Bradley Barcola once again produced a very good match against Lens, notably offering the first goal to Dembélé. Top scorer in Ligue 1, he is for some observers one of the best attackers in Europe currently. Marcel Desailly wanted to be more level-headed.
Will Bradley Barcola quickly make Kylian Mbappé forget at PSG? The former Lyon player is following in the footsteps of his former teammate for the moment. Very restless on his left wing, Barcola also knows how to be effective in front of opposing goals. He has already scored 8 goals in Ligue 1, making him the leader in the scorers' standings like his elder in previous years. Above all, Barcola became feared by the French defenses. This will be even more the case after the Lens match on Saturday during which he was poison for the Artesian defense. A decisive passer for Dembélé, he called on Samba on several occasions.
Desailly finds Barcola too passive
Also decisive and important in the French team, Bradley Barcola is seen as one of the major players in his position in Europe by many observers. An analysis which is not completely shared by Marcel Desailly. The 1998 world champion was a little critical of Barcola at the microphone of BeIN Sports, broadcaster of PSG-Lens on Saturday. According to the former defender, Barcola does not weigh enough on the offensive animation of his teams unlike Lamine Yamal for example.
« The stats speak for him, but I find that he is not yet present enough in the offensive animation. He only gets going when the ball comes to his feet. I'm waiting a little more. When we take the example of Lamine Yamal, we feel that it is still a little below, but there is enormous potential. I want Barcola to be much more useful to the collective. Watch him when the team is turning the ball, he is stationary, he is not looking for the ball », Explained Marcel Desailly. Enough to highlight an area of progress for the Parisian player as well as for Luis Enrique while the Champions League and Atlético de Madrid arrive on the PSG program.
