Ousmane Dembele struck a dramatic stoppage-time winner to safe Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 victory over AS Monaco within the French Super Cup on Sunday, because the Ligue 1 champions claimed the trophy for a 3rd straight season.
PSG, the report 13-time winners of the competitors, confronted Monaco – the runners-up in final season’s Ligue 1 – after finishing a home double by profitable each the league and the French Cup. The triumph marked PSG’s eleventh title up to now 12 years.
The match, held at Doha’s Stadium 974, constructed utilizing 974 recycled transport containers for the 2022 World Cup, noticed PSG dominate with 27 makes an attempt, together with 9 on track, earlier than Dembele’s late strike broke the impasse.
Dembele sealed the win for the French champions two minutes into harm time, slotting the ball contained in the far put up after Fabian Ruiz delivered a exact cross throughout the face of the purpose.
Summer signing Desire Doue almost gave PSG the lead within the ninth minute however struck the bar, whereas Lee Kang-in was denied by Monaco goalkeeper Philipp Kohn with a long-range effort in first-half stoppage time.
Dembele and Vitinha additionally examined Kohn within the first half, whereas Monaco’s Maghnes Akliouche and Takumi Minamino pressured Gianluigi Donnarumma into saves. Donnarumma returned to PSG’s beginning lineup after recovering from a facial harm.
No targets have been scored within the first half of a French Super Cup for the primary time since 2010, when Olympique de Marseille beat PSG 5-4 on penalties after a goalless draw.
PSG, who beat Nantes and Toulouse within the earlier two editions, defeated Monaco 4-2 in Ligue 1 final month, with Dembele scoring twice within the second half.
Four-time winners Monaco final lifted the trophy in 2000. They have been runners-up in 2017 and 2018, shedding each instances to PSG.
PSG return to league motion subsequent Sunday once they host Saint-etienne, whereas Monaco go to Nantes on Friday.
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