**Donnarumma:** Although Lille was regularly threatening, the Parisian keeper did not have many stops to make, and in fact, only faced one dangerous occasion from Tiago Santos across the goal right before halftime. For the rest of the game, he was saved by his post although Zhegrova was able to beat him from a long-distance strike that took him a little too long to react to, despite normally excelling in that exercise.
**Hakimi:** On a right flank that saw very little action, the Moroccan full-back, as always, tried to occupy his space and spared no efforts. He managed some good combinations with Dembélé but lacked the precision or accuracy in the final third. Defensively, he wasn’t tested much but Lille’s pressure forced him to make a catastrophic pass that was close to being converted into a goal shortly before the break.
**Mayulu** replaced him at the end of the match in midfield. In a high-intensity match, he didn’t have time to really get into the game and make an impact offensively, but he performed well defensively to stop a counterattack.
**Marquinhos:** The Parisian captain had a very quiet first half, with Lille never attacking his side, but he was much busier in the second half. Whether on the ground or in the air, he was able to repel the danger most of the time but, unusually for him, he conceded several fouls which resulted in dangerous free kicks. With the ball, he was frankly insufficient in the first half, a little more interesting afterwards.
**Pacho:** The Ecuadorian faced his first real test in France and Bayo gave him quite a challenge at the start of the match, constantly dropping deep to prevent him from intervening, until the left-footed Parisian finally dominated him in their duels. When Lille reached the Parisian area, Pacho’s presence was felt and he was able to clear several crosses, particularly in the air. With the ball, he kept it simple but his long play when put under pressure was too imprecise, with numerous lost balls. A good game defensively, less so with the ball.
**Beraldo:** Chosen to replace Nuno Mendes, the Brazilian left-back had a complicated start to the match against the twirling Zhegrova. He was exposed in two actions – when Lille hit the post and then in an exhibition dribble, but paradoxically, the yellow card he received at the 24th minute was an unexpected turning point. Better helped by his partners, the Brazilian was back on track and no longer allowed the Kosovar to pass him by. While he managed an excellent return on Bayo on a counterattack, he found himself in the background of the Lille goal, choosing to return to his zone rather than following the player all the way. His match will not reassure his critics, even if Lucas Hernandez had experienced exactly the same fate in this same context nine months earlier, but his coach declared that he was satisfied.
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**Vitinha:** Aligned as a sentinel once again, the Portuguese who usually dictates the Parisian game had much less success in this role than usual. He touched the ball a lot but his ability to find solutions through passing was lacking, apart from a nice offering behind the defense for Dembélé. It was ultimately with a perfectly taken penalty and with a big defensive comeback that he proved most useful.
**Zaïre-Emery:** Theoretically aligned on the right of the midfield, he found himself playing practically the entire out wide for a good part of the first period before being a little more centered. It is in his defensive impact and his ability to win duels that he was most useful to his team, even if he failed to close the space and allowing Zhegrova to score, but he struggled more in making the last pass or even putting his attackers in a good position. Note that he finished at right-back, without really being tested or particularly comfortable.
**João Neves:** In a free role on the left side of the midfield, the little Portuguese finally discovered the physicality of Ligue 1 this Sunday evening. Lille’s pressing hampered him a lot and often prevented him from turning around, therefore blocking from him playing forward, which he normally does so well. His impact in the game was logically very moderate, despite repeated passes with Vitinha, and he often found himself too far from Barcola to be able to accompany him and combine as in previous matches. Defensively, he ran a lot but took a while to help Beraldo before doing so diligently.
**Fabian Ruiz** replaced him in his position and carried on his gradual return to the pitch. He was very useful defensively with several good interventions around his box when Lille pushed but he was completely off tempo with the ball by missing four passes out of fourteen attempts, a lot of waste concerning him and very unwelcome at this point of the game.
