Paris Saint-Germain once again demonstrated their superiority in Ligue1, despite not finishing the competition it was clear that the Parisian team was the best and that is why it can be said that it was justly declared champion. Here is an analysis of his season in the league.

In 27 games, they won 22, drew 2 and lost 3, earning 68 points (2.52 per game), scoring a total of 68 goals and receiving 24. Thomas Tuchel's team exploited every aspect of the game to take advantage of their rivals, their style of play was based on maintaining ball possession while playing directly, connecting many short passes and constantly trying to filter the ball into the free spaces to win the back of the defenders; their game could be for each one of the sectors of the field, it does not matter which, in addition their almost total dominance of the opposite field allowed them to establish the game they wanted. The Paris team was a perfect combination of collective game and individual game, of hierarchy, experience, youth and daring, an indomitable team.

Position by position

Goalkeeper: Newcomer Keylor Navas fell to PSG like a ring, he conceded 18 goals in 21 games, leaving the goal at zero 11 times and registering a 73% save percentage.

Defenders: First, Marquinhos (who also played as a defensive midfielder) stood out a lot, was a wall, and became the best defense in Ligue 1, probably. The Brazilian led the team in aerial duels won per game (1.9) and was the defender with the most successful tackles per game (2.1) and, in addition, scored three goals. Another who also proved to be a crack was Presnel Kimpembe, in the one-on-one there are very few players capable of overcoming him and in the closest sector of his goal he stole 31 balls, a “fire extinguisher”. Of course, we cannot fail to mention Thiago Silva, Thilo Kehrer and Abdou Diallo, players who gave exquisite depth to this squad.

On the wings, Thomas Meunier was always quite safe on the right, he contributed much more in defense than in attack, however he gave two assists. On the left, Juan Bernat was a nightmare with his constant offensive escalations, unbalanced a lot and wreaked havoc on the rivals, distributed four goal passes.

Midfielders: in the field of destruction and recovery of the ball, Idrissa Gueye had a superlative performance, today he is one of the best five defensive means in the world, without a doubt; The Senegalese led the team in successful tackles every 90 minutes (3.3) and in recovered balls (195), being a fundamental part of the team. Marco Verrati is a little more versatile, he can both destroy and build the game, this is a player almost as valuable as Mbappé or Neymar, because what he contributed to PSG is magnificent, in fact, according to Fbref.com the team improved 0.92 his goal differential when the Italian is on field, only Mbappé had more influence (0.98); Verrati was the team player with the most passes completed (1608 and 92.8% accuracy) and with the most passes into the last third of the court (162), if we add the five assists he gave, it was a great season for him. Ander Herrera and Leandro Paredes were not so relevant but they also put their grain of sand.

In the offensive aspect, players like Pablo Sarabia and Julian Draxler, did not enjoy so many minutes on the court but in the same way they were noted, the Spanish scored four goals and gave three assists and the German gave four assists. On the other hand, Ángel Di María and Neymar had wonderful seasons, as usual; We go first with "el fideo", who scored 8 goals and distributed 14 assists (leader in France), participating in 0.94 goals for every 90 minutes, completed 76 key passes, almost double his teammate with more key passes (Neymar), Ángel was one of the most effective routes that PSG used to reach the goal, a real crack. Now we are going with the Brazilian, who scored 13 goals and gave 6 assists in only 15 games played, and even with just a few minutes he was the leader of the league in take-ons (90), he was also the player who generated the most scoring chances per game (6.54), according to WhoScored.com had the highest rating with 8.58. It is more than clear that the season Neymar is having allows him to get excited with a golden ball.

Forwards: After the injury of Edinson Cavani, Mauro Icardi took center stage and took over the net, he participated in 1.01 goals for every 90 minutes, recorded 12 goals and 2 assists in 20 appearances, 14 of them as a starter, had 0.33 goals for each shot, that is, he scored just over 3 goals for every 10 shots, to get an idea of ​​how magnificent it was, let's compare it with Mbappé (0.20 goals / shot) and Neymar (0.14 goals / shot), the Argentine was an animal.

Now, Kylian Mbappé, scored 18 goals (top scorer in the league with Ben Yedder) and gave 5 assists in 20 games, he participated in 1.37 goals per game, a lot, and, according to Fbref.com metrics, he was the player most valuable of the Parisian team, reflecting an increase in the goal differential of 0.98 when the 21-year-old was on the field. The extraordinary Frenchman had another great season domestically and surely he is not satisfied and will seek international glory.

Everything indicates that this season was a walk in the park for PSG, but we must give all the credit to the players who simply proved to be on another level. This is the third consecutive title and it can be said that they deserve it a lot.