This Sunday at 8:45 PM (CET), Paris Saint-Germain (2nd) will face Paris FC (14th) at the Parc des Princes for Matchday 17 of the 2025-2026 Ligue 1 season. In a press conference, PSG goalkeeper Kevin Trapp (35 years old) spoke about returning to the club where he played from 2015 to 2018 (before a loan to Eintracht Frankfurt and a permanent departure) with great emotion and a certain eagerness.
Trapp: “There’s no better way to start the year.”
“I’m happy to see Marquinhos and members of the staff again. I experienced a lot in this stadium and at this club, where I spent three or four wonderful years. Of course, it’s great, but it’s still just a football match, so we’re staying focused on our job.” For me, there’s no better way to start the year than facing the best team in Europe. You have to be at 100%, performing at your best.
Trapp: “In the long term, our ambitions might be the same.”
“It’s going to demand a lot from us, and we can learn a lot. We’ll have to defend a lot and suffer together, and above all, not think we’re beaten before we even start. There has to be more excitement than fear. Today, the differences between PSG and PFC are enormous. We’re newly promoted, we just want to stay up, and I don’t think there’s any rivalry. But in the long term, our ambitions might be the same,” as reported by Le Parisien.
It’s a great moment to be reunited with teammates and a club with whom the feeling has remained positive. Which seems to be the case for Trapp, even if his record can be considered a little disappointing compared to expectations at the time. He has nonetheless always displayed the right mentality and remained very respectful afterward.
There will undoubtedly be plenty of positive exchanges surrounding the match. However, there’s also this derby to play to the best of their ability, without giving anything away. And Trapp can expect to have his work cut out for him, given his team’s defensive weaknesses and PSG’s attacking potential.
Which is, logically, on another level today. The fact that it’s a derby, and a particularly close one at that (50 meters between the two stadiums), adds a special flavor to the match. However, it’s not yet a question of a true “rivalry,” as the two teams’ projects are at very different stages.
This doesn’t change the fact that the newly promoted team will go to the Parc des Princes with a real desire to pull off a major upset. They mustn’t forget the challenges ahead, though, as PSG has no time to waste in the title race with RC Lens.
