Successor to the Club World Cup
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French giants Paris Saint-Germain have won the Intercontinental Cup, adding another trophy to their impressive collection of titles. The Champions League winners beat Brazilian side Flamengo 3-2 on penalties in the final in Qatar. After regulation time and overtime, the score was 1-1.
New world (Site notre bureau spécialisé)er Ousmane Dembélé came on for PSG in the 78th minute – and didn’t have a good day. The offensive star missed a great chance to make it 2-1 in overtime and fired the ball over the goal in the penalty shootout. PSG still won because goalkeeper Matvey Safonov managed to save four of five penalties. The Parisian favorite took the lead thanks to a goal from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (38th minute). But Flamengo equalized on a penalty from Jorginho (62nd).
The Intercontinental Cup was held under this name for only the second time and replaced the previous annual Club World Cup. This took place last summer with 32 teams and will take place every four years in the future. Flamengo reached the final on Saturday with a victory against Pyramids FC of Egypt. PSG, winners of the Champions League, were set for the final.