French media impressed by one Chelsea star despite PSG humiliation | OneFootball

Chelsea endured a very difficult evening against PSG at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, but the French media were impressed with the performance of Andrey Santos.

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PSG strolled to a 3-0 win in west London thanks to goals from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Bradley Barcola and Senny Mayulu.

The holders advanced 8-2 on aggregate, as Chelsea suffered one of their most humiliating moments under the Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital ownership.

French media praise Andrey Santos

Liam Rosenior made changes to the side which lost against Newcastle, with Santos one of those coming into the team.

Chelsea deployed a back three of Trevoh Chalobah, Jorrel Hato and Mamadou Sarr, which simply didn’t work as they were 2-0 down inside the first 15 minutes.

It was a difficult night for all involved, with Chelsea players really struggling to have any sort of impact on proceedings.

However, despite the result, French outlet L’Equipe were impressed with the Brazilian as they praised his performance.

“Rosenior also preferred Andrey Santos to Roméo Lavia,” they wrote.

“The Brazilian, called up by Carlo Ancelotti to the national team, performed well but missed his intervention on PSG’s third goal.”

Enzo Fernandez casts doubt over his future

Whilst French media were impressed with Santos, Enzo Fernandez plunged his future into doubt after the game.

The Argentine refused to guarantee he’d be at the club next season, and it’s thought he’d be open to a move to La Liga.

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Fernandez has been linked with both Real Madrid and PSG, and it’s been reported Chelsea won’t let him go for a book loss.

The 25-year-old is under contract until 2032, and it’ll be very interesting to see how the situation unfolds over the summer.

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