After achieving a historic sextuple in 2025 – winning six trophies in the calendar year – PSG found themselves with the opportunity to lift the first of the new year here against a Marseille side aiming for their first trophy since their Coupe de la Ligue triumph in 2010.
It was Roberto De Zerbi’s men who started off the better of the two sides as Amine Gouiri and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg both had half-chances before Lucas Chevalier was called into action in the seventh minute, making a brilliant point-blank save to deny Leonardo Balerdi’s header.
Les Parisiens began to grow into the contest, and their high press paid dividends just before the quarter-hour mark when the ball was turned over in the Marseille half. From there, Vitinha picked out Ousmane Dembele on the edge of the box, and despite having a lot to do, the Ballon d'Or holder exquisitely lobbed Geronimo Rulli.
Les Phoceens responded well and had several chances leading up to half-time, but they remained behind at the break after Mason Greenwood flashed a strike narrowly over the bar and Timothy Weah saw his effort from distance sail inches wide.
Marseille continued to probe for the equaliser following the restart, and the travelling fans thought it was about to arrive before the hour mark as Gouiri bore down on goal, only to see his curling effort from just inside the box stopped with a strong hand from Chevalier.
With a little over 20 minutes to go, De Zerbi brought on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who almost made an immediate impact when racing through on goal, poking past Chevalier but failing to make a connection to slide home as Willian Pacho made a brilliant recovery.
The next player to break the lines for Marseille was Greenwood, who was brought down in the box by Chevalier, resulting in a penalty, which he stepped up to bury inside the left post.
After equalising, rather than sit back, Marseille pushed for a winner, and the pressure paid off in the 87th minute when Hamed Traore’s dazzling run down the left wing ended with a cross that was turned into the net by Pacho for a heartbreaking own-goal
Luis Enrique reacted by making a double change, which included the introduction of Goncalo Ramos, and the Portuguese striker repaid the faith of his coach as he struck in the 95th minute, finishing with aplomb from Bradley Barcola’s headed ball.
That goal sent the contest to penalties, where Chevalier proved to be the hero for PSG, making two saves as Luis Enrique’s takers netted all four spot-kicks to claim victory in Le Classique tie, with Desire Doue scoring the decider.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Lucas Chevalier (Paris Saint-Germain)