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Putain ils ont réussi à revenir j'en reviens pas, j'avais laché

Atroce

ahi dévissé complet

Vitinha bordel, il avait déjà foiré contre l'Inter.

J'ai pas vu

aller pour la victoire

OUI PUTAIN

Le PSG qui s'en sort, incroyable.

GG je sais pas comment ils ont réussi à revenir

j'y fus

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How PSG Became UNSTOPPABLE under Luis Enrique!

It's 4 3 3 on paper but can quickly morph into a 3 2 5. There are 2 main variations. One where Nuno Mendes tucks inside to form the back 3, In another instance it's Vitinha dropping deep on the left handside, allowing Mendes to push high up the left flank. This already tells you how fluid and adaptable this system is especially in the midfield. It's not about how forms the double pivot but rather about the structure always being there. The core of the backline is formed by Pacho and Marquinhos. When Mendes is there as the third defender he brings the physicality and pace, perfect against dangerous pacey attackers. Other time especially during long spells of possession against deep, compact defenses, it's Vitinha who slots in as the third center back ensuring balance while both fullbacks push high. In the final third, PSG constantly create chances by attacking the space behind the opposition's center back and fullback. These runs are typically made by the fullbacks or the midfielders, attacking the half spaces with perfect timing. Thse movements are usually hard to defend because wingers usually track fullbacks, not interior runs, allowing PSG to execute underlaps or third man combinations. Here Dembélé becomes the system's most disruptive force. Playing as a false 9, he drops deep, pulling central defenders with him and opening space for others. When he moves, others run, especially Doué who inverts from the right to overload central channels. It's not just movement, it's automation. The team's fluid structure allows players to rotate positions seamlessly in the final third. Fullbacks arriving arriving as inside forwards, midfielders attacking like strikers and wingers holding width or cutting inside depending on the phase. Once in the final third, the tempo explodes. Quick passings, offball runs, overlaps, underlaps, all executed at high speed with positional freedom inside a rigid structure. Even against low blocks, they remain patient but not static.
Fabian Ruiz or Hakimi push high to form overloads while Dembélé and Kvara stretch and distort the line. This constant movement forces defensive errors, allowing to open space even when none seems available. Defensively, PSG are all about aggression. They press high and hard, using a strict man to man approach. Every player has a reference point which means the ball carrier has almost no options, is rushed and usually makes a mistake. When PSG win the ball, they don't waste time and go straight for the kill. With the speed of Dembélé, Doué, Kvara or even Barcola, that's a nightmare to defend against. When the opponent tries to build up with a double pivot, PSG's midfielders Neves and Ruiz push up, creating a 4 1 4 1 shape. The goal is to force them to go long. PSG are often ready to win those balls back. They are also very compact through the middle so when they lose possession there is always someone close enough to trigger the counter press immediatly. That's how they control transitions. They don't let you breathe. One of PSG's vulnerabilities is these long precise balls especially from the goalkeeper. We saw that against Chelsea. When Vitinha drops to form a back 3, he is technically brillant but he is not a natural fullback. He lacks that extra burst of physicality or speed that Mendes brings. So if PSG loses the ball while Vitinha is covering on the left, a fast switch or a direct run down that flank can hurt PSG especially against teams with pacey wingers.





The Data Behind PSG's Dominance This Season (INSANE Stats)

In the 2024 / 2025 season looking through Europe top 5 league, PSG have the number 1 highest expected goal difference of any club with +1.7 which means they are the best team at consistently outscoring their opponent. They have also averaged the most points per game across this campaign with 2.47 ahead of Bayern, Liverpool, Barcelona who are in the top 4, and ahead of everyone else. And when we count only the UCL, PSG are second in tackles and first in ball recoveries and ball recoveries per 90. What stand out the most is what they do once they win the ball back. In term of successfull take ons / 90 minutes, PSG are first, and in term of carries into the final third / 90 minutes, they are second behind Man City. first in term of carries into the penalty area / 9à minutes, and first in term of key passes. They recover the ball, progress it, beat their man and create chances more than anyone else overall. It's not just a well balanced team, it's a complete system. Every phase links into the next, and the numbers back it all up. In FOTMOB's rating for the UCL, PSG also ranked first ahead of Real Madrid who are second. It was a metric that bended expected goals, assists, duels, dribbles, recoveries and more into one overall performance score. When you take all that pressing, progression and chance creation and feed it into a predictive model, even the Opta supercomputer is leading their way. After running 10 000 simulations of the PSG Inter Milan final, it gave PSG a 53,6% chance of lifting the trophy. PSG ended up winning that final 5 - 0. It's not that this PSG team is dominant as a team. They are also statistically elite at every single level of the pitch. Break the team down by lines and you find elite metrics in everyone of them.
Starting with the fullbacks Hakimi and Mendes they are the most well rounded, high output fullbacks in the world. According to rPerf, Hakimi ranks in the 97th percentile or higher compared to all fullbacks across Europe's top 5 leagues for progressive carries, progressive passes, non penalty expected goals, and shot creating actions, meaning he outperforms 97% of the fullbacks in each of the categories. Off the ball he is aggressive in transitions and constantly available as an outlet. On the ball he is basically a winger with a lead passing range. His closes statistical matches, Theo Hernandez, Grimaldo and Barcola, a left winger. On the left flank, Mendes is a physical monster. While his attacking numbers are slightly more modest than Hakimi's, ball progression and duel stats are off the charts. He ranks in the 94th percentile for the expected goals + assists, 95th percentile for successfull takedowns and his mix of aggressiveness and explosive speed make him one of the best 1 v 1 defenders in his position. In RBref'ssimilarity model, the player who most closely resembles Mendes is Hakimi and vice versa. That's not just chemistry. That's swiss clockwork in a french watch.