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**Dembélé:** Facing a compact and aggressive Lille block, he was one of the only ones to manage to accelerate and impact throughout the match and Gudmundsson like Alexsandro suffered enormously from his dribbling. The Brazilian will also concede a penalty in the box after a superbly executed fake shot. It was ultimately in his shooting, too often on the goalkeeper, that he had the most waste. Repositioned as a false 9 after an hour of play, he stood out with a good call from deep, but the finish was not there.
**Kolo Muani** replaced him in the role of striker and, at the end of a tense match, made an athletic contribution that was appreciable. The technical precision was not always there to follow up but his movements and his taste for physical contact hurt LOSC, notably with a yellow card provoked. His nice header at the far post only confirmed the Parisian victory.
**Asensio:** Positioned as the false 9 of the Parisian attack, the Spaniard nevertheless started the game very much like a typical center forward and he took a little time to leave his position to come back to the heart of the game. When he did, his first pass for Barcola was superb but the Frenchman was offside, the second perfectly given into space was decisive. He was less visible thereafter, despite a good 3-0 ball that Chevalier kicked out, but remained a poison for defenses with his ability to play effectively in very different places on the pitch.
**Doué** replaced him for the last half hour, and he did so by discovering a third position in two appearances, since he was positioned as a right winger for the first time. Stuck on the wing, he didn’t really succeed and his repositioning to the left was, at first, hardly more prolific until he performed an individual action full of mischief and class on the third goal. Defensively, he was always involved, however.
**Barcola:** The man in form at the start of this season, however, had a complicated start to the match, found himself in perilous situations and not necessarily very precise in his touches either. His ability to attack from deep will change the match with this goal full of composure then some actions of which he has the secret, hurting Lille effectively with his accelerations on his left side. Defensively, he took some time to get into his game but made an excellent comeback just before halftime. When he left the field, he was once again the man of the match for Paris.
**Lee** replaced him and positioned himself on the right wing, but he had a hard time existing in a moment of the match totally dominated by LOSC. On the other hand, he managed an exceptional individual action to bring out the ball and launch a counterattack.
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Thanks for the work, as usual!
I found these a bit harsh, even though the game was far from perfect. What did you think?
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**Donnarumma:** Although Lille was regularly threatening, the Parisian keeper did not have many stops to make, and in fact, only faced one dangerous occasion from Tiago Santos across the goal right before halftime. For the rest of the game, he was saved by his post although Zhegrova was able to beat him from a long-distance strike that took him a little too long to react to, despite normally excelling in that exercise.
**Hakimi:** On a right flank that saw very little action, the Moroccan full-back, as always, tried to occupy his space and spared no efforts. He managed some good combinations with Dembélé but lacked the precision or accuracy in the final third. Defensively, he wasn’t tested much but Lille’s pressure forced him to make a catastrophic pass that was close to being converted into a goal shortly before the break.
**Mayulu** replaced him at the end of the match in midfield. In a high-intensity match, he didn’t have time to really get into the game and make an impact offensively, but he performed well defensively to stop a counterattack.
**Marquinhos:** The Parisian captain had a very quiet first half, with Lille never attacking his side, but he was much busier in the second half. Whether on the ground or in the air, he was able to repel the danger most of the time but, unusually for him, he conceded several fouls which resulted in dangerous free kicks. With the ball, he was frankly insufficient in the first half, a little more interesting afterwards.
**Pacho:** The Ecuadorian faced his first real test in France and Bayo gave him quite a challenge at the start of the match, constantly dropping deep to prevent him from intervening, until the left-footed Parisian finally dominated him in their duels. When Lille reached the Parisian area, Pacho’s presence was felt and he was able to clear several crosses, particularly in the air. With the ball, he kept it simple but his long play when put under pressure was too imprecise, with numerous lost balls. A good game defensively, less so with the ball.
**Beraldo:** Chosen to replace Nuno Mendes, the Brazilian left-back had a complicated start to the match against the twirling Zhegrova. He was exposed in two actions – when Lille hit the post and then in an exhibition dribble, but paradoxically, the yellow card he received at the 24th minute was an unexpected turning point. Better helped by his partners, the Brazilian was back on track and no longer allowed the Kosovar to pass him by. While he managed an excellent return on Bayo on a counterattack, he found himself in the background of the Lille goal, choosing to return to his zone rather than following the player all the way. His match will not reassure his critics, even if Lucas Hernandez had experienced exactly the same fate in this same context nine months earlier, but his coach declared that he was satisfied.
**Vitinha:** Aligned as a sentinel once again, the Portuguese who usually dictates the Parisian game had much less success in this role than usual. He touched the ball a lot but his ability to find solutions through passing was lacking, apart from a nice offering behind the defense for Dembélé. It was ultimately with a perfectly taken penalty and with a big defensive comeback that he proved most useful.
**Zaïre-Emery:** Theoretically aligned on the right of the midfield, he found himself playing practically the entire out wide for a good part of the first period before being a little more centered. It is in his defensive impact and his ability to win duels that he was most useful to his team, even if he failed to close the space and allowing Zhegrova to score, but he struggled more in making the last pass or even putting his attackers in a good position. Note that he finished at right-back, without really being tested or particularly comfortable.
**João Neves:** In a free role on the left side of the midfield, the little Portuguese finally discovered the physicality of Ligue 1 this Sunday evening. Lille’s pressing hampered him a lot and often prevented him from turning around, therefore blocking from him playing forward, which he normally does so well. His impact in the game was logically very moderate, despite repeated passes with Vitinha, and he often found himself too far from Barcola to be able to accompany him and combine as in previous matches. Defensively, he ran a lot but took a while to help Beraldo before doing so diligently.
**Fabian Ruiz** replaced him in his position and carried on his gradual return to the pitch. He was very useful defensively with several good interventions around his box when Lille pushed but he was completely off tempo with the ball by missing four passes out of fourteen attempts, a lot of waste concerning him and very unwelcome at this point of the game.
**Dembélé:** Facing a compact and aggressive Lille block, he was one of the only ones to manage to accelerate and impact throughout the match and Gudmundsson like Alexsandro suffered enormously from his dribbling. The Brazilian will also concede a penalty in the box after a superbly executed fake shot. It was ultimately in his shooting, too often on the goalkeeper, that he had the most waste. Repositioned as a false 9 after an hour of play, he stood out with a good call from deep, but the finish was not there.
**Kolo Muani** replaced him in the role of striker and, at the end of a tense match, made an athletic contribution that was appreciable. The technical precision was not always there to follow up but his movements and his taste for physical contact hurt LOSC, notably with a yellow card provoked. His nice header at the far post only confirmed the Parisian victory.
**Asensio:** Positioned as the false 9 of the Parisian attack, the Spaniard nevertheless started the game very much like a typical center forward and he took a little time to leave his position to come back to the heart of the game. When he did, his first pass for Barcola was superb but the Frenchman was offside, the second perfectly given into space was decisive. He was less visible thereafter, despite a good 3-0 ball that Chevalier kicked out, but remained a poison for defenses with his ability to play effectively in very different places on the pitch.
**Doué** replaced him for the last half hour, and he did so by discovering a third position in two appearances, since he was positioned as a right winger for the first time. Stuck on the wing, he didn’t really succeed and his repositioning to the left was, at first, hardly more prolific until he performed an individual action full of mischief and class on the third goal. Defensively, he was always involved, however.
**Barcola:** The man in form at the start of this season, however, had a complicated start to the match, found himself in perilous situations and not necessarily very precise in his touches either. His ability to attack from deep will change the match with this goal full of composure then some actions of which he has the secret, hurting Lille effectively with his accelerations on his left side. Defensively, he took some time to get into his game but made an excellent comeback just before halftime. When he left the field, he was once again the man of the match for Paris.
**Lee** replaced him and positioned himself on the right wing, but he had a hard time existing in a moment of the match totally dominated by LOSC. On the other hand, he managed an exceptional individual action to bring out the ball and launch a counterattack.
Thanks for the work, as usual!
I found these a bit harsh, even though the game was far from perfect. What did you think?