The defeat could have been much heavier. On the side of the Italian press, the victory of PSG against Juventus Turin (2-1) Wednesday evening for the opening of the Champions League, is far from being a disaster. Parisian domination seems logical. La Gazzetta Dello Sport, highlights three Parisians. “The Mbappé-Neymar show” made the difference, she writes. But another Parisian is quoted: “Gigio saves PSG”, writes the transalpine daily in reference to Gianluigi Donnarumma. In its notes, the newspaper is dithyrambic with Mbappé, credited with a very good note of 8 while Lionel Messi “was satisfied with the minimum”.
Times are changing in Italy and the editorialists want to see the positive in the way Juve, at 2-0, “knew how to get back into the game against one of the favorites for the final victory in the Champions League”. “The Turin season may have started at the Parc des Princes”, we can read. Logically, coach Massimiliano Allegri is scratched for his pre-match. “By explaining that the Champions League would really start against Benfica, he conditioned his team to be too shy”, regrets an editorialist from the newspaper.
At “Tuttosport”, the Parisian victory does not suffer from any discussion. “Tactically, the dyke was solid but could do nothing against magic,” one writes. In addition to the defeat, the daily returns to a draw according to her. “The traditional pre-match meal between the presidents, Agnelli and Al-Khelaïfi, ended in a draw (0-0) which does not bode well for any reconciliation,” sighs Tuttosport.