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Chaos for Mary Earps' PSG! French giants to sack head coach Fabrice Abriel just days before title-deciding play-offs after shock cup final defeat

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Paris Saint Germain

Nantes

<p>The top league in French women's football starts its title-deciding play-offs this weekend, with the table's top four teams going into a knockout bracket to decide who will be crowned champions. PSG take on city rivals Paris FC on Sunday, with the victor likely to face perennial winners Lyon in the final, and the club has opted to make a huge change ahead of that game as <a href="https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/psg/psg-feminin-dernieres-heures-comme-entraineur-pour-fabrice-abriel-05-05-2025-LBZT3D2GHVC65D2FIOXCOTGOJM.php" target="_blank"><em>Le Parisien</em></a> reports that head coach Abriel is to be sacked on Monday.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>The news follows a shock loss in the French Cup final on Saturday, when Paris FC became the first team other than PSG or Lyon to win the trophy since 2011. Abriel's side kept a clean sheet in the game thanks to Katarzyna Kierdryznek, who has played all of the team's games in the cup this season. Alongside Earps on the bench, though, was all-time top goal-scorer Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Sakina Karchaoui, one of the side's most creative players. Both did enter the game in the second half but couldn't help PSG find a necessary breakthrough before they lost the final on penalties.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>That defeat was the latest disappointment in Abriel's first season in charge of the club. <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/champions-league-battling-no1-england-mary-earps-stumbling-blocks-psg-switch-lionesses-goalkeeper/blte5bbbcf699d1a6e5" target="_blank">After failing to get out of Champions League qualifying back in September</a>, the campaign has been marred by reports of friction between the coach and several of his star players. Indeed, Katoto has described the atmosphere in the team as "heavy", <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/best-womens-football-2025-free-agents/bltb89d48600a0403b3" target="_blank">with it expected that the star striker will depart the club when her contract ends this summer</a>.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p><a href="https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/psg/psg-feminin-dernieres-heures-comme-entraineur-pour-fabrice-abriel-05-05-2025-LBZT3D2GHVC65D2FIOXCOTGOJM.php" target="_blank"><em>Le Parisien</em></a> reported that Abriel was set to learn of his sacking on Monday with it unclear who will be in the dugout for Sunday's huge game as Earps and her PSG team-mates try to deliver just a second-ever league title for the women's team.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR EARPS AND PSG?

Chaos for Mary Earps' PSG! French giants to sack head coach Fabrice Abriel just days before title-deciding play-offs after shock cup final defeat | Goal.com

Mary Earps and her PSG team-mates are set to say goodbye to head coach Fabrice Abriel just days before the most important game of their season.

Chaos for Mary Earps&apos; PSG! French giants to sack head coach Fabrice Abriel just days before title-deciding play-offs after shock cup final defeat

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