Press review: Auxerre v PSG for top spot, Chevalier and Barcola | OneFootball

This Friday, January 23, the French press (on the sporting side) focused on Paris Saint-Germain’s match this evening against Auxerre at the Abbé-Deschamps stadium as part of the 19th day of Ligue 1 2025-2026 (kick-off at 8 p.m., broadcast on Ligue1+). There is also the adaptation of Lucas Chevalier (24-year-old goalkeeper) and the lack of efficiency from Bradley Barcola (23-year-old forward).

Le Parisien –

L’Equipe –

PSG needs to get back on track with a positive dynamic by returning to victory after the 2-1 defeat against Sporting Portugal in the Champions League on Tuesday. The challenge will be to maintain a similar quality of play despite rotation and fatigue, while adding a bit more efficiency. That’s the key element missing—not much, when you want to be a top-level team. But it’s essential.

This requires making better choices, playing with the best-placed teammate, but also executing a few actions a bit more successfully. This particularly comes from confidence, since these are high-level players. The breakthrough still needs to be found, even if there’s no magic formula. Whether it’s for Barcola or other players. There’s also the work, which is assumed to be very intense and focused during the week.

The same goes for goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier. We don’t need a story about his life in the locker room with undoubtedly uncertain parts, since these aren’t official confidences. One must succeed in adapting to a group, a city, and new pressure. This can take time, without the need to dramatize every match during the process. For some, the hoped-for breakthrough never comes. For others, the early doubts become distant memories. Like Gianluigi Donnarumma (26 years old), now a regretted hero after long periods of criticism.

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