As part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the French national team was at the Stadion Miejski stadium on Friday to face Ukraine and secured a 2-0 victory (watch the match summary: Ukraine vs. France). Six players from Paris Saint-Germain were involved in the match: five for France: Lucas Chevalier, Lucas Hernandez, Désiré Doué, Bradley Barcola, and Ousmane Dembélé; and one for Ukraine: Ilya Zabarnyi. Here are the player ratings from the French press.
Le Parisien:
Mbappé (6)
Barcola (6) – Olise (8.5) – Doué (5)
Koné (7) – Tchouaméni (8)
Digne (5.5) – Upamecano (7) – Konaté (8) – Koundé (6)
Maignan (6)
L’Équipe:
Mbappé (6)
Barcola (6) – Olise (8) – Doué (5)
Koné (7) – Tchouaméni (8)
Digne (6) – Upamecano (7) – Konaté (6) – Koundé (6)
Maignan (6)
Good ratings for a fairly convincing team performance against Ukraine, with some standout individual performances. It’s refreshing to see this French team play like this; we’d like to get used to it. It wasn’t perfect, but we saw some good team creativity. Olise and Tchouaméni were particularly impressive. Let’s hope this continues.
Barcola also impressed, confirming his growing form in recent matches. Unfortunately, Doué had to come off at halftime after a blow to his calf, and was then replaced by Dembélé, who himself then had to come off injured.
