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Tops / Flops Paris SG-Juventus: Mbappé still him, Paris not really reassuring

2022-09-06T21:24:11.027Z


Mbappé's double, Neymar's vista, but also PSG's recurring difficulties in defense: find the Tops and Flops of this match between PSG and Juventus (2-1).


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Mbappé, still decisive

As often, he was present at major events.

In the wake of his last meetings in the Champions League, Kylian Mbappé was once again clinical in front of the opposing goal.

In particular, by signing a high-level first period by converting the first two Parisian shots into… goals.

Author of a magnificent volley (5th), he then concluded a superb movement with a sudden recovery (22nd).

He will have had more difficulty thereafter to be lucid with a few missed opportunities.

But he is still the savior of PSG.

Read alsoChampions League: Mbappé's sumptuous double against Juventus Turin (video)

Neymar, rather inspired

It is the Neymar version C1 who walked the lawn of the Parc des Princes this Tuesday evening.

The Brazilian started the game with a marvelous shady pass to launch Mbappé on the opener.

He was then regularly the hard-hitting player who constantly sought to move forward and multiplied the good shifts.

He could even have closed the score on a shot that was a little too crushed.

Verratti, true to himself

The Italian community has again put on its best clothes for this gala evening.

Still just as active, with more than 130 balls touched, Marco Verratti has sometimes delighted the Parc des Princes with his ability to keep the ball and to succeed in technical gestures that are confusing for the opponent.

Important for cutting opposing transitions, he remains consistent in his performance at the highest level.

FLOPS

A night not perfect for Paris

If the victory is there, PSG can consider themselves perfectible.

In particular in his management of matches and his defensive organization.

Because once again, the team lost the thread a little when the opponent regained confidence.

Like an air of deja vu.

The second period thus showed a feverish Paris.

Conceding a goal on a confused action, the Parisians multiplied the losses of the ball and no longer united.

Fortunately, this Juve was not in its best form.

But a real warning for the club of the capital which will have to be more compact when the business turns less well and to better manage its weak times.

Read alsoChampions League: PSG launches its European campaign with a success over Juventus Turin

Donnarumma, hot and cold

It's complicated to judge the performance of Gianluigi Donnarumma because the Italian goalkeeper was capable of the best and the worst.

The best when he made two good saves against Milik (19th) and Vlahovic (56th).

The less well when we see his inability to impose himself on the corner quickly played by two by Juve which resulted in the reduction of the gap.

Even if he is not the only culprit, Nuno Mendes losing his duel with McKennie, the Turin striker.

Messi, an evening without

While he had splashed his talent in the last matches in Ligue 1, Lionel Messi did not really exist in this match.

If a lot of his partners looked for him, he did not improve his balls and lacked impact in the face of the duels imposed by the Turinese.

No coincidence that Galtier took it out a few minutes from the end.

Source: lefigaro

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