Dembele scores last-gasp winner as PSG lifts third consecutive title
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In the second minute of extra time, Fabian Ruiz sent a low cross from the left to the France winger, who was unmarked at the back post to meet it.
In a stunning comeback at the conclusion of the game, Paris Saint-Germain defeated AS Monaco 1-0 in the 2023 French Super Cup on Sunday thanks to a goal from Ousmane Dembele in stoppage time. This victory marks the Ligue 1 champions’ third straight victory.
PSG, who had previously won the league title and the French Cup, defeated Monaco, the runners-up in Ligue 1 the season before, solidifying their record 13-time Super Cup victory. The Parisians have demonstrated their supremacy in French football by winning the trophy 11 times in the past 12 years.
PSG created an incredible 27 opportunities, nine of which were on goal in the match, which took place in Doha’s remarkable Stadium 974, built from 974 repurposed shipping containers for the 2022 World Cup. It was an exciting display of football. The standoff lasted till the very end of the match despite their unrelenting efforts.
However, Dembele’s heroics ensured the contest wouldn’t go to penalties as he found the net from close range two minutes into injury time, finishing inside the far post after a precise pass from Fabian Ruiz glided across the goal mouth.
Earlier, Lee Kang-In was denied a long-range goal by Monaco’s goalkeeper, Philipp Koehn, during first-half stoppage time, while summer acquisition Desire Doue nearly gave PSG the lead in the ninth minute with a shot that rattled the crossbar.
Dembele, along with Vitinha, continued to test Koehn throughout the first half, while Monaco’s Maghnes Akliouche and Takumi Minamino made PSG’s goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma work, as he returned to the starting lineup following a recovery from a facial injury.
Remarkably, this match marked the first time since 2010 that no goals were scored in the first half of the French Super Cup, a feat last witnessed when Olympique de Marseille edged PSG 5-4 on penalties after a goalless draw
PSG previously triumphed over Nantes and Toulouse in the last two editions of the Super Cup, and just last month dispatched Monaco 4-2 in Ligue 1 with Dembele netting a brace.
Monaco will try to recover as they get ready for a trip to struggling Nantes on Friday, even though they last won the Super Cup in 2000 and finished second in 2017 and 2018 before losing to PSG both times. Next Sunday, PSG will welcome St. Etienne to resume league play.