Press review: Monaco v PSG, Doué rescued Paris from trouble | OneFootball

This Wednesday, February 18, the French press (from a sporting perspective) focused on Paris Saint-Germain’s victory the previous evening against AS Monaco at the Stade Louis II, in the first leg of the 2025-2026 Champions League playoffs (the return leg is on February 25). There is also the sanction that the Professional Football League is expected to decide following the PSG/OM match, due to banners, chants, and tifos at the Parc des Princes that were not well received.

Le Parisien –

L’Equipe –

PSG gave themselves a scare, Ousmane Dembélé (28-year-old forward) is experiencing some pain, and there are still areas to improve; it was undeniably not a perfect evening. However, the Parisians managed to turn the situation around and leave with an advantage after a collective performance that remains interesting, along with a great return to form from Désiré Doué (20-year-old midfielder/forward). There are certainly positives to take away.

Now, the main thing is to see what comes next. Will PSG manage to gain consistency and build momentum towards the end of the season? Or will we see this zigzag pattern until the very end? It’s hard to tell from the outside. There are always excellent aspects to their play, but they still need to cut out some major defensive and offensive errors.

As for the sanction the LFP will choose, something fairly severe is expected to “make a statement.” Even though it’s hard to see the point when similar chants in other stadiums don’t lead to matches being stopped, and probably not to any punishments either.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.