Mathieu Warnier, Media365: published on Sunday January 12, 2025 at 11:35 p.m.
Discover our tops and our flops following PSG’s victory against Saint-Etienne (2-1) this Sunday on the lawn of the Parc des Princes during the closing match of the 17th day of Ligue 1.
The tops
Dembélé decisive again
The weeks follow one another and are similar for Ousmane Dembélé in 2025. Decisive scorer for PSG during the Champions Trophy against Monaco, the French international winger was able to make the difference in the first period during this success for the club. capital against the Greens. He tried a lot, and missed a lot, with his two goals coming from his only two shots on target, but he was a real poison for the Saint-Etienne defense throughout the match.
Larsonneur kept the Greens alive
If Saint-Etienne was able to believe until the end of added time in the idea of bringing back a point from this trip to the capital, it is largely thanks to Gautier Larsonneur. The Greens goalkeeper repelled almost all Parisian strikes that found his target. Seven stops which prevented the Foréz team from suffering a real rout on Parisian soil. In the end, his two failures against Ousmane Dembélé cost the Greens dearly.
Ruiz very long solid
Focused exclusively on defensive tasks without his sentry position, Fabian Ruiz did not go overboard. Solid in recovery, present in duels and effective in recovery, the Spanish midfielder was a shield for the Parisian central defense during a good part of the match. But, like his teammates, he let up a little after the break with an efficiency in his interventions that is more difficult to pin down.
The flops
Pétrot, guilty error
Faced with a duo composed of Achraf Hakimi and Ousmane Dembélé unleashed in the first period, Léo Pétrot suffered to the point of committing the irreparable by deflecting the ball with his hand in a duel against the Moroccan defender. A penalty which gave the capital club a break, a handicap which proved too great for the Greens. Too soft, he will not have helped his team achieve a good result during this trip to the capital.
Beraldo much too messy
His start to the match was a sham. Established in the axis of the Parisian defense with Lucas Hernandez, Lucas Beraldo once again showed his limits with interventions that were not always appropriate. Committing the foul on Zuriko Davitashvili offering the Georgian the free kick which allowed the Greens to reduce the gap and, above all, to regain confidence for the last half hour of the match. Once again, the Brazilian defender did not score points in the mind of Luis Enrique.
Stassin did not weigh
Lucas Stassin once again had a frustrating evening. Aligned at the forefront of the Saint-Etienne attack by Eirik Horneland for this trip to the Parc des Princes, the Belgian striker did not often see the ball but he had the merit of making Gianluigi Donnarumma tremble shortly before returning to the locker room. Apart from that, he will have put too little difficulty into a Parisian rearguard which was very far from being impregnable during this meeting.
