This was not the game we had expected. Paris Saint-Germain had dictated proceedings throughout their first-leg clash with Liverpool, yet Alisson Becker inflicted his own dominance between the posts. With minutes left, Liverpool found the winner for the definitive “smash-and-grab” victory. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. We decided to make this article […]
A warm-up for both teams thinking about the Champions League knockout tie in the middle of the week, with good news for Paris Saint-Germain, who showed their best version without the ball and how their attacking talents continued to have top-notch complementarity. Tactical analysis and match report by Juan Lauz. One of the other attractive matchups […]
Preparing for the knockout match against Liverpool, Luis Enrique’s Paris Saint-Germain came up against an opponent that tried to sabotage their play in the central corridors and third-man play. But you couldn’t do much against talent. Tactical analysis and match report by Juan Lauz. After Olympique Marseille’s defeat, Paris Saint-Germain sought to almost definitely close […]
The reformed Champions League leaves 16 teams to fight for a place in the knockout stages. In this all French fixture, the two clubs carried very differently sized burdens into the ordeal of this playoff. Thankfully for the Parisians, one of their oldest stars is flourishing in a new role of responsibility for the team, […]
Manchester City surrendered a two-goal difference at Parc des Princes, exacerbating their situation in the UEFA Champions League. Luis Enrique’s men rose from the ashes to turn the table ahead, banking four goals to put the cherry on the cake after an outstanding display on a rainy night in Paris. Tactical analysis and match report […]
A regular performance by the Parisians was enough for them to take all three points from a tough away ground, although they should have been concerned about their positional play during the first half, lacking interior play despite playing without a natural center forward. Tactical analysis and match report by Juan Lauz. Since their promotion […]
A great matchup opened the year in France, deciding the first title of the French Super Cup: two title contenders, Luis Enrique’s Paris Saint-Germain and Adi Hütter’s AS Monaco; the Parisians with a clear identification with positional play, and the Monegasques presenting relational patterns as a counterpoint. Tactical analysis and match report by Juan Lauz. […]
A heavy blow to Ligue 1 for Paris Saint-Germain: Luis Enrique’s team won at the Stade Louis II, where they showed their best form, adapting like a chameleon. The difficult moment for AS Monaco did not overshadow the fact that it was a team against which PSG could test their improvement in both play and […]
The clean-sheet streak of Bayern Munich continued as Paris Saint-Germain was the eightieth team in a row to fail to put the ball inside the Bavarian net. Two pressing teams effortlessly tried to disrupt each other’s systems before Ousmane Dembélé was sent off. After the booking, the events went in one way: Vincent Kompany’s direction. […]
The Champions League has been a competition of perpetual pain for both of these teams. But in a classic contest of attack against defense, a sobering stat line may reveal new depths of despair. As one of the managers knows all too well, football is a game that rewards efficiency in the box. Despite 22 […]