PSG traveled to Lens this Sunday evening (9 p.m.) to face Racing in the round of 32 of the 2025 Coupe de France and Paris won on penalties! Ramos had equalized barely after entering the game then Safonov shone by repelling two Lensoise attempts!
The compositions:
The composition of PSG in Lens: Safonov – Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes – Ruiz (Zaïre-Emery, 57e), Vitinha, Neves – Lee (Barcola, 66e), Dembélé, Doué (Ramos, 66e)
PSG bench: Tenas, Hernandez, Beraldo, Zague, Zaïre-Emery, Mayulu, Mbaye, Barcola, Ramos
The composition of Lens against PSG: Koffi – Frankowski, Khusanov (Sarr, 96e), Danso, Medina, Machado (Chavez, 89e) – El-Ayanoui, Thomasson (Sotoca, 89e), Diouf – Fulgini (Pereira da Costa), Nzola
The bench of Lens: Petric, Gradit, Sarr, Chavez, Ojediran, Boua, Pouilly, Pereira Da Costa, Sotoca
The match sheet:
The goals: Khusanov (1-0, 67e), Ramos (1-1, 70e)
Warnings: Still (coach, 57th, dispute), Marquinhos and Hakimi (68th, dispute), Khusanov (75th, obstruction on Ramos)
The match:
PSG kicks off and Dembélé plays well in the middle (1st), Lens misses a first counter opportunity and Paris tries to place the ball (3rd). PSG holds the ball and rotates but the first action in the area is repelled (5th). Ruiz misses a pass but presses and is close to recovering (6th) then Lee hits from afar but is blocked and gets a first corner (7th). A restart from Pacho is blocked but Lens does not manage to attack (12th).
On a loss of the ball from Ruiz, Lens plays quickly towards Nzola who sinks but Pacho dominates him in the area in the duel (14th). Doué hits but doesn't cross and Koffi thinks he has the ball. He misses and it comes back to Doué who misses his back pass towards Dembélé (17th). Nzola escapes and crosses hard but no one cuts into the PSG area (19th). On a ball that is lying around, Dembélé can hit and gets a corner but it does nothing (22nd). PSG thinks to open the score: Doué crosses at the near post for Hakimi who passes in front of the defender and scores but the referee signals an offside when it is not at all (25th)! No VAR in the Coupe de France.
Lens responds with great collective action, Frankowski hits from 20m, it is deflected and goes just wide (26th)! PSG has a good quick action but Doué's final strike in the area is repelled by… Vitinha (33rd). PSG senses Koffi feverish and Hakimi tries to lon, very close (35th). Lens also tries from afar but Fulgini's shot misses (38th). On a corner from Lee, Marquinhos cuts with his foot and Koffi deflects onto the crossbar then Ruiz does not target his header (40th)!
A ball lost by Doué offers a good counter but Lens fortunately plays it poorly, enough to allow Fulgini to strike, it is blocked and Safonov catches it well (44th). Paris responds with a big breakthrough from Dembélé but then completely misses his shot (45th). The second period starts again without changes but with a similar scenario: Paris has the ball and Lens against, with the first Lensoise transitions quite dangerous since Racing obtains the first corner of the 2nd act (49th).
On a ball recovered high, Vitinha manages a fabulous dip into the area towards Dembélé who had infiltrated well but he misses the ball in front of the goalkeeper (52nd)! Enorme double occasion : Doué is found in the area and manages to hit hard but Koffi pushes away! On the counter, Fulgini goes up half a court then hits just wide (54th)!
The game gets crazy and Lens crosses into the area, Safonov hits Frankowski on an aerial ball, the goalkeeper lightly touches the ball and it comes back to a Lensois who hits the bar. The referee says to play before stopping the game because the Pole remains on the ground (57th). Marquinhos gets a hole while leaving his defense, Thomasson takes the opportunity to throw Fulgini, he looks for the top corner but it misses (62nd). Vitinha tries his luck from afar but Koffi is impeccable, and again on the cross which follows from Zaire-Emery (64th).
Hakimi recovers a ball very high and hits it but Danso stops him and he goes all the way up the field before giving, Lens crosses and Marquinhos deflects for a corner (66th). Lens finally opened the scoring on the corner in question: Khusanov was on the lookout after a bad dismissal from Neves and Khusanov sent a half-volley deep (1-0, 67th)!
While PSG is on a tightrope against, cross into the area, delivery from Nuno Mendes, Danso misses and Ramos sends a pivotal shot into the top corner just after coming into play (1-1, 70th)!
The game becomes really tense and Khusanov puts a big blow on Ramos while Nuno Mendes had already been cut up just before (75th)… Barcola crosses from the left for Dembélé who takes over without control, far above (78th) . PSG combines well on the left and Mendes in the center, Ramos resumes without control but is blocked (79th). Lens has a good counter but Diouf misses his control in a good position, he gives back to Medina who hits well above (83rd).
Lens escapes a gag goal: Koffi clears directly into Danso but the ball ultimately goes wide of the goal (87th). Dembélé overflows on the left and clears the defender, he hits hard and Koffi deflects for a corner in a strange way in front of Ramos (88th). The end of the match saw Paris try to score but Lens defended well and countered; Diouf shoots from afar but it's wide (93rd). Dembélé and Ramos combine in the area, the first strikes without control but is again blocked (94th). From the corner, Barcola volleys back but it lacks power (94th).
On a long cross to the far post, Frankowski volleys past Marquinhos but Safonov catches it in two steps (95th). Nothing happens anymore and everything will be decided on penalties between the two teams. Lens will shoot first.
Details of the penalty shootouts:
- Frankowski deceives Safonov (1-0) with a shot right in the middle.
- Vitinha deceives Koffi with a small counter-footed shot (1-1)
- Sotoca deceives Safonov with a counterfoot (2-1)
- Ramos equalizes with a shot close to the post despite Koffi (2-2)
- El-Aynaoui finds Safonov's top corner (3-2)
- Dembele's sees his shot deceive Koffi without worry (3-3)
- Nzola sees Safonov push his shot back onto the crossbar!!!!
- Stagger deceives Koffi with a perfect counterfoot (3-4)
- Diouf stumbles again on Safonov (3-4)
PARIS EST QUALIFIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
The rest of the competition:
In the round of 16, PSG would play, if qualified, Espaly, a small N3 club!!!
The pre-match:
9:01 p.m. : Tribute to Jimmy Cabot who had to end his career at barely 30 years old, due to his knee.
21h: Minute of silence for Mayotte.
20h57: Entrance of the players onto the pitch, the Lensoise resounds!
20h55: Both teams prepare to enter the field.
20h45 : The warm-up is coming to an end.
20h33: Update on boxes and suspensions
20h30 : Warm-up in progress in Lens
20h15 : PSG bench: Tenas, Hernandez, Beraldo, Zague, Zaïre-Emery, Mayulu, Mbaye, Barcola, Ramos
20h15 : Very favorable draw in the 16th for the winner of the evening match!
20h10 : PSG in their away jersey this evening obviously, against Lens in blood and gold obviously.
20h : The compositions have just been released:
