Lens/PSG – Zabarnyi clear-eyed after PSG defeat

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·17 August 2026

Lens/PSG – Zabarnyi clear-eyed after PSG defeat

Paris Saint-Germain faced RC Lens this Sunday in the Trophée des Champions and lost 1-0 after a frustrating match (video highlights here). Speaking to PSG TV, 23-year-old Paris defender Ilya Zabarnyi looked back on this first defeat of the season.

Zabarnyi: “We’re going to focus on the next match, and we’re going to win.”

“We simply didn’t manage to take our chances. We created a lot of them, but sometimes football is like that. You can win, you can lose—that’s football. We’re going to prepare for the rest of the season because we know how difficult it is. It’s absolutely essential for us, as a team, to get back on track. We’re going to focus on the next match, and we’re going to win.”

After their success in the UEFA Super Cup, PSG were unable to build on it and had to concede defeat against the runners-up. Trailing from the 30th minute, the Parisians never managed to regain control of the match. They created far too few chances and lacked the intensity needed to unsettle a Lens side determined to win in front of their home crowd.

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Unfortunately, PSG will not complete the double during this first month of competition. It also shows that the Parisians are still far from peak physical condition, and that it will take several more weeks before the team is fully competitive again and capable of bringing their usual intensity to matches.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.