This player is the brains of PSG: "He’s the boss"

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·23 October 2025

This player is the brains of PSG: "He’s the boss"

In an interview with Parisien, Patrick Guillou, former defender and now consultant on beIN SPORTS, praised Vitinha's (25 years old) performance during the match between Bayer Leverkusen and Paris Saint-Germain. Impressed by the accuracy and insight of the Portuguese midfielder, the analyst described a player who has become essential in the Parisian game.

Guillou: "Vitinha was breathtaking in his simplicity and game intelligence"

"Vitinha was breathtaking in his simplicity and game intelligence. On Nuno Mendes' goal, he breaks through two lines and eliminates 6 players all by himself, it's crazy. He slows down, he speeds up, he takes the initiative to go for it, he makes the final pass, and there's a goal. He's the boss, he's the metronome. He's an indispensable element in the preferential circuits when they start from the back. It feels like we're waiting for the playmaker, like in the NBA."

For several months, Vitinha has embodied the balance and fluidity of Paris Saint-Germain's game. Against Leverkusen, his influence reached a peak: panoramic vision, precisely timed changes of pace, and that rare ability to "breathe" the ball before striking accurately. Patrick Guillou highlighted this role of invisible catalyst, reminding that the Portuguese is now at the heart of PSG's "preferential circuits" for relaunching.

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His collective intelligence, coupled with an increasingly assumed initiative, makes him a playmaker in the style of basketball "playmakers," those who dictate the tempo and read the game before anyone else. He is no longer just a good relay player: he is the regulator of PSG under Luis Enrique.

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