Paris Saint-Germain face a busy end to their marathon 2025 season, with two matches in quick succession — but under very different competition rules. PSG will contest the Intercontinental Cup final against Flamengo on Wednesday in Doha, before traveling to Nantes on Saturday to face Vendée Fontenay Foot in the Coupe de France Round of 32. One key difference between the two competitions concerns extra time.
Having already played 65 matches this calendar year, PSG will reach 66 games with Wednesday’s final and 67 with Saturday’s Coupe de France fixture. After such an intense schedule, the Parisian side would certainly prefer to avoid extra time — and in one of the two competitions, they won’t have a choice.
Extra time possible against Flamengo, not in the Coupe de France
If PSG and Vendée Fontenay are level at the end of regulation time on Saturday, the match will go directly to a penalty shootout. Since the 2020–21 season, extra time has been abolished in the Coupe de France, except for the final.
That will not be the case on Wednesday. In the Intercontinental Cup final, FIFA regulations stipulate that two periods of 15 minutes of extra time will be played if the match ends in a draw after 90 minutes. Should the teams still be level after 120 minutes, the trophy will be decided by a penalty shootout.
Chevalier and Safonov comfortable in shootouts
PSG could approach a potential shootout with confidence, as both Lucas Chevalier and Matvey Safonov have already shown their effectiveness from the penalty spot.
Chevalier notably saved a penalty from Micky van de Ven against Tottenham on August 13 in the UEFA Super Cup(with Mathys Tel also missing his attempt). Later in August, he stopped two penalties against Toulouse — first from Zakaria Aboukhlal Magri, which was retaken, and then from César Cásseres. Against Bayer Leverkusen, Chevalier guessed correctly as Álex Grimaldo struck the post and was also close to denying Aleix García, who eventually scored.
Safonov, meanwhile, played a decisive role last season in the Coupe de France Round of 32 against Lens, pushing M’Bala Nzola’s penalty onto the crossbar before saving Andy Diouf’s attempt — a performance that secured PSG’s qualification for the Round of 16.