2020 Trophée des Champions

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]

2020 Trophée des Champions
The Stade Bollaert-Delelis, in Lens, hosted the match.
EventTrophée des Champions
Date13 January 2021
VenueStade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France
Man of the MatchMauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain)[1]
RefereeRuddy Buquet[2]
Attendance0[note 1]
2019
2021

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

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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

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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

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Summary

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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

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Paris Saint-Germain2–1Marseille
Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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

Notes

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  1. ^ a b 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

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d e 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.
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