Captivating Moments in Parisian Football: Bradley Barcola Shines, PSG Dominates, and Ramos Scores – A Night of Triumphs and Setbacks

2024-04-21 22:03:00

The peaks

• Barcola, what a project…

This boy is becoming phenomenal. Five days after a close and decisive performance in Barcelona, ​​this time Bradley Barcola drove the training club into a frenzy. On the last or penultimate pass for the first three Parisian goals, he was without a doubt the man of the match. Each of his checks caused a serious imbalance and put the Olympics to torture. Barcola is full of confidence, he shines on his right side. So much so that today we wonder how Didier Deschamps could manage without it at the Euros. What progress…

Bradley Barcola, man of the match against the Olympics

• Luis Enrique, the perfect shot

This is the kind of night that will reassure Luis Enrique in his security. First, because his team has rarely recited such a successful collective score in Ligue 1. It is as if, after nine months under his command, Paris had finally assembled all the pieces of the puzzle. This Sunday it was a symphony, especially in the first half, the best in Paris this season in L1. The ball lifts, the offensive combinations, the solidarity at the back, the collective pressing: everything worked well. And PSG didn’t even need to play Ousmane Dembélé or Kylian Mbappé. As a result, the absence at kick-off of the championship’s top scorer will become a non-subject. This is not the smallest achievement of the Spanish technician.

• Ramos, it’s getting serious

Coincidentally, Gonçalo Ramos’ season is starting to look like something. By scoring another double against Lyon in a register in which he excels, that of a pure finisher, the Portuguese has collected the statistics for more matches (seven goals in the last nine days of the championship). Unlike Randal Kolo Muani, who also arrived this summer, Ramos is out of the trap. He is yet to score in the Champions League, but he finally seems to be on the right track.

Gonçalo Ramos scored a double against Lyon

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• A shock? Not really…

For years, Ligue 1 has been looking for another force to make Paris doubt. The trip of the Olympics this Sunday offered a clash, or supposed as such, between the two best teams in Ligue 1 in 2024. Shock, fight, excitement, there was none at the Parc des Princes. Firstly, because PSG are getting to a point in the season where it is unplayable. Then, because the gap between him and any other team remains, in any context, too wide to hope for anything. This PSG Olympics was folded in two minutes. For emotions, ask to look elsewhere.

• Lyon, too fragile to be ambitious

Lyon has regained its ambitions in the rankings thanks to a rather incredible 2024. But the Olympics cannot yet look Paris in the eye. The distance was miserable this Sunday, but Lyon wanted to shake Paris by playing loud, by pressing. Problem: His base is not yet solid enough to allow such audacity against the future champion. The two goals were conceded in six minutes and the arrows behind Olympique’s backs punished this small crime of majesty. The Olympics will recover and the main thing is to have saved the skin in the elite after a nightmarish start. But this match looks like a lesson one month before a Coupe de France final… against Paris.

• Kolo Muani seeks the light

This Sunday there was a party in Paris, and once again Randal Kolo Muani did not receive an invitation card. The former Nantes player never weighed in on the debates. Deleted, too rarely in the passing circles, he was not involved in any of the evening’s four goals. Worse, he was conspicuous by his lack of confidence during his rare initiatives, and his ball catches reveal the doubts that Kolo Muani seems consumed with today. If Gonçalo Ramos has managed to raise his head, RDK is still dormant. It is undoubtedly the only shadow of the evening for a flamboyant PSG.

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