TOPS
His intervention full of authority in front of Mbappé in the second minute launched his match perfectly. Imperial in recovery (12 balls scratched, 81% of duels won), Nabil Bentaleb reigned in the Lille midfield during this shock. The former Angevin also showed great poise to ensure good ball releases despite the Parisian pressure. Omnipresent throughout the meeting.
Suspended in Dortmund, Ousmane Dembélé was champing at the bit on Wednesday and had fire in his legs when he started the match. The Parisian winger, excellent in the first half, constantly made the difference in his right lane, his accelerations putting poor Ismaily through a real ordeal. The player trained in Rennes, at the origin of all the dangerous movements of his team for forty-five minutes, was clearly the best Parisian of the meeting, despite his failure in front of Chevalier (21st) and his drop in speed upon the return of the cloakrooms.
New darling of Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Edon Zhegrova once again delighted his supporters this Sunday. The Kosovar winger, real poison for Hernandez at the start of the match, offered himself two good chances (15th, 16th), the second after a rush which left three Parisians there. More intermittent thereafter, number 23 nevertheless resurfaced at the end of the match. His ability to eliminate one-on-one really hurt a Parisian rearguard who ended up cracking in the final moments.
FLOPS
Replacing Wednesday in Dortmund, Manuel Ugarte was back in the Parisian midfield this Sunday. But the Uruguayan international was unable to reverse the trend and once again produced a disappointing performance. Far from his impressive debut last August and September, the 22-year-old lost his impact during recovery. Too easily overwhelmed on certain actions, like his foul committed on Gomes which earned him a yellow card (18th). He finally gave way to Hakimi following the penalty scored by Mbappé (66th).
Having come a long way in this match, Losc was dominated for a long time in this match. The Lille left side particularly suffered. Left to his own devices against a Dembélé on fire, Ismaily went through hell in the first half. The 33-year-old full-back, overwhelmed on each acceleration of his direct opponent, could not count on the help of Gabriel Gudmunsson, ineffective in his withdrawal, and particularly imprecise. The Swedish winger displayed enormous clumsiness (seven lost balls out of sixteen touchdowns, only 63% of successful passes) until his exit twenty minutes from the final whistle.
