Paris Saint-Germain, champion of the French First Division and champion of the French Cup, will face its rival, Monaco, runner-up in the French League, tomorrow, Sunday, in the French Super Cup, at the 974 World Cup Stadium.
The French capital team, which won the title in the last two editions and which participated in the Super Cup on 17 previous occasions, hopes to add a third title in a row and enhance its record after having previously won the title on 12 previous occasions.
Spaniard Luis Enrique, coach of the Parisian team, aspires to achieve victory in tomorrow’s match in order to obtain a great morale boost at the local and European levels, as his team, led by Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, leads the French League standings with 40 points, 10 points ahead of its closest rivals, Marseille and Monaco.
It is expected that Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique will rely tomorrow on a squad consisting of Gianluigi Donnarumma as goalkeeper, along with Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Liane Pacho, Zaire Emery, Fabian Ruiz, Vitinha, Joao Neves, Desir Douy, and Ousmane Dembélé. Bradley Barkula.
On the other hand, Monaco is seeking to restore its local glow and is looking to add a fifth title in the centenary of its founding, as it won the title 4 previous times.
Monaco, third, realizes how difficult the task is against a team that lost to it by two goals to four on December 18 last in the French League, failing to close the distance after being ten points away from the lead.
Austrian coach Adolf Hütter knows that the Super Cup differs in its details from the league, so he will try to learn the lesson of the loss in the league and prepare the appropriate plan to confront the French league champion.
Coach Hutter is counting on prominent names within the team’s squad, led by Philip Convey in goalkeeping, Wilfried Sengo, Thilo Keirer, Mohamed Salisu, Van Anderson, Songoto Magassa, Alexander Golovin, Magennis Akleuch, Elias Ben Saghir, and Brielle Embolo.
In terms of previous confrontations between the two teams in the Super Cup, they had met on two occasions before, and Paris Saint-Germain succeeded in achieving a victory with two goals to one in the 2017 edition and a clean 4-0 in the next edition.
Paris Saint-Germain holds the record for the team that has won the most French Super Cups with 12 titles, while Lyon comes in second place with 8 titles. Reims and Saint-Etienne also have 5 titles, while Monaco has won 4 titles.
On the other hand, Marseille and Bordeaux won 3 titles, Nantes won 2 titles, while Lille, Bastia, Sedan, Le Havre, Rennes and Nice each won only one title in the competition.
It is noteworthy that Canada was the first to host the French Super Cup on its soil, before other countries succeeded in hosting this event, such as Morocco, the United States of America, China and Tunisia.