Russian goalkeeper trends after saving 4 penalties in the Intercontinental Cup final

French giants, Paris Saint Germain have been crowned champions of the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup after beating Brazilian side Flamengo on penalties.

PSG despite taking the lead in the first half were denied victory in regulation time after Jorginho scored to cancel Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's goal in the 30th minute.

The French giants went ahead to win the trophy after beating the Brazilians 2-1 in the penalty shoutouts.

While fans hail PSG for joining Barcelona and Bayern Munich as only clubs to claim six trophies in a single year, others have commended goalkeeper Matvei Safonov for his exceptional performance in the shoutouts.

The Russian goalkeeper saved 4 penalties in the shootouts to win the 6th trophy in 2025 for PSG.

Matvei Safonov denied Saul Niguez, Pedro, Leo Pereira and Luiz Araujo while Vitinha and Nuno Mendes scored to win the game for PSG.

Check out some of the reactions below:

FOUR penalty saves.

🧱 MATVEY. SAFONOV. 🧱#FIFAIntercontinentalCup pic.twitter.com/IqVRKctKv3

— FIFA Club Football (@FIFACF) December 17, 2025

🚨BREAKING: no Goalkeeper in football history has saves 4 straight penalties in a penalty shoutout

apart from MATVEY SAFONOV pic.twitter.com/Yvd2wiLo3f

— 𝐏𝐒𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐓 (@PSGINT_) December 17, 2025

🇫🇷 Russian goalkeeper Matvey Safonov saved 4 consecutive penalties and thus secured a victory for PSG in the FIFA Intercontinental Cup pic.twitter.com/aLiEZp4wZJ

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) December 17, 2025

🚨💣 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄: PSG's back-up goalkeeper Matvei Safanov is on the radar of several European clubs after saving four penalties against Flamengo in the Intercontintental Cup. pic.twitter.com/TKBotaairS

— The Touchline | 𝐓 (@TouchlineX) December 17, 2025

MATVEY SAFONOV NEEDS TO BE OUR NUMBER 1 GOALKEEPER. 4 OUT OF 5 PENALTIES SAVED IS OUT OF THIS WORLD. WHAT A RUN HE HAS HAD SINCE CHEVALIER GOT INJURED.🇷🇺🧤🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/9NQt1VFWlS

— PSGclip (@P5Gclip) December 17, 2025

🚨 Seuls Ilya Zabarnyi 🇺🇦 et Lucas Chevalier 🇫🇷 𝗡𝗘 𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗘́𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗜𝗧𝗘́𝗦 vers Matvey Safonov 🇷🇺 après la séance de tirs au but hier soir. ❌

Pourtant, l’ancien portier du LOSC est un immense compétiteur qui ne masque pas ses émotions. 🥶

Selon le club,… pic.twitter.com/qnyoWGN4Z1

— Actu Foot (@ActuFoot_) December 18, 2025

Before Matvei Safonov saved four penalties for PSG against Flamengo, the goalkeeper trainer gave him a red towel to study each of Flamengo's penalty takers.

He never left the towel, studied it like an exam and stood tall.

He started the season as the second choice goalkeeper… pic.twitter.com/Z7N97h7C9B

— SportyBetNG (@SportyBetNG) December 18, 2025

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