PSG will meet RC Lens in the Trophée des champions on Sunday night at Bollaert-Delelis, with kickoff set for 20 h 45. The match comes just days after Paris beat Aston Villa 2-1 in Salzbourg to win the Supercoupe d'Europe, and it gives Luis Enrique’s side a chance to add another trophy almost immediately.
For readers searching Lens Psg now, the immediate hook is the new arrival in Paris. PSG announced Ferran Torres and he was already training on the morning of the article, after a move reported at 45 million euros through 2031. The forward, who has played for Manchester City, FC Barcelone and Espagne, could be in the squad against Lens and make his first minutes for the team, even if the final decision has not been made public.
That arrival sits inside a match that PSG expects to control but cannot treat lightly. Paris won the last meeting between the two sides in May and enters the final as the competition’s record holder with 14 titles, including the four latest editions. Luis Enrique said the team will again seek the trophy because it matters, but also admitted that PSG is at a tricky moment of the season, without its usual physical and technical condition. He added that after winning the Supercoupe d'Europe, it is still a good moment to compete.
The coach also warned that Sunday’s trip will not feel like a routine outing. He called it one of the hardest matches to play away from home and said Lens had had an incredible season and deserved its Coupe. That is where the evening’s friction lies: PSG are the favorites and the trophy hunters, but they are also returning from a European high while trying to manage workload, not chase minutes for their own sake.
Lens has its own moving parts. Odsonne Édouard may be unavailable, while Robin Risser is set to return in goal and Florian Thauvin, the new captain, is available for a first major test under Dino Toppmöller, who has replaced Pierre Sage. Thauvin did not hide the scale of the task, saying PSG are favorites, but that Lens will be Lens and will give the maximum as always.
That makes the next few hours simple enough to read. PSG can lift another trophy and perhaps hand Ferran Torres a first glimpse, but the clearest answer will come at 20 h 45, when Luis Enrique finds out whether his new forward is on the bench and whether his squad can already look like a team back at full speed.
