10-man Lens hold on to stun Paris Saint-Germain and win French Super Cup

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lens/IBmris38/"]Lens[/a] were worthy winners in their first match under new coach Dino Toppmoeller, adding to the French Cup title they won under previous boss Pierre Sage in May.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]PSG[/a], who beat Aston Villa on Wednesday in the UEFA Super Cup, struggled to find their flow at Lens' Stade Bollaert-Delelis, despite their hosts having [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/antonio-kyllian/ALSvzjJj/"]Kyllian Antonio[/a] sent off in the first half.[/p][embed guid="a2543531-c898-40d9-a446-484f89b6ae19" url="https://x.com/RCLens/status/2089090710431523119" social-type="twitter" /][p]PSG coach Luis Enrique named a strong side, making just three changes to the team which won the Super Cup, including giving [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/digne-lucas/v9Ux4sua/"]Lucas Digne[/a] his second debut after the France left-back rejoined the club from Villa, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barcola-bradley/lhGD3RgS/"]Bradley Barcola[/a], widely linked with a possible move to Liverpool, was not in the squad.[/p][p]The visitors dominated possession in the opening stages but struggled to create clear-cut chances, with Lens goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/risser-robin/zHRwZwXF/"]Robin Risser[/a] making a comfortable save from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kvaratskhelia-khvicha/bNuGt0hE/"]Khvicha Kvaratskhelia[/a].[/p][p][b]Lens grew into the contest and grabbed a 32nd-minute lead when PSG failed to clear before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thauvin-florian/SMbMSc26/"]Thauvin[/a] slotted home at the back post from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/udol-matthieu/AuzyopRB/"]Matthieu Udol[/a]'s cross-shot.[/b][/p][embed guid="2e3dd0c3-c892-44ff-9923-79faa449eb64" url="https://x.com/Ligue1_ENG/status/2089069767621497152" social-type="twitter" /][p]But Toppmoeller's men were dealt a big blow six minutes before half-time when Antonio was dismissed for a studs-up tackle on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/akliouche-maghnes/0UP6MLGJ/"]Maghnes Akliouche[/a].[/p][p]PSG almost made the most of their man advantage before the break, but Desire Doue's effort from a tight angle bounced off the crossbar.[/p][p]The European champions continued to labour after the restart, though, and Thauvin flashed a strike wide as Lens continued to threaten on the counter.[/p][p]PSG substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mendes-nuno/ne2xCTJj/"]Nuno Mendes[/a] came close to an equaliser, drilling a dipping long-range shot narrowly over the bar.[/p][p]Luis Enrique also brought on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ruiz-fabian/l6HSH2Uo/"]Fabian Ruiz[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dembele-ousmane/zsMC2Ec0/"]Ousmane Dembele[/a] off the bench, with the latter drawing another simple save from Risser.[/p][p]PSG were reduced to 10 men themselves with three minutes remaining, as Mendes was shown a straight red card for elbowing Lens wing-back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/skoras-michal/zcjxCpYR/"]Michal Skoras[/a] in the face off the ball.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="f0bafd03-f1b4-41e8-966c-5e3ae5802e2d" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="9e459524-5908-40e7-9633-a6d96c6dd3c1" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]