Paris Saint-Germain won 0-3 against RB Salzburg (Salzburg/PSG video summary) this Tuesday at the Red Bull Arena as part of the 6th day of the league phase of the 2024-2025 Champions League. After this match, Daniel Riolo, journalist RMC Sport (After Foot) did not come away very enthusiastic about the Parisian performance.
Riolo « With the level that PSG has at the moment, you can’t even beat a sick City”
“With the level that PSG has at the moment, you can’t even beat a sick City. PSG does not have a good level. On the pitch, behind… even that bad Salzburg managed to create gaps where you say to yourself that if he's a good attacker, he might go all the way. If we are completely lucid and objective, we continue to be bored.
Riolo « I don’t think the performance is crazy”
In front, it was super weak. There are players… it's really not great. Collectively, it's okay. But the best player, the one who creates the most, is Hakimi. I don't think the performance is crazy. But we had to do ourselves good, we had to breathe a little because of the pressure around the club. Shows (against OL) that things are going a little better. »
What do you want Daniel Riolo to say? He has been hitting PSG, its coaches, its leaders for months. It's not a performance against a team in great difficulty that will change his mind. This was to be expected. Even a victory against City would not be incredible enough, considering the Citizens' difficulties. Riolo maintains his posture and of course, it is widely shared.
PSG did not have the greatest match in its history, but to say that Salzburg had breaches is to sell an alternative reality to those who listen to it. PSG played high, pressed high and the Austrians tried to move forward (fortunately). There was no danger. In addition Riolo appreciates the “if a better attacker had been opposite”, we must remind him that it is easy to see this fact in one direction and not the other.
We never hear him say “if PSG had their multitude of chances then the score would have been incredible”. No, we only remember the two “complicated” minutes. We also remember the speech after the match against Girone “who monopolized the ball at PSG”… for two minutes. However, after the reactions, all that remained despite the outrageous domination of the Parisians.
