PSG edge Marseille on penalties to lift the Trophée des Champions
Paris Saint-Germain lifted the Trophée des Champions after defeating Olympique de Marseille on penalties following a dramatic 2–2 draw in Kuwait, with Gonçalo Ramos netting late for Les Parisiens. Marseille briefly seized control late on, but were unable to translate momentum into silverware as the contest drifted to penalties.
PSG had taken an early lead through Ousmane Dembélé, who capitalised on a rare Marseille defensive lapse to lob Gerónimo Rulli in the 13th minute. Despite dominating possession in spells, Paris were repeatedly stretched by Roberto De Zerbi’s side and relied heavily on Lucas Chevalier, who produced a series of outstanding saves to deny Gouiri, Paixão and Pavard.
De Zerbi turned to his bench, introducing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Hamed Junior Traoré, and the changes almost paid immediate dividends. Aubameyang was sent through on goal but was denied by a perfectly timed sliding challenge from Willian Pacho inside the penalty area.
Marseille’s pressure finally told in the 76th minute when Greenwood raced onto a through ball and went down under pressure from Chevalier. The forward took responsibility himself, calmly sending the goalkeeper the wrong way to level the score. The momentum swung decisively OM’s way shortly afterwards as Traoré’s low cross caused panic in the PSG box, with Pacho inadvertently turning the ball into his own net.
Just as Marseille appeared set for a famous victory, PSG struck back deep into stoppage time. João Neves released Bradley Barcola down the left, and the substitute’s headed cut-back was met by Gonçalo Ramos, who fired a precise half-volley past Rulli to force a penalty shootout.
From the spot, Chevalier redeemed himself emphatically. The PSG goalkeeper saved penalties from Matt O’Riley and Hamed Traoré, giving Paris control of the shootout. Successful efforts from Ramos, Vitinha and Nuno Mendes followed before Désiré Doué calmly converted the decisive kick to secure PSG’s 14th Trophée des Champions, and their fourth in succession.
For Marseille, the defeat was a cruel one after coming so close to lifting their first trophy since 2012. For PSG, resilience — and a decisive goalkeeper — once again proved enough on the big occasion.
THE STAT 📊
Luis Enrique has now won 14 of the 15 one-off finals he has contested at club level. He is also the first coach to win each of his first seven domestic competitions in France (2 Ligue 1 titles, 2 Coupe de France and 3 Trophées des Champions).
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