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| Paris Saint-Germain reaches French Cup final by rallying past Dunkerque 4-2 | | | Agencies
PARIS, Apr 2: Paris Saint-Germain avoided a huge upset when it rallied from two goals down to beat second-tier Dunkerque 4-2 and reach the French Cup final on Tuesday. It seemed a mismatch between unbeaten Ligue 1 leader PSG and Dunkerque, which is fifth in Ligue 2. But PSG's fourth goal only came deep into stoppage time and on the counterattack with Dunkerque pushing hard for an equalizer.
Dunkerque took confidence from knocking out top-tier sides Auxerre, Lille and Brest in previous rounds and started strongly against a PSG team that has given away careless goals this season, just like in previous years.
Dunkerque's first goal came after seven minutes when a free kick from the left was flicked on to the back post, with center half Vincent Sasso left unmarked to score.
The second came after 27 minutes and made bad viewing for PSG goalkeeper Matvei Safonov and his defense.
A routine long kick from the goalkeeper was headed on by Gaëtan Courtet, who beat PSG captain Marquinhos in the air, and Saudia Arabian midfielder Muhanad Al-Saad latched onto the ball and finished confidently.
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