Le Classique nights in Paris carry their own gravity — but through the eyes of Colin Duranton, this one felt different. On a night where PSG tore Marseille apart in a five‑goal symphony, Duranton’s camera became more than a witness — it became a pulse monitor. Welcome to the latest instalment of Framed.
If ever you want to experience football amplified, I suggest you take in Le Classique. Having soaked up the spectacle at the Stade Vélodrome earlier in the season, it felt only fitting that we bear witness to PSG’s response to losing there for the first time in 14 years. And what a response it was. The event – because that's what a 5-0 demolition is – was witnessed through the lens of photographer Colin Duranton, who arrived long before kickoff, pacing the Parc des Princes with that familiar instinct for where the story would unfold.
The tone was set early. In the 12th minute, Nuno Mendes carved down the left, squaring for Ousmane Dembélé to slide home the opener. A moment of precision, a moment that detonated around the Parc des Princes. The tone for the evening was set to the chorus of the crowd.
Marseille had threatened first — a close‑range effort from Amine Gouiri drawing a sharp save from Matvey Safonov — but once the breakthrough arrived, the momentum became a tide PSG rode with ease. Bradley Barcola struck the post, Désiré Doué forced saves, and then Dembélé doubled the lead in the 37th minute, racing through the Marseille defence and rifling a finish inside the near post. A goal built on speed, authority and total conviction.
At 2–0, the visitors were still in the fight, but after the interval the match opened into something far more punishing, the crowd sensing blood and roaring their men on. Marseille tried to push higher, only to leave space that PSG exploited ruthlessly. In the 64th minute, Facundo Medina turned a Joao Neves volley into his own net, the kind of moment that summed up Marseille’s night — always chasing, always half a step behind.
Barely two minutes later, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia added a fourth, meeting Dembélé’s looping delivery with a perfectly controlled volley. The connection, the angle, the execution — it all felt choreographed, as if this Paris side had slipped into complete fluency.
And then came the fifth. Lee Kang‑In, drifting into the right channel, shaped a low finish inside the near post in the 74th minute. No theatrics, no hesitation — just a clean, final punctuation mark on a night that belonged entirely to PSG.
As the final whistle sounded, Paris roared — not just for the scoreline, but for the statement it delivered. This was dominance reasserted. This was a reminder. PSG back on top of the Ligue 1 table, with authority.
Photography by Colin Duranton for SoccerBible.
