Tops
He scored points. And a goal. Established at the forefront of the Parisian attack this Friday, Hugo Ekitike opened the scoring shortly after the first quarter of an hour in play by perfectly taking over a center shot from Warren Zaire-Emery (17th). The former Rémois then distinguished himself by offering, with a magnificent heel, an assist to Vitinha, just after returning from the locker room (49th). A full and decisive performance. Bode well for the start of the season?
Entering the game at the break, Shinji Kagawa showed this Friday that he still had good leftovers. Indeed, the one who notably made the heyday of Borussia Dortmund, offered victory to his team with a splendid curling strike with the right foot from the entrance to the penalty area (79th). Not bad at all for a 34-year-old player who left Europe’s top leagues four years ago.
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Flops
They will have to work on their automatisms. Aligned in central defense – with Marquinhos, on the offensive phases -, Milan Skriniar and Danilo Pereira were at the origin of a harmful error shortly after the opening of the Parisian score. On an aerial ball, in their camp, the two players absolutely did not understand each other (or spoke?), thus leaving Cerezo Osaka to recover the leather … and equalize (22nd). They still have two weeks – before the resumption of Ligue 1 – to find benchmarks.
He got into the game badly. Shortly after appearing on the pitch, Lucas Hernandez made a costly (and technical) error in judgment. While trying to raise properly, the French procrastinated … and had the ball stolen from his feet. Cerezo Osaka took the opportunity to equalize – for the second time in the match – through Sota Kitano (67th)… At the end of the match, it was Cher Ndour who made a mistake against the pressing opponent. The neo-Parisian was dispossessed of the leather in the feet – there was perhaps a fault -, offering the Rose et Bleu a great opportunity. Opportunity that Shinji Kagawa was able to seize by finding the way to the net with a magnificent curling shot from the right foot (79th). Ball losses that will have to be avoided in two weeks when Ligue 1 resumes.