Ousmane Dembele scored twice when Paris Saint-Germain recovered from a shortage with two goals to beat the second Dunker Dunkerque 4-2 and reach the Coupe de France-final.
Match report
Dunkerque, who made their very first semi-final appearance in the competition, took the lead for seven minutes when Vincent Sasso tapped a thumping ball from Alec Georgen after a set piece.
Muhannad Yahya al-Saad then shot a low volley and caught the PSG-Lijlijn from a Gaetan Courtet-Flick-On, to extend the benefit of the hosts in the 27th minute.
Dembele pulled one back just before half -time, with a powerful shot of the Pas of Achraf Hakimi, and the side of Luis Enrique never looked back from that point.
Marquinhos equalized three minutes after the restart when he stooped to go home Dembele's cross at the distant pole.
Desire Doue then placed the visitors for the hour that his bent shot Ewen Jaouen defeated, before Dembele sealed the comeback by scoring his 32nd goal about all the competitions this season.
PSG will be confronted with Cannes of Reims, who meet on Wednesday, in the showpiece while they look for a record-expanding 16th Coupe de France Crown.
Our Parisians turned the competition to secure a place in the final of the Coupe de France! #Usldpsg (2-4) | #Cdf pic.twitter.com/390A7W08KP
-Paris Saint-Germain (@psg_englait) April 1, 2025
Debrief data: PSG Restoring an unusual deficit
Opta's Live-Win prediction only offered the hosts of 7.4% on the victory before the kick-off, but Dunkerque seemed to turn upside down with their fast start on Tuesday.
Indeed, this was the first time in 64 Coupe de France matches that PSG had left behind due to two goals in the competition since a 3-1 quarter-final defeat against Lyon in March 2012.
Dembele's Dubbel, however, inspired the comeback, which may have been hard on Dunkerque, which has collected 1.13 expected goals into PSGs 1.61.
Luis Enrique will never have doubted the quality of his side, but PSG who has reached their 15th Coupe de France final this century, 12 more than any other side (Lyon, Rennes, Auxerre and Marseille all three).
Match -Events
2 'Match event for USL Dunkerque vs PSG
5 'Highlight of USL Dunkerque vs PSG
7 'goal! USL Dunkerque 1-0 PSG (Vincent Sasso)
16 'Match event for USL Dunkerque vs PSG
27 'goal! USL Dunkerque 2-0 PSG (Muhanad al-Saad)
34 'Match event for USL Dunkerque vs PSG
45 'goal! USL Dunkerque 2-1 PSG (Ousmane Dembélé)
47 'goal! USL Dunkerque 2-2 PSG (Marquinhos)
57 'Match event for USL Dunkerque vs PSG
62 'goal! USL Dunkerque 2-3 PSG (Désiré Doué)
75 'Match event for USL Dunkerque vs PSG
84 'Match event for USL Dunkerque vs PSG
89 'Match event for USL Dunkerque vs PSG
Line-ups
USL Dunkerque XI: Vincent Sasso, Gaëtan Courtet, Grandpa Sangante, Alec Georgen, Diogo Queirós, Naatan Skyttä, Enzo Bardeli, Ewen Jaouen, Geoffrey Kondo, Muhanad al-Saad, Gessime Yassine
Subs: Adrián Ortolá, Bammou, Felipe Abner, Alexi Pitu, Kay Tejan, Ugo Raghouber, N. Fernandez-Veliz, Marco Essimi, Anto Sekongo
PSG XI: Marquinhos, Dembele, Hakimi, Safonov, Vitinha, Nuno Mendes, Barcola, Beraldo, Zaire-Emery, Doue, João Neves
Subs: Kimpembe, Lucas, Fabian Ruiz, Donnarumma, Gonçalo Ramos, Pacho, Louis Mouquet, Mayulu
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