Even if he has come closer to his goal, no one yet knows the destiny of PSG in this new formula of the Champions League but he has found a method, the panache, and an organ to lead him there, the heart . Trailing 0-2 after the break because he had forgotten all about his defensive attitudes, turning on himself but above all upside down, he got back into the match with character, marrow, these characteristics which never leave him, even when he doesn’t snort on a big night.
His terrible start to the second half led to a masterpiece of revolt and power, like a steamroller driven by untenable frustration. Three goals emerged from the Parisian night, in the pouring rain, snapping like stars aligning and transporting you to a dream world. Ousmane Dembélé as an agent provocateur, Bradley Barcola then João Neves at the age of 20 and Gonçalo Ramos delivered the blow to a Manchester City which is plunging back into its pain and nightmares. The Citizens led 2-0 and remain at 8 points, in a dangerous zone even if the reception of Bruges in a week leaves them with a world of hopes and possibilities.
Frustration, therefore, was eating away at PSG after this 0-2 which occurred in three minutes (50th and 53rd), he expelled it with a joyful madness, a sense of turnaround worthy of the great European evenings, in a Parc des Princes a new times in a trance. He will never be able to leave an enclosure with this resonance and these memories, including that of January 22, 2025, now part of the heritage. He has the level of C1 and big matches.
He would commit an unforgivable mistake of not qualifying for the play-offs next week by letting Stuttgart steal this pleasure from him in Germany. What he showed in his ability to react and his offensive fire under the leadership of Ousmane Dembélé deserves an outlet, a sequel, an extension. You have to make the pleasure last. Surfing on this wave which made it possible to go up two goals when hope had gone to bed quietly and without warning.
-It must also be said that Manchester City found themselves two goals ahead without really knowing why, pushed behind by the errors of the Parisian defense. But the first act, until the break, had established a sense of superiority for PSG, well into the game, combining intensity, good offensive dispositions, variety of actions. There was just a lack of extra talent and creativity in the last gesture, as since the start of the European competition. Luis Enrique’s team remains that knife which cuts without deciding, which gets to the heart of the matter but does not fail.
Or not enough. Knowing, but it was a foregone conclusion, that she will always be more dangerous with Ousmane Dembélé than Kang-In Lee, guilty for example before half-time of having made one touch too many to launch Nuno Mendes for a goal by Achraf Hakimi logically canceled by the analysis of the video. But the scenario chosen by PSG, a little cheesy then truly sublime, is much better and takes its place among the major European dates of the Park.
