On Tuesday at the José Alvalade Stadium, Paris Saint-Germain lost 2-1 to Sporting Lisbon in Matchday 7 of the 2025-2026 Champions League. Here are the player ratings given by Le Parisien and L’Équipe to the capital club’s players (find ours here).
Le Parisien:
Barcola (4) – Dembélé (4) – Doué (3.5)
Ruiz (5) – Vitinha (4) – Mayulu (3.5)
Nuno Mendes (4) – Pacho (4) – Marquinhos (4.5) – Zaïre-Emery (6)
Chevalier (4)
L’Equipe:
Luis Enrique – 3
Barcola (4) – Dembélé (4) – Doué (3)
Ruiz (5) – Vitinha (5) – Mayulu (4)
Nuno Mendes (5) – Pacho (4) – Marquinhos (4) – Zaïre-Emery (6)
Chevalier (3)
The result speaks for itself; both newspapers based their ratings on the defeat, and the quality of PSG’s performance certainly deserved better marks. Afterwards, it’s understandable that a defeat would logically be more “punitive” in terms of individual ratings, because it means there were weaknesses. Given this excellent first half, seeing a single matchday exceed a 5 rating is quite surprising. Paris will have to put on its best performance to stay in the top 8, but also to regain favor with our beloved media.
