Bayern/PSG – Press ratings: magical Kvaratskhelia, untouchable Pacho | 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 little 5, the rest is fairly consistent. PSG defended a lot, and did it well. The attackers were stronger defensively than offensively. Aside from the trio of Kvaratskhelia, Pacho, and Zaïre-Emery (clearly PSG’s standout players in this match), you can’t downplay the work of the other players. What PSG do, they do collectively.

The idea was to scale things back against an impressive Bayern attack, and to do that, a few principles had to be sacrificed. We saw a more restrained PSG, defending on the front foot and staying very compact. That really suited an outstanding Pacho. Be careful, Doué gets the same rating as Dembélé, but let’s not be fooled: the Ballon d’Or candidate 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 need to be freshened up for the upcoming fixtures, because history is in the making.

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