On Wednesday at the Parc des Princes, Paris Saint-Germain lost 1-2 to Atlético de Madrid as part of Day 4 of the Champions League 2024-2025 phase. Here are the ratings awarded by Le Parisien and L’Équipe to the Parisian players.
Le Parisien :
Barcola (4) – Asensio (3) – Dembélé (4)
Neves (5) – Vitinha (4) – Zaïre-Emery (5,5)
Nuno Mendes (3,5) – Pacho (5,5) – Marquinhos (6) – Hakimi (6)
Donnarumma (4)
L’Equipe :
Luis Enrique – 3
Barcola (4) – Asensio (2) – Dembélé (5)
Neves (3) – Vitinha (3) – Zaïre-Emery (5)
Nuno Mendes (4) – Pacho (6) – Marquinhos (6) – Hakimi (6)
Donnarumma (3)
Notes made on the spot, that’s the spirit of L’Equipe. It’s difficult to defend the PSG players after this match, even if the grades are harsh. They’re harsh in terms of the content, but they’re logical in terms of the result. The result takes precedence over everything else.
We would have liked PSG to win with a satisfactory performance, but all we got was a one-sided handball farce. There’s no doubt that if PSG had at least drawn, the midfielders would have scored higher. The result holds all the keys, a defeat is a defeat, no matter what the content. Welcome to simplistic soccer analysis.
