Until the end of the first half, he had almost everything to enjoy a pleasant reunion with PSG. Trained at the club and first team player during the 2016-2017 season, Jonathan Ikoné, the striker who has been playing for Paris FC since this summer, will surely regret for a long time a serious inaccuracy at the origin of the opponent’s first goal.
While the visitors were holding the boat and preparing to return to the locker room with a goalless score, the No. 93 of Ciel et Bleu missed in midfield, his throw landing at the feet of Fabián Ruiz. The Spanish midfielder then only had to throw Désiré Doué on the left side, impeccable when adjusting his dry shot from the right, under the bar of Kevin Trapp (45th).
No doubt the German goalkeeper, a little over ten years after his debut in the colors of PSG, would also have preferred a happier reunion. “Obviously, for me it will be a special moment,” he told us mid-week about the idea of returning to the cages at the Parc des Princes. Although he initially suffered physically, remaining on the ground for several minutes after a blow to the head following a collision with Warren Zaire-Emery (9th), the former captain of Eintracht Frankfurt generally delivered a solid performance.
Effective in repelling a strong strike from Mayulu (31st), precise on another a little too crushed from Fabián Ruiz (36th), he prevents Désiré Doué from doubling the lead at the very end of the first period (45th + 2nd). The former Rennais had tried his luck on a strong cross.
Although he could do nothing about Paris Saint-Germain’s second goal, caught on the wrong foot by Ousmane Dembélé’s shot (53rd) deflected by one of his defenders, Kevin Trapp remained vigilant and valuable until the end of the match. He notably repels a new attempt from Nuno Mendes (67th), who came to strike very hard from a tight angle from the left of his area.
Trapp scores points
“There is no better way to start the year than to face the best team in Europe and find out where we are,” he predicted at a press conference. Facing Luis Enrique’s men, certainly not yet at the level of their spring 2025, Kevin Trapp continued to score points and assert himself as one of the leaders of his new team.
Thanks to a penalty conceded by Illya Zabarnyi and converted by Willem Geubbels (51st), started at the forefront this Sunday evening, Paris FC will have at least managed to unlock their counter on the lawn of the Parc des Princes. Difficult to be satisfied with it but it will always count in your mind in a week and a day, same time, same place.
The two Parisian clubs meet on Monday January 12 to play a round of 16 of the Coupe de France. A match which, without being crucial, should serve as a basis for the capital’s second club to gain some bearings with a view to its main objective: remaining in the elite. A tricky trip to Nantes, winner earlier in the afternoon of its match against Olympique de Marseille and 16th in the Ligue 1 standings, will take place immediately. A club over which Paris FC, now 15th, is only two points ahead…
