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 Stade Bollaert-Delelis, in Lens, hosted the match. | |||||||
| Event | Trophée des Champions | ||||||
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| 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 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
editIn 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
editThe 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
editSummary
editMauro 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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Match rules
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Notes
edit- ^ a b The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
- ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Le Trophée des champions PSG - OM en… janvier ?". Eurosport (in French). 26 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Neymar and Icardi fire Pochettino to first title". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Trois pistes pour le Trophée des champions 2020 : Abidjan, Minneapolis ou... la France - Foot - T. champions". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ SPORT, RMC. "PSG: vers un Trophée des champions contre l'OM en janvier 2021". RMC SPORT (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Marseille: Icardi and Neymar deliver Pochettino's first managerial trophy". Goal.com. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "With Neymar back in action, PSG defeats Marseille to win French Champions Trophy". France 24. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Neymar on the spot as PSG beat Marseille to give Pochettino first trophy". ESPN. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
External links
edit- Official website (in French)