2019 Trophée des Champions explained

2019 Trophée des Champions
Event:	Trophée des Champions
Team1:	Paris Saint-Germain
Team1score:	2
Team2:	Rennes
Team2score:	1
Date:	^[1]
Stadium:	Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre
City:	Shenzhen, China
Referee:	Benoît Bastien^[2]
Attendance:	22,045
Previous:	2018
Next:	2020

The 2019 Trophée des Champions was the 24th edition of the French super cup. The match was contested by the winners of the 2018–19 Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain and Coupe de France champions, Rennes. The match was played at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.^[3]

Paris Saint-Germain were the six-time defending champions, having beat Monaco in the 2018 edition, and they won the match 2–1 for their seventh consecutive and ninth overall Trophée des Champions title.^{[4] [5]}

Match

Details

width=25 ! width=25 GK 16 Alphonse Areola RB 12 CB 4 Thilo Kehrer CB 22 Abdou Diallo LB 14 RM 21 CM 5 Marquinhos (c) LM 6 Marco Verratti RW 19 CF 9 Edinson Cavani LW 7 Substitutes: GK 1 Kevin Trapp DF 2 DF 20 Layvin Kurzawa DF 31 Colin Dagba DF 37 Arthur Zagre MF 8 FW 11 Manager: Thomas Tuchel

width=25 ! width=25 GK 40 Tomáš Koubek RB 14 CB 26 Jérémy Gelin CB 3 Damien Da Silva (c) CB 21 Jérémy Morel LB 17 Faitout Maouassa RM 12 CM 8 Clément Grenier LM 18 Eduardo Camavinga CF 23 CF 20 Flavien Tait Substitutes: GK 1 Romain Salin DF 4 Gerzino Nyamsi DF 31 MF 6 Jakob Johansson MF 22 MF 34 FW 32 Lucas Da Cunha Manager: Julien Stephan

Man of the Match: Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) Assistant referees Frédéric Haquette Hicham Zakrani Fourth official Mikael Lesage

Match rules^[6] 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

See also

• 2018–19 Ligue 1
• 2018–19 Coupe de France

Notes and References

1. News: Trophée des Champions : le match décalé du 27 Juillet au 3 Août . Trophée des Champions : the match delayed from 27 July to 3 August . L’Équipe.fr . L’Équipe . 10 April 2019 . 5 August 2019 . fr.
2. News: Trophée des Champions 2019 : Benoît Bastien au sifflet . Trophée des Champions 2019 : Benoît Bastien at the whistle . LFP.fr . . 23 July 2019 . 5 August 2019 . fr . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725210148/https://www.lfp.fr/tropheeChampions/article/trophee-des-champions-2019-benoit-bastien-au-sifflet-1.htm . 25 July 2019.
3. News: Trophée des Champions 2019 date set . PSG.fr . Paris Saint-Germain . 10 April 2019 . 5 August 2019.
4. News: Le PSG remporte le Trophée des Champions contre Rennes . PSG wins Trophée des Champions against Rennes . LFP.fr . . 3 August 2019 . 5 August 2019 . fr.
5. Web site: PSG come from behind to beat Rennes in French Super Cup. 3 August 2019. Guardian. 9 August 2019.
6. Web site: Règlement du Trophée des Champions . Regulations of the Trophée des Champions . LFP.fr . . 3 . 5 August 2019 . fr . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190330195648/https://www.lfp.fr/reglements/reglements/2018_2019/reglComp3.pdf . 30 March 2019.