In the midfield the statistics are just as dominant with Vitinha, Joao Neves. Both are unusually comfortable on the ball can resist to almost any press and are always scanning for ways to progress play without losing shape. Vitinha is the oil in PSG's engine. He ranks in the 100th percentile for long pass completion, 99th for progressive passes received, 99th for the carries and 99th for short and medium pass accuracy. His closest statistical comparision are Kimmich, Modric and Angelo Stiller, players who define structure and tempo at the highest level. Vitinha keeps the ball moving with ease and his dribbling and close control allow him to sustain pressure and operate as a deep lying playmaker with total composure. As for Neves he is equally domiannt but in different ways. Much like Vitinha he is also in the top 10 percentile for through balls, progressive passes and pass completion rate. But he contributes more to defensive actions, dual success and touches in the penalty area. He isn't just balanced. He is off the chart efficient on both sides of the ball. His statistical comparisions include Bruno Fernandez, Bellingham and Modric, proof of how unique his blend of control, creativity, and intensity really is. And then we have Fabian Ruiz who greatly completes this midfield. Together their numbers don't just suggest balance.They scream elite output in all directions.
When it comes to the frontline, PSG became just as proficient statistically in 2025 and dangerous. Bradley Barcola became one of the most efficient wide forwards in the world. In the 2024 / 2025 season still, he ranks in the 95th percentile or higher for progressive carries, touches in the final third and takeons attempted. When you combine expected goals and expected assists per 90, he is in the 99th percentile. He is not just running down the wing and hoping for something. He can create danger almost anytime he touches the ball in the final third. Then you have Ousmane Dembélé who is even more unpredictable in the best way. He is in top 1% for successfull takeons and carries into the penalty area. And he is among the best for shot creating actions. He is messy and sometimes risky but statistically he is a nightmare to defend against. PSG also had one of the best goalkeeper in the world if not the best. According to CEIS football observatory, which ranks goalkeepers based on save percentage relative to expected goals on target, Donnarumma is number globally, ahead of Sommer, Oblak and even Courtois. To recap, PSG have the best expected goal difference in the world, a world class fullback pairing, a midfield that control games like metronomes, wide attackers generating chaos for fun and the best performing goalkepper on the planet. This is Luis Enrique's system in full flight. Against Liverpool they shut down Arne Slot's tactics, having more possession then them and outshooting them by a significant margin. Against Arsenal they dismantled one of the most cohesive defensive blocks in the world by turning the game into a series of 1 v 1 duels that they would win most of the time. And we don't even need to mention the total domination of this PSG team in the UCL final against Inter Milan when they won 5 - 0.

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La tactique cachée derrière le PSG de Luis Enrique



La situation de Donnarumma et pourquoi il représente un risque pour Manchester City



Donnarumma is a gk focusing his energy, skill points on being s shot stopper and because of that he is one of the best if not the best in the world at it. Chevalier on the other hand is a good shot stopper even though maybe not exactly as good. But he is clearly superior to Donnarumma when it comes to dealing with crosses, his ability on the ball, as well as his distribution. Donnarumma was one of the few PSG players of the current squad that was not a Luis Enrique signing, having arrived in 2021 back then PSG's squad was different. It's safe to say taht without his performances against Liverpool, Aston VIlla and Arsenal, PSG wouldn't have reach the UCL final and win it. However he still had weaknesses like in the previous seasons or even this season in ligue 1 where his greatest strenght wasn't up to his own standards, a standard that he set over the last few years. Over the seasons, there were matches when Donnarumma looked unbeatable and other where he would make these mind numbling mistakes, especially that one against Benzema in the UCL in 2022. In the 2024 / 2025 season, Donnarumma had a career low saving percentage 67% in ligue 1. Lower than his 2017 / 2018 season when he was just 18 years old. His 2023 / 2024 season was his highest season in ligue 1 with 84,5% save percentage. A better stat is post shot expected goal. In his first season it was slightly negative. In the 2024 / 2025 season, his post shot expected goal was 21,7 ( against 17,5 in the 2021 / 2022 season ). He conceded 25 goals in 2024 / 2025 season, meaning that he let about 3 goals more than would be reasonably expected of a keeper.

His postshots expected goals was flipped in the UCL with a + 2.2 here so saving more than reasonably expected.

At Man City his wages will be very high. At least Man City has one of the highest wage bills in Europe. At PSG when Donnarumma was pressured he was liable to cough up possession, make a mistake and his range of passing was limited : mostly short passes to the center backs, fullbacks. But overall more comfortable on his line. Pep Guardiola also likes to build from the back and that was the reason why Ederson was so important so City, because of how good he is with the ball at his feet. Similary to Ederson, Chevalier has a range of passing at his disposal : short, medium and pin point long passes when needed. The second concern is about how Donnarumma will deal with set pieces and crosses. He is sometimes hesitant to come out of hiis line to deal with crosses tha come flying near him. Donnarumma usually made up for it with his shot stopping ability.

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