdou Diallo LB 20 Layvin Kurzawa  65' CM 21 Ander Herrera  90' CM 8 Leandro Paredes  88' RW 11 Ángel Di María  65' AM 6 Marco Verratti LW 7 Kylian Mbappé  90+4' CF 9 Mauro Icardi  88' Substitutes: GK 16 Sergio Rico DF 3 Presnel Kimpembe  65' DF 25 Mitchel Bakker DF 32 Timothée Pembélé MF 15 Danilo Pereira  88' MF 19 Pablo Sarabia  90' MF 23 Julian Draxler FW 10 Neymar  65' FW 18 Moise Kean  88' Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

GK 30 Steve Mandanda (c)  46' RB 2 Hiroki Sakai CB 3 Álvaro  77' CB 15 Duje Ćaleta-Car LB 25 Yuto Nagatomo  26'  66' DM 4 Boubacar Kamara CM 21 Valentin Rongier  80' CM 22 Pape Gueye  56' RW 26 Florian Thauvin CF 10 Dimitri Payet LW 7 Nemanja Radonjić  17'  56' Substitutes: GK 16 Yohann Pelé  46' DF 5 Leonardo Balerdi DF 29 Pol Lirola  72'  66' MF 8 Morgan Sanson  56' MF 17 Michaël Cuisance MF 24 Saîf-Eddine Khaoui FW 9 Darío Benedetto  56' FW 23 Marley Aké FW 28 Valère Germain  80' Manager: André Villas-Boas

Man of the Match: Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Guillaume Debart Benjamin Pages Fourth official:[2] Mikaël Lesage Video assistant referee:[2] Willy Delajod Assistant video assistant referee:[2] Alexandre Castro

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.[note 2]

Notes

1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
2. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References

1. "Mauro Icardi MVP du Trophée des Champions" [Icardi elected MVP of Trophée des Champions]. LFP.fr (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
2. Coudert, Valentin (7 January 2021). "Trophée des Champions: Buquet pour la finale" [Trophée des Champions: Buquet for the final]. FFF.fr (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
3. "Paris récupère sa Coupe de France après un match plus haché que sexy". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 25 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
4. "Le Trophée des champions PSG - OM en… janvier ?". Eurosport (in French). 26 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
5. "Neymar and Icardi fire Pochettino to first title". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
6. "Mediapro s'offre les multiplex de Ligue 1, le Trophée des champions et les barrages - Foot - L1". L'Équipe (in French). 20 December 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
7. "Trois pistes pour le Trophée des champions 2020 : Abidjan, Minneapolis ou... la France - Foot - T. champions". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
8. SPORT, RMC. "PSG: vers un Trophée des champions contre l'OM en janvier 2021". RMC SPORT (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
9. "Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Marseille: Icardi and Neymar deliver Pochettino's first managerial trophy". Goal.com. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
10. "With Neymar back in action, PSG defeats Marseille to win French Champions Trophy". France 24. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
11. "Neymar on the spot as PSG beat Marseille to give Pochettino first trophy". ESPN. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

External links

• Official website (in French)