Coupe de France: PSG beats Stade Reims and prepares the party for the treble

Paris 26 May 2025 - There was a clear favourite as to who would lift the French Cup and the race did not disappoint expectations. The Paris Saint-Germain completes its domination of transalpine football, completing the seasonal double. In the final in Saint-Denis there is no contest: the boys of Luis Enrique they impose themselves on Stade Reims for 3-0 and launch the challenge to Inter for the Champions League. From the coach's choices to the development of the match, all the clues seemed to point to this challenge as a sort of appetizer, before the most important final, the one in Munich against the Nerazzurri. The match was already over in the first half, thanks to the brace of Barcelona and to the marking of Hakimi to seal the 16th success in the competition for the Parisian club.

Despite the match next week being the unmissable one, the Spanish coach does not underestimate the challenge. In fact, almost the best possible eleven is inside, with only the typical team resting Donnarumma, which is preferred Safonov e kvaratskhelia, whose deputies are made by Barcelona. On the other side Samba Diawara field the best team at its disposal, but with the knowledge that it also has another final to play. This French Cup in fact it is played halfway between the first leg and the second leg play-off for permanence in Ligue 1, in which the red and whites take part. In the first leg of these play-offs the red and whites drew 1-1 in the away match at home to Metz.

From the very first moments, the Parisians were exuberant on the pitch. Diouf he is forced to get his gloves dirty right from the start, but his goal remains untouched for a short time. After just a quarter of an hour in fact Gifted guess the winning through ball for Barcelona, who sprints just offside and alone in front of the opposing goalkeeper, crosses it well with his right foot, to give the lead to psg. The young winger born in 2002 hasn't finished here. The combination between Gifted e BarcelonaThe first is served by the delicious low ball of Marquinhos: low and tense cross towards the second, who doubles the lead from a few steps away, when the clock only shows the 18th minute.

The one-two punch of the psg he is one of those capable of taking away energy and morale from everyone and in fact this is what happens. The red and whites try with courage to get out of the complicated moment also playing the ball on the ground, but the pressure of the French champions is suffocating. Paris accumulates opportunity after opportunity to score, lacking a bit of precision in the final stages of the actions. Diouf he made a couple of important saves, but he could do nothing in the 43rd minute when the cross from Barcelona, it fishes perfectly Hakimi on the far post, to concretize the 3-0 of the team Luis Enrique before the end of the first half.

With three goals in hand, the Parisians control the pace and the result, always managing their rivals' ambitions very skillfully. At home psg enter Lucas Hernandez, beraldo, Zaire-Emery, Ramos e Mayulu, giving rest to players who will undoubtedly also be protagonists in Munich, such as Mendes, Pacho, Gifted, vitinha e João Neves. In all this, however, the result does not change. More than the Stade Reims to recover, we come close to the poker of the boys several times Luis Enrique.

We thus arrive at the triple whistle which makes the double official. Paris Saint-Germain and paves the way to the Treble. The last obstacle on the incredible path of the French is called Inter and next Saturday will try to win the Champions League again 15 years after the last time, while for the psg it would be the first historic cup with the big ears. A trophy that has been missing in France since the 1992-93 season, when the Marseille he beat the Milan di Fabio Capello.

French Cup Final, Paris Saint-Germain-Stade Reims 3-0: 16' Barcola, 19' Barcola, 43' Hakimi.