Paris Saint-Germain will face Flamengo in the Intercontinental Cup final with an unprecedented goal: to become the first French team to be crowned world champion. According to the Argentine News Agency, no club from that country has managed to lift this trophy to date, which makes the match a historic opportunity for the Parisian side. PSG reached this stage by winning the UEFA Champions League, an achievement that allowed them to qualify directly for the final of the tournament that brings together continental champions. In this way, the Parisian club is not only seeking its first intercontinental consecration, but is also marking a milestone by being the first representative of France to dispute a world club final. Throughout history, French teams never managed to reach the final of the Intercontinental Cup, unlike what happened in the Champions League, where they did have presences in decisive matches. The most emblematic case is that of Olympique de Marseille, European champions in 1993, although that title was involved in the scandal of the VA-OM case and the club did not play in the Intercontinental Cup that year. In that 1993 edition, the world champion was São Paulo, which defeated AC Milan, runner-up of the Champions League, in Tokyo. In this way, French football was once again left on the sidelines of the intercontinental final, a situation that was repeated throughout the history of the tournament. Now, PSG will attempt to definitively break that historical absence and become the first French club to raise an intercontinental title.
