The 2020 Trophée des Champions () was the 25th edition of the
French super cup. The match was contested by the
2019–20 Ligue 1
The 2019–20 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Conforama for sponsorship reasons, was a French association football tournament within Ligue 1. It was the 82nd season since its establishment. The season began on 9 August 2019 and ended abruptl ...
champions and
2019–20 Coupe de France
The 2019–20 Coupe de France was the 103rd season of the main football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and was open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overse ...
winners
Paris Saint-Germain, and the Ligue 1 runners-up
Marseille.
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
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Paris Saint-Germain were the seven-time defending champions. They won the match 2–1 for their tenth Trophée des Champions title.
The match was televised live on the new French joint venture
TF1
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TF1 is par ...
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Mediapro's football channel
Téléfoot
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and other international broadcasters throughout several countries as the part of the four-year
LFP broadcasting rights package contracts.
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.
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.
Match
Summary
Mauro Icardi
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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.
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.
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.
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2020
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2020–21 in French football
Paris Saint-Germain F.C. matches
Olympique de Marseille matches
Association football events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic