A tactical breakdown of Milan’s 2-1 win over PSG in the Champions League
and Paris: the fashion week derby. The meeting of two sides trying to balance style and substance. Milan, under Stefano Pioli, are persisting with the high line that led them to the Scudetto in 2021-22. They reached the semi-finals last season, knocked out by city rivals Inter, and Pioli has drawn criticism for tactical stubbornness. Advertisement Paris Saint-Germain are 15 games into the Luis Enrique era. They have nine wins and recovered from a slow start in Ligue 1 .
Here, their rotated shape works, as Dembele drops in to receive from Marquinhos… … who then passes in behind to Hakimi. Hakimi returns the ball to Dembele, who cracks the bar with a shot from outside the box. The issue comes when No 9, , tries to recycle possession. He passes back to Manuel Ugarte… … who gets pressed by Loftus-Cheek and loses the ball. This leaves Skriniar and Marquinhos in a two-v-two. Loftus-Cheek carries, then slides in on the angle… … but he shoots into the side-netting.
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