Paris battle from behind to beat Dunkerque 4-2 to reach the Coupe de France final | OneFootball

Following their probant 6-1 victory against Saint-Etienne over the weekend, Paris Saint-Germain travel to Lille to face Ligue 2 side USL Dunkerque at the Stadium Pierre-Mauroy in the Coupe de France semifinal. Les Parisiens will play for a ticket to the final and could face either Stade de Reims or AS Cannes if they qualify.

For this game, Luis Enrique operated to some changes to his starting lineup from the Saint-Etienne's game. Club captain Marquinhos will start and lead PSG's backline alongside Beraldo, while Dembélé, Doué and Barcola will lead their frontline. Safonov will aslo start his second consecutive game while Donnarumma is rested. Additionally, Kvaratskhelia is ill and will not feature in this crucial game.

Paris Saint-Germain's starting XI:Safonov; Beraldo, Marquinhos (cap.), Nuno Mendes, Hakimi; Joao Neves, Vitinha, Warren Zaire-Emery; Doué, Dembélé, Barcola.

USL Dunkerque vs PSG : Paris edge past Dunkerque to reach the final

Paris survived a first half scare against Ligue 2 side Dunkerque to reach the final of the Coupe de France.

Completely against the run of play, centre back Vincent Sasso opened the score for Dunkerque inside seven minutes. The centre back found himself at the receiving end of a free-kick deviated by former PSG player Georgen to score alone at Safonov's back post.

Despite their overwhelming domination on the game inside the first 20 minutes Luis Enrique's side failed to register a shot on target as they faced a very well-organised Dunkerque team. At the 27 minute, Al-Saad made it 2-0 for the hosts. The 36-year-old striker Courtet domianted Marquinhos in the air to deliver a good ball to Al-Saad for the break.

Paris multiplied the chances to cut their deficit in this game but always found Dunkerque's goalkeeper Jaouen or his defenders in their paths. However, just before the end of the first half, Hakimi delivered a splendid assist to Ousmane Dembélé who scored his 31st goal of the season (45').

Just three minutes into the second half, Marquinhos completed PSG's comeback after a good cross from Dembélé (48'). Paris' equaliser certainly extinguished Dunkerque's hopes to qualify as the French champions overwhelmingly dominated up to this point.

The game was completely flipped on its head at the 62nd minute when in-form Désiré Doué scored the third goal of his team in this game as his long-range effort was deflected leaving Jaouen powerless.

Dembélé sealed the game with his second goal of the night in added time and sent Paris to the final of the Coupe de France (90'+4).