Put into orbit by a deft flick ofOusmane Dembélé (1-0, 13th), PSG held the right end for a long time in this match between champion and runner-up of Ligue 1 last season, the Parisians having achieved the championship-Coupe de France double. But the Marseillais, threatening on several occasions, were rewarded for their efforts a quarter of an hour from time, when the PSG goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier marred his superb performance with a clumsy exit which gave them a penalty. Mason Greenwood transformed it without trembling (1-1, 76th).
As we headed towards penalties, OM took the lead three minutes from time when the former Antwerp player Willian Pacho clumsily deflected an opposing cross into the back of Chevalier’s net (87th, 1-2). But Gonçalo Ramosjoker de luxe de Luis Enriquerestored parity in the score in the money time (90 + 5e, 2-2).
During the penalty shootout, the Parisian shooters showed themselves to be absolutely impeccable against the helpless Geronimo Rulli. Quite the opposite of the Marseillais, the former Anderlechtois Amir Murillo being the only one to convert his attempt after the failures of Matt O’Riley et Hamed Junior Traore facing an Imperial Knight.
With a final sending converted by Désiré DouéPSG won a 12th Champions Trophy in the space of 13 seasons. LOSC is the latest club to have frustrated the capital’s players, in 2021.
