On Saturday at the Parc des Princes, Paris Saint-Germain beat Lens 1-0 (PSG/Lens video summary) as part of Matchday 10 of Ligue 1 2024-2025. Here are the ratings awarded by Le Parisien and L’Équipe to the capital’s players (find ours here).
Le Parisien :
Barcola (6) – Asensio (5.5) – Dembélé (6)
Neves (6.5) – Vitinha (6.5) – Ruiz (5.5)
Nuno Mendes (6) – Pacho (6.5) – Marquinhos (6.5) – Hakimi (6)
Safonov (5.5)
L’Equipe :
Luis Enrique – 6
Barcola (6) – Asensio (4) – Dembélé (5)
Neves (5) – Vitinha (6) – Ruiz (4)
Nuno Mendes (5) – Pacho (6) – Marquinhos (5) – Hakimi (5)
Safonov (5)
These are logical, average grades given the Parisians’ performance. Even so,Le Parisien is less caricatured than L’Equipe, which takes great pleasure in being very hard on PSG in its ratings.
Yes, we could have expected better from this team, but PSG dominated, without contest. The defense was solid, with a clean sheet, and the midfield was dominant, despite Ruiz being on the inside. Only the attack struggled to finish. The goal keeps us moving forward.
