PSG U19 made light work of Slovan Bratislava U19 in the League Phase opener, running out 6-1 winners at Parc des Princes on Tuesday evening. The French champions dominated from the opening whistle, with Ayari's penalty giving them an early foothold before the visitors could settle into any rhythm.
Ayari opened the scoring from the spot in the tenth minute, and you could see the shift in momentum right then. Boly doubled the advantage before half-time, and by the time the break came, PSG had already set the tone for what would follow. The visitors looked disjointed, getting dragged out of position whenever PSG went forward.
And here's the thing about youth football — the gap between ambition and execution can be stark. Slovan made changes at the interval, bringing on Simek and Kana-Biyik, but the match had already slipped away. Palider picked up a yellow card in the sixty-second minute, a sign of frustration in a game they could not control.
PSG continued to probe, and Idder's goal in the sixty-fifth minute looked like it might have settled things. But then Adnane struck in the seventy-seventh, and Ayari completed his hat-trick four minutes later. Kopcek pulled one back late on, but that was merely a courtesy goal for a side that had been left exposed for ninety minutes.
The statistics tell the story without embellishment. PSG held 72 per cent possession, registered seven shots on target against Slovan's three, and saw nine of their efforts blocked. The visitors managed just two corners all evening.
By then, PSG had moved to thirteen in the table with eleven points from six matches. They've shown flashes of quality — the six-one win over HJK back in February was no fluke — but consistency remains the question. Slovan, meanwhile, have hit a wall in their European campaign, and this result leaves them searching for answers.
