On Wednesday at the Parc des Princes, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Nantes 3-0 in a rescheduled match from Matchday 26 of the 2025-2026 Ligue 1 season. Here are the player ratings given by Le Parisien and L’Équipe to the capital club’s players.
Le Parisien:
Kvaratskhelia (8) – Dembélé (6) – Doué (7)
Dro (5) – Beraldo (6) – Neves (6)
Zaïre-Emery (5) – Zabarnyi (5.5) – Marquinhos (6.5) – Hakimi (6.5)
Safonov (6)
L’Equipe:
Luis Enrique – 7
Kvaratskhelia (8) – Dembélé (6) – Doué (7)
Dro (5) – Beraldo (6) – Neves (6)
Zaïre-Emery (5) – Zabarnyi (5) – Marquinhos (6) – Hakimi (6)
Safonov (6)
Make no mistake, with the ratings from these two newspapers, one could almost believe that PSG really only had two players to shine. It’s sometimes difficult to understand the media’s reticence in judging the Parisian club. It’s clear that Nantes didn’t provide much opposition, but some players aren’t getting the recognition they deserve despite some good performances. If PSG played a good, straightforward match, it’s also because the players displayed quality. Beraldo won back a lot of balls, Dro still has room for improvement, but he wasn’t “just average.”
It always comes back to the same issue: PSG’s performances are judged based on the quality of the opponent, but never on their own merits. Otherwise, we remain stuck in a somewhat outdated view of football that focuses on a player who scores two goals and another who also scores, forgetting that this sport is a team sport and that without a fighting and effective team, individual performances wouldn’t be possible.
