Bayern/PSG – Press ratings: Kvaratskhelia magic, Pacho untouchable | OneFootball

On Wednesday at the Allianz Arena, Paris Saint-Germain drew 1-1 (5-6 on aggregate, Bayern/PSG highlights) against Bayern Munich in the second leg of the 2025-2026 Champions League semi-final. Here are the ratings given by Le Parisien and L’Équipe to the capital club’s players (find ours here). 

Le Parisien:

Kvaratkshelia (8) – Dembélé (7) – Doué (6.5)

Ruiz (7) – Vitinha (6) – Neves (7.5)

Nuno Mendes (6.5) – Pacho (8) – Marquinhos (8) – Zaïre-Emery (8)

Safonov (8.5)

L’Equipe:

Luis Enrique  – 9

Kvaratkshelia (8) – Dembélé (6) – Doué (6)

Ruiz (7) – Vitinha (5) – Neves (7)

Nuno Mendes (7) – Pacho (8) – Marquinhos (7) – Zaïre-Emery (8)

Safonov (7)

Apart from Vitinha, who gets a rather harsh 5, the rest is fairly consistent. PSG did a lot of defending, and did it well. The forwards were stronger defensively than offensively. Aside from the trio of Kvaratskhelia, Pacho, and Zaïre-Emery (clearly PSG’s standout players in this match), the work of the other players cannot be dismissed. What PSG are doing, they are doing collectively.

The idea was to scale back an impressive Bavarian attack, and to do that, a few principles had to be sacrificed. We saw a PSG side that committed itself less, defended on the front foot, and stayed very compact. That played to the strengths of an impressive Pacho. Be careful, Doué gets the same rating as Dembélé, but let’s not be fooled, the Ballon d’Or contender was not having a great night. He scored, which feels good and is what is expected of him. For the rest, all the players will have to be patched up for the upcoming challenges, because history is in the making.

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