This is a statistic that is both anecdotal and very telling. And also a little humiliating for the entire Parisian attack. Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembélé, the two attackers aligned at the kick-off by Luis Enrique during PSG’s defeat on the pitch of Bayern Munich (1-0) Tuesday evening in the Champions League, managed fewer dribbles between them reunited as the Bavarian goalkeeper, Manuel Neuer. Or, if we look at the statistics reported by the Who Scored site, zero to one.
The 2014 world champion thus erased Dembélé shortly before the expulsion of the French international, in the 56th minute. Barcola had a little more time than his partner to shine, but did not manage to beat a single opponent in a direct duel in 72 minutes spent on the pitch. He ended up being replaced by Gonçalo Ramos, returning from injury.
The best dribbler in the Parisian ranks, as well as in the entire match, is called Nuno Mendes. Or a left back who completed five dribbles in a match where he was also disappointing. In addition to Dembélé and Barcola, Warren Zaire-Emery and Fabian Ruiz failed to dribble past a single Munich player during the match.
If Paris only conceded one goal, after a handball from a corner by its starting goalkeeper for the evening Matvey Safonov (38th), it struggled to weigh offensively in this meeting, played with ten players for more than a year. half hour. Munich thus finished with 2.41 expected goals, a figure which measures the probability of scoring from different actions, compared to 0.77 for Luis Enrique’s men. Today 26th, and virtually eliminated from this Champions League before their last three group matches.
