And 5! Winner of the Champions Trophy this Thursday evening in Kuwait City against Olympique de Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain once again wrote its history during a penalty shootout.
Buoyed by Lucas Chevalier’s two saves and the perfectly converted attempts by Gonçalo Ramos, Vitinha, Nuno Mendes and Désiré Doué, Luis Enrique’s men won their first trophy in 2026 in the same way they finished 2025: by demonstrating their superiority in this exercise that is so technically difficult and mentally feared by many players.
Undefeated in the exercise under Luis Enrique
As against Flamengo in the final of the Intercontinental Cup (1-1, 2-1 tab) on December 17, PSG found salvation on penalties, showing themselves to be even more perfect this time since in Qatar, Ousmane Dembélé and Bradley Barcola had missed their penalties before being saved by the recital of Matvey Safonov.
The capital club is now on a series of five consecutively won penalty shootouts. Even better, under the leadership of Luis Enrique, Paris has never experienced defeat in this exercise.
At the start of the season, in August, Marquinhos and his partners won the European Super Cup by being rescued by Gonçalo Ramos at the end of added time, before lifting the trophy thanks to a decisive save from Lucas Chevalier during the fateful session (2-2, 4-3 tab). A scenario reproduced by the Parisians this Thursday evening against OM.
On the way to its coronation in the Champions League, PSG had already needed to go through penalties to escape from the clutches of Liverpool during a magical night at Anfield in the round of 16 second leg (0-1, 1-0, 4-1 tab). Same price for RC Lens in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France, end of December 2024 (1-1, 4-3 tab).
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