Paris Saint-Germain became the champion of the Intercontinental Cup by defeating Flamengo 2-1 on penalties and became the first French team to be crowned world champion. According to the Argentine News Agency, no club from that country had managed to lift this trophy until now, which strengthens the Parisian club as one of the greatest in the country. PSG reached this stage after 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 not only obtained its first intercontinental consecration, but also marks a milestone by being the first representative of France to play in 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 enveloped in the VA-OM case scandal 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 has definitively broken that historical absence and has become the first French club to lift an intercontinental title.
