Ligue 1 McDonald’s, Spherical 20, 01/02/25
For his or her first three encounters in February – as PSG have been drawn to face Brest within the Champions League play-off spherical – each groups provided an exciting contest that may in the end be outlined by Ousmane Dembélé’s hat-trick. Gonçalo Ramos provided respiration area to PSG late on.
The Match
Regardless of the pressure from midweek Champions League video games, each PSG and Brest began with depth. Les Parisiens had probably the most possession and probably the most goalscoring alternatives. Left-winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia missed an open web solely a few yards away and Bradley Barcola struck Marco Bizot’s left put up.
PSG ultimately broke the impasse with a carbon copy of their first aim in opposition to Manchester Metropolis within the Champions League. Bradley Barcola ran riot on his left channel to dart inside in entrance of Bizot. The Lyon Academy graduate selflessly handed the ball for Ousmane Dembélé to attain in an open web.
Gianluigi Donnarumma pulled off an important save at his close to put up to forestall Bournemouth loanee Romain Faivre from restoring parity. The Bretons struggled to bypass their opponents’ urgent traps. Vitinha and Marquinhos have been notably spectacular in constructing PSG’s assaults from the again.
Within the second half, Brest would restore parity as Romain Del Castillo punished a lenient clearance from Willian Pacho. Doubt didn’t creep lengthy for Les Parisiens as Dembélé took issues in his personal ft. The striker scored two extra quickfire targets, benefiting from his teammates’ nice work, however one has to understand the France worldwide’s new-found ruthlessness. Luis Enrique rang up the modifications and Dembélé exited the pitch, pondering the sport was already past Brest’s attain.
It might have been the other as PSG defenders continued to make unforced errors. Achraf Hakimi misplaced possession in entrance of his penalty field and Ludovic Ajorque halved the deficit with a strong effort previous Donnarumma.
PSG subs ultimately got here to the rescue with Désiré Doué launching a one-man counter-attack earlier than releasing the on-rushing Gonçalo Ramos for PSG’s fourth aim. The previous Benfica youth product swelled PSG’s lead in damage time.
Brest participant scores
Marco Bizot – 4
Kenny Lala – 5
Brendan Chardonnet – 4
Abdoulaye Ndiaye – 4
Luck Zogbé – 4
Mahdi Camara – 5
Pierre Lees-Melou – 4
The GFFN100 winner was clearly a bit in need of rhythm after his return from damage and it confirmed in opposition to a midfield as dominant as PSG’s.
Romain Faivre – 5
Romain Del Castillo – 6
Ludovic Ajorque – 7
The Brest centre-forward proved once more why he’s one in every of Ligue 1’s greatest goal males. Ajorque’s easy show was rewarded with one other nice aim.
Abdallah Sima – 6
PSG participant scores
Gianluigi Donnarumma – 5
Achraf Hakimi – 4
Marquinhos – 5
Willian Pacho – 4
Nuno Mendes – 5
Kang-in Lee – 6
Vitinha – 6
Fabian Ruiz – 5
Bradley Barcola – 6
Ousmane Dembélé – 9
On the again of his midweek Champions League hat-trick at Stuttgart, the Rennes Academy graduate stored his goalscoring boots on. He scored his ninth aim for the reason that flip of the yr by making use of a easy end in an open web after an important run from Barcola. He scored his second after Abdoulaye Ndiaye did not clear the ball within the penalty field after which his third from shut vary on the far put up. Dembélé scored seven targets in per week, topping Ligue 1’s goalscoring charts with 14 targets. He’s on cloud 9.
Khvitcha Kvaratskhelia – 5
For his second consecutive Ligue 1 begin, the Georgian worldwide has missed a giant likelihood to open his PSG account early within the second half. Though he was concerned for Dembélé’s second aim, the previous Napoli winger clearly wants minutes to construct up match health. Hooked on the hour mark.
GFFN | Bastien Cheval
