{"id":2356,"date":"2026-04-15T13:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:13:10","slug":"psg-realism-safonov-pacho-what-can-we-remember-from-the-25-minutes-when-paris-took-on-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2356","title":{"rendered":"PSG: Realism, Safonov, Pacho\u2026 What can we remember from the 25 minutes when Paris took on water?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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From our special correspondent at Anfield,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Seeing the faces of the Scoursers twist in disgust and hearing sighs of despair in the face of the icy realism of Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 on his opening score at Anfield against Liverpool (2-0) is the kind of guilty pleasure that cannot be refused. There was indeed reason to be disappointed, even if the Reds would be very cheeky to complain about Parisian efficiency: their ambitions for a comeback would never have existed if PSG had scored as much as they should have in the first leg \u2013 and let’s not even talk about the robbery of the Parc des Princes by Arne Slot’s men in 2025.<\/p>\n

However, if there is one thing to remember from these 27 stormy minutes between the start of the second half and the end of the break whistled by Dembouz, it is that this team has a formidable double-edged sword: resilience and efficiency. \u201cWe have a good mentality and we are a very strong team,\u201d said Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in the corridors of Anfield.<\/p>\n

\u201cLuck\u201d and \u201csuffering\u201d, the keys to surviving the storm<\/h2>\n

A statistic to support the point: in four matches against Chelsea and Liverpool, PSG scored 12 times and conceded only two pawns. However, if we rely on the sacrosanct \u201cexpected goals\u201d, Paris should have scored half as many (6.12 goals) and conceded almost three times as much (5.27). In other words, the European champion has become a punishment machine. And his chief punisher is called Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, whose stats during the knockout matches with PSG are worthy of the greatest. <\/p>\n

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Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9’s statistics in the Champions League final phase since his arrival in Paris in 2023. \u2002-\u00a0SofaScore \/ 20 Minutes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cYou must have a little luck,\u201d Luis Enrique will admit at a press conference. We knew there would be suffering. We managed very well. But Liverpool would have deserved to score. \u00bb \u201cYou have to suffer to get to the end of this competition,\u201d Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 summed up on Canal +. And what suffering!<\/p>\n

Pacho is a monster, Safonov a wall<\/h2>\n

Invoking the power of friendship is not enough to explain the anomaly; concrete elements are also needed. For example, the existence of Pacho in the Parisian defensive line. No but seriously, what is this monster? The Team<\/span> estimated his number of ground duels won at 74% before Tuesday night’s match. After the match, the number probably rose to 125% (sorry, we’re bad at math).<\/p>\n

The Ecuadorian demonstrated that he possessed the gift of ubiquity because he took charge of replacing Nuno Mendes on the left of the defense \u2013 Lucas Hernandez was there to look pretty, we’ll come back to that \u2013 while keeping his job in the center. The guy is so impassable that Alexis Mac Allister, not knowing what to invent, tried to use his Argentine cunning to score a penalty at his feet. Fortunately for Paris, VAR exists.<\/p>\n

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