Two Aston Villa players were destroyed with gloomy 3/10 scores in the infamous L'Equipe reviews after a defeat in the first stage of their quarterfinals of the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.
PSG Left-Back Nuno Mendes landed a devastating blow in the stop time in the Parc des Princes to give his side 3-1 lead prior to the second stage of next week in Villa Park, where an excellent comeback was closed after Morgan Rogers had scored for the visitors in the first half.
Douse Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia also yielded the French giants at night, every scoring excellent individual goals to help PSG get full control.
The French football newspaper L'Equipe has praised the PSG couple by handing them over 8/10 and 7/10 scores in the night, Labels Doue's long-distance equalizer a 'pure masterpiece' and the performance of Kvaratskhelia a Feast for the Eyes'.
While he enjoys the success of PSG, the Outlet Aston Villa destroyed with a series of brutal reviews, with Jacob Ramsey and Matty Cash those scores of just 3/10.
L'Equipe criticized Cash's display and said: 'The right back was clearly the target as the weak point in the defense of Villa. And rightly so. Struggling from kick -off to his exit, he could not win a duel and showed signs of nervousness with the ball. '
Cash, which was replaced by Unai Emery during the break after being shown a yellow card in the 17th minute, was replaced by Axel Disasi-Die also a grim 3/10 from the couch.
In the meantime, the newspaper wrote about how Ramsey “struggled offensive” and the fault gave him the concession of the goal of Kvaratskhelia shortly after the break.
Not impressed by the tactic of Emery, L 'equipe tore the Spanish boss with a 3/10 rating itself.
“His team refused to play and was understandably punished. Moreover, the Spanish coach has not found any solutions to secure the right wing of his team, “read his assessment.
Marcus Rashford, John McGinn and Ezri Konsa received only 4/10, while Youri Tielemans, Boubacar Kamara, Pau Torres and Emiliano Martinez deserved 5/10 reviews.
According to L'Equipe, the best players of Aston Villa were target scorer Rogers and French left back Lucas Dignne, each of whom took 6/10 scores.
The front page of the newspaper read 'Strokes of Genius' on Thursday morning, accompanied by a jubilant image of Doue and Kvaratskhelia that hug in the Parc des Princes.
Emery was challenging that his party did not lose the conviction for the second stage in Villa Park this Tuesday, still convinced that they can reach the semi -final of the Champions League.
“More or less the expectation I had before the game happened,” he told TNT Sports after the game. '[There is] Not much difference between 2 and 3-1, because we play at home next week.
'It will still be a huge challenge for us, but we can feel strong at home with our supporters. We had to be defensively strong, lower than normal, but even when we were losing, we had a free approach.
'[There were] Two shots from Morgan [Rogers] And one of Marco Asensio, the last goal, OK, but our mind does not change much because we now have to win at home. '
“The first half we had three or four chances to get into the box,” he went on. 'We knew before the game that we also had to be clinical. We were in the first half, but not second, we tried to show our strength.
'PSG likes to keep possession, but today we were more in a low block, at home we might change. Hopefully we can get more moments to keep our momentum and possession.
'We are going to try to fight the result. We believe in Villa Park and that our players can give the versions. '