Match: Dortmund/PSG (1-0), individual performances

Donnarumma: Some will inevitably blame him for the goal conceded but Füllkrug’s shot, as low as it is powerful, seems unstoppable from behind. For the rest, the Parisian goalkeeper kept his team alive, notably against Sabitzer twice, but he did not achieve the major feat that a save on the German goal would have been. With his foot or in the air, he performed, particularly because there was little demand.

Hakimi: The right back experienced a match with quite a contrast depending on the circumstances of the match. When space opened up in front of him, his runs and his constant calls forward put Borussia to death, not to mention that he came close to scoring with a close-range shot and giving an assist from a perfect center. But when he found himself in the duel, he suffered a lot: Adeyemi made him commit far too many fouls and the winger often hampered him when he returned to defend. Far from being the worst, but he can do better.

Marquinhos: The Parisian captain will surely be ashamed of having covered Füllkrug on the only goal of the match, an action that he described as practiced in training moreover, but he did everything well for the rest. His defensive presence did a lot of good, including a huge save in front of Brandt, and he was good overall in handling the German counterattacks. With the ball, he ensured in the short game and shone in the long game with two superb passes, including this exceptional cross without control on the head of Fabian Ruiz.

Hernandez: The start of the match showed him aggressive and ready to pounce on Füllkrug, never backing down from the imposing German center forward who nevertheless imposed a hell of a physical challenge on him. It was while trying to prevent him from scoring that Hernandez was injured, possibly for a long time.

Beraldo replaced him and he found himself facing the same colossus, inevitably being dominated on a few balls played in a pivot. But the young Brazilian did not give up and was able to get the best at times, even in the air. On the other hand, he is caught short on some quick actions, with too much floating placement. With the ball, he tried to bring his quality of passing but a miss almost cost his team dearly.

Nuno Mendes: The Portuguese seemed targeted by the BVB to attack from the start of the match and the Germans rightly pounded his side. After a start where he more or less held his own in the duel, Sancho made him explode little by little and the left-hander found himself in immense difficulty, overwhelmed by the virtuosity and punch of the winger. Underwater against the Englishman, on a tightrope against the others, Mendes finished the game a little better but he unfortunately confirmed the enormous defensive fears which weighed on him after the double confrontation with Barça. More annoying, he also had difficulty with the ball at his feet, often being blocked on the restart.

Zaire-Emery: Positioned very to the right of the midfielder for balance, the young midfielder responded physically at first, not letting himself be impressed, but he frankly had difficulty over time to exist and to weigh in the match. His technical shortcomings regularly appeared, first closer to the opposing surface before spreading out, and Zaire-Emery therefore did not really shine. He never gave up either, but that’s not enough at this level.

Vitinha: If PSG regularly had its head underwater in the first period, it did not sink and assumed its position throughout the game. Perfect under pressure with one exception, very often well placed to cut off opposing counterattacks with finely felt interceptions, he was also one of the most inspired facilitators of the Parisian game. Technically clean, his ability to overturn the game did his team a lot of good and he often launched the offensives. Like his only shot of the match which missed the target, he should probably have been made even more responsible.

Fabian Ruiz: Placed on the left to help Nuno Mendes, the Spaniard had a good start to the game, with appreciable technical quality and real resistance to opposing pressure. In the game, however, his tendency to constantly look for Mbappé was already too present and was only confirmed throughout the match, with a fairly significant detrimental effect. Little by little, he also weighed less in the game or the restart, with a waste that grew, and it was through his forays into the surface that he was interesting but he missed his two headers in a good position , even if not easy to put.

Dembélé: His return to Dortmund was complicated, far from his local glory days, and the striker experienced many different periods during the game. First as central leader and in a two-way duel with Emre Can from which he will not really escape, he weighs very little on the Parisian game despite long shots and poorly managed dribbling attempts. Positioned frankly further to the right at the break, he signed a much better start to the second half and then made Borussia suffer almost every time he took the ball. This unfortunately will not be confirmed over time and its last half hour is especially marked by two enormous failures against goal. His first opportunity was well repelled by Kobel but his second was not even on target and cost his team a draw.

Barcola: With a placement on the left side not easy to read for him or for his team, he was rarely found and his pivotal play on the restarts was also insufficient to insert him more into the passing circuits. When he was found higher up the field, he alternated between good and bad, with Ryerson still not giving him much. With a little more application in his centers, he could still have been decisive.

Kolo Muani replaced him position for position and he held the lane better from a defensive point. He tried to bring his power to the ball but his good start to the action was almost always spoiled by technical problems at the end.

Mbappé: Alone at the forefront facing a hinge that only had him to manage, the Frenchman never knew how to get out of the trap and he had a frankly poor match. Too imprecise technically, for example, he never knew how to have his back to the goal and generally got along poorly with his partners around him. In the second half, he had a good shot on the post then a magnificent layup for Dembélé but that did not save his match. His movements raise questions, with a refusal to attack the surface but also late replacements which generate offside. The initial equation was not easy, but he seemed to go about solving it backwards and therefore was unsuccessful.