On Tuesday at the Emirates Stadium, Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal 0-1 (video highlights Arsenal/PSG) in the first leg of the Champions League 2024-2025 semi-final (return on May 7). Here are the scores awarded by Le Parisien and L’Équipe to the capital’s players (find ours here).
Le Parisien :
Kvaratskhelia (7) – Dembélé (7) – Doué (4,5)
Ruiz (7,5) – Vitinha (6,5) – Neves (7,5)
Mendes (6,5) – Pacho (6) – Marquinhos (6) – Hakimi (5.5)
Donnarumma (8)
L’Equipe :
Luis Enrique – 7
Kvaratskhelia (6) – Dembélé (7) – Doué (5)
Ruiz (8) – Vitinha (7) – Neves (6)
Mendes (7) – Pacho (6) – Marquinhos (6) – Hakimi (5)
Donnarumma (8)
Everyone has an idea about the man of the match. Some were betting on Donnarumma, others on Ruiz or Vitinha or even Dembélé or Joao Neves. That’s PSG too, a team that plays with 11 men, runs with 11 men and fights with 11 men.
Donnarumma was very good, but Dembélé scored the only goal while Vitinha managed the tempo and Ruiz shone with his aggressiveness. It’s hard to pick out a big winner tonight, but we’re aiming above all to sublimate the collective, which is another reason why there are no big “misses”.
