{"id":22220,"date":"2026-01-09T15:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/psg-clinch-french-super-cup-after-shootout-win-over-marseille\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:16","slug":"psg-clinch-french-super-cup-after-shootout-win-over-marseille","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/psg-clinch-french-super-cup-after-shootout-win-over-marseille\/","title":{"rendered":"PSG clinch French Super Cup after shootout win over Marseille"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier was the hero as Paris St Germain clinched their fourth consecutive French Super Cup title, beating rivals Olympique de Marseille 4-1 in a penalty shootout after a dramatic 2-2 draw in Kuwait on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div>\nPSG looked to be cruising to victory after an early goal from Ousmane Dembele, who had also scored the late winner in last season&#8217;s 1-0 final victory over AS Monaco in Doha.<\/div>\n<div>However, Marseille stunned the French champions with two late goals to turn the game on its head. Mason Greenwood converted a penalty and a Willian Pacho own goal gave Marseille a shock lead.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But PSG refused to be beaten, launching a wave of attacks that culminated in Goncalo Ramos snatching an equaliser in the final seconds to send the contest to penalties.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Chevalier proved the decisive figure in the shootout, saving spot-kicks from Matt O&#8217;Riley and Hamed Traore.<\/div>\n<div>Ramos, Vitinha, Nuno Mendes, and Desire Doue all converted for PSG to seal the win.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Record 14-time winners PSG, who faced last season&#8217;s Ligue 1 runners-up Marseille after the Parisians had won both the league and the French Cup, won the competition for the 12th time in the last 13 years.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Luck sometimes plays its part, but the most important thing is that we prepare our goalkeepers for penalties&#8230; Our keeper had a fantastic game,&#8221; PSG coach Luis Enrique told reporters. &#8220;You don&#8217;t always have to be at your best to win. That&#8217;s what happened today; we didn&#8217;t maintain our top level for the entire match, but we won&#8230; We showed our ability to fight back, even in the final minute,&#8221; he added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014Reuters\u2014<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16119,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-22220","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"PSG refused to be beaten, launching a wave of attacks","published_date":null,"news_description":"PSG refused to be beaten, launching a wave of attacks.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25593,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22220\/revisions\/25593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}