Seen and read about PSG in the French press this Monday, January 13, 2025. PSG's victory against AS Saint-Etienne (2-1), the Parisians regain their distance in the ranking, Ousmane Dembélé confirms his current form …
In today's edition, The Team
devotes its front page to the victory of PSG facing
AS Saint-Etienneat the end of the 17th day of Ligue 1. A success which allows the Parisians to regain a seven-point lead at the top of the Ligue
1. Once again, the players of Luis Enrique showed ineffectiveness against the opponent's goal and should have won more widely. If
Ousmane Dembélé managed to score a double, this did not solve all the offensive problems of his formation.
“Even if history and statistics have shown that we should not count on the scoring qualities of
Dembele's over time, the PSG has no choice, especially when Gonçalo Ramos rows at this point and misses his only two chances (10th, 45th + 2), and especially when the midfielder so rarely carries the danger in front of the goal. Luis Enriquehowever, had built his most offensive trio of the season, with Fabian Ruiz as a sentinel, Lee Kang-In et Sleepy Mayul as torchbearers. » More, Bradley
Barcola continues to display his long drought without a goal and could have killed the match before the break if his achievement had not been canceled by the VAR. It rather left alive
the AXISwho came with generous intentions, a rare thing for groups traveling to
Princes Park.
However, the lack of talent in both surfaces ended up punishing the Greens. For his part, the Parisian number 29 is doing better in the game and is undoubtedly approaching better days with the PSG. AS Saint-Etienne returned to the game thanks to a free kick from Zuri Davitashvili and prevents the Rouge & Bleu from achieving a clean sheet (only 3 clean sheets in the last 11 matches). But the entry into play of
Willian Pacho and the speed of the two Parisian full-backs allowed the PSG to manage the depth well afterwards, without really being afraid. « The
PSG is at the same point, but at the top of the
Ligue 1still, mid-Championship, while waiting for the next few days to bring him a third left winger,
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Since the Georgian of
Naples is not a regular scorer either, he is made for PSG. »
The sports daily focuses on the performance ofOusmane Dembélé. With a double last night, number 10 of PSG confirmed that it had reached a milestone in efficiency. He remains on 6 goals scored in his last 5 matches. The French international has also not become a clinical striker in front of goal as shown by his two missed chances late in the match, but he has changed.
“His double last night against
Saint-Etienne – his 10th and 11th goals this season – reflects this gradual change. And responds to a clear wish of the player, which originated in July. When last summer, a few weeks after the departure of Kylian Mbappéhe was asked, in private, what role he now intended to play, Dembele's did not hide it: this time, he wanted to wear Paris. And take on the role of number 1 striker by scoring. » And in this first leg, the 2018 World Champion fulfilled his contract by giving the impression of being obsessed with efficiency.
In the first period against the AXISwe saw the best of the Frenchman who proves that he is one of the most destabilizing players in the world. He will now have to reproduce this over 90 minutes. “Be more selfish, yes, but not to the detriment of the game: in the second half, Dembele's presented a face that was too personal and therefore inefficient. Balance is difficult to find. » The other challenges for him will be to beat his personal record for club goals over a season (14 goals in 2018-2019) and above all to raise his level in Champions League. ” Against
Manchester City (January 22) and
Stuttgart (29), Dembele's must be the one who guides. Until May, and even if the arrival of
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is confirmed, the Parisian striker will have the destiny of Paris in his feet. As he dreamed of last summer…”concludes
THE.
For his part, The Parisian also looks back on the victory of
PSG facing AS Saint-Etienne
(2-1). After a difficult start to the match due to the numerous changes made by Luis Enrique in its starting lineup, the capital club quickly broke the momentum of the Greens. “These modifications, permutations, firsts, novelties have considerably destabilized a
PSG which revolves around a base even if the principles of play never change. » Thanks to a
Ousmane Dembélé gala in the first period, the championship leader got back upright. A double scorer, the French international allowed his team to regain its seven-point lead at the top of the championship. “The initial choices of Luis Enrique indicate that he will mix three very different teams until the trip to
Lens next Saturday passing by the match of
French Cup has
Clermont-Ferrand against Espaly
(N3) »explain LP.
Everyone except Milan Skriniar et
Randal Cole Muanishould get some playing time. Even Presnel Kimpembe. “The idea consists of homogenizing the state of fitness of the troop before deciding to align the best, those he considers to be the ones in any case, against Manchester City January 22 at Princes Park in Champions League. » It remains to be seen whether this will allow
Bradley Barcola to get back into your best shape. This Sunday, number 29 of the Rouge & Bleu saw his goal refused by the VAR and forced his play to get back into the statistics. “He has been silent since November 9, an eternity for a 'star' of the PSG regularly aligned. He has multiplied the bad touches, little helped by a technique which eludes him like his confidence. »
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