The 2020 Trophée des Champions () 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.
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.
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.
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 COVID-19 pandemic and the match was postponed to January 2021.
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. 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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GK 1 Keylor NavasRB 24 Alessandro FlorenziCB 5 Marquinhos (c)CB 22 Abdou DialloLB 20 Layvin Kurzawa CM 21 Ander Herrera CM 8 Leandro Paredes RW 11 Ángel Di María AM 6 Marco VerrattiLW 7 Kylian Mbappé CF 9 Mauro Icardi Substitutes:GK 16 Sergio RicoDF 3 Presnel Kimpembe DF 25 Mitchel BakkerDF 32 Timothée PembéléMF 15 Danilo Pereira MF 19 Pablo Sarabia MF 23 Julian DraxlerFW 10 Neymar FW 18 Moise Kean Manager: Mauricio Pochettino GK 30 Steve Mandanda (c) RB 2 Hiroki SakaiCB 3 Álvaro CB 15 Duje Ćaleta-CarLB 25 Yuto Nagatomo DM 4 Boubacar KamaraCM 21 Valentin Rongier CM 22 Pape Gueye RW 26 Florian ThauvinCF 10 Dimitri PayetLW 7 Nemanja Radonjić Substitutes:GK 16 Yohann Pelé DF 5 Leonardo BalerdiDF 29 Pol Lirola MF 8 Morgan Sanson MF 17 Michaël CuisanceMF 24 Saîf-Eddine KhaouiFW 9 Darío Benedetto FW 23 Marley AkéFW 28 Valère Germain Manager: André Villas-Boas
Man of the Match: Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain)
Assistant referees: Guillaume Debart Benjamin Pages Fourth official: Mikaël Lesage Video assistant referee: Willy Delajod Assistant video assistant referee: Alexandre CastroMatch rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.
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See also 2020–21 Ligue 1 2020–21 Coupe de France 2020–21 Olympique de Marseille season 2020–21 Paris Saint-Germain FC season
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