Lille made a major surprise by winning the title in the French League One last season. Expensive Paris Saint-Germain tried to catch up with the club from the North of France but came only one point short. As the race drew to a close, Lille seemed more and more confident. They played 0:0 at home with the Parisians in the first part of the season and then won 1:0 at the Princes’ Park, but it was 3:0 for PSG in the eighth-finals of the Cup.Winning the French Cup, however, is a small consolation for the money invested in the club, so Mauricio Pochettino and his players will have to start repaying the debt to Lille from Sunday’s duel for the Super Cup. However, they’ll have to do it without Neymar, Sergio Ramos, Angel di Maria and other players who either participated in Copa America or in EURO 2020.Madrid is on fire: Mbappe informs Pochettino he won’t renew his contact with PSGThe Parisians did a great job keeping Kyllian Mbappe, at least for now, despite Real Madrid’s intentions to bring him. Neymar also remained, and new sounding names arrived – Sergio Ramos, Gianluigi Donaruma, Giorgino Vajnaldum, Ashraf Hakimi, while Danilo Pereira was bought from Porto. That should be enough for the return of the Champions Cup in League 1, but also the final step forward in the Champions League.”This game won’t be about getting revenge against Lille but against ourselves. The loss of the league title and our Champions League exit left a bitter taste. We will do everything to change that, we want to win every competition. All the players may not be available, but that won’t be an excuse. We are Paris Saint-Germain, we want to win. We’ll do everything to win this trophy, but it’s not about revenge because Lille deserved their title” said Pochettino ahead of the match.And here it is: first fans boycott due to Covid measures starts in FranceWhen it comes to the transfer window, Lille, unlike Paris Saint-Germain, was left without two important football players, and they haven’t strengthened the team yet. While the Parisians are bursting with quality among the tripods, the Great Danes had to say au revoir to the first keeper Mike Maignan, who signed for Milan. Boubakary Soumare also went the way of Leicester, but still the biggest blow is the departure of coach Christophe Galtier. Instead, Jocelyn Gourvennec returns to work from a two-year coaching break. We will see if he will be able to repeat the success, but a very difficult task awaits him.In the previous five matches, Paris Saint-Germain recorded three victories, one was a draw, while the last match went to Lille. The match in Tel Aviv will be the first meeting between the two teams in this competition. Lille have never won the Trophe des Champions. Their only previous appearance in this competition came in 2011 and a 5-4 loss to Marseille.
