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champions and

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winners

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, and the Ligue 1 runners-up

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. 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

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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

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's football channel

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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. 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

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and the match was postponed to January 2021.

Match

Summary

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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

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, he followed up to tap in the rebound from a yard out.

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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

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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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