Vitinha left Marseille with the certainty that Paris Saint-Germain had earned their 2-1 Classique victory, even if the scoreline did not reflect the number of openings the visitors created.
The move
The PSG midfielder insisted there was no question over the merit of Paris’s win at Marseille on Sunday night. The match carried extra weight for a side sitting sixth in Ligue 1 on eight points and looking to recover ground early in the campaign.
Vitinha said PSG had expected a difficult evening at the Stade Vélodrome rather than an easy margin against their rivals. Marseille, he noted, are a strong team, and Paris tried to extend their advantage through a succession of chances.
They did not take enough of those opportunities to make the final minutes comfortable, but Vitinha felt the 2-1 result remained deserved. “The win is not open to debate,” he said, describing PSG as clear winners despite the narrow finish.
He acknowledged that Paris are not yet operating at their best level this season. Still, he saw encouragement in the volume of situations created in one of French football’s most demanding fixtures.
The French season around it
The win was PSG’s third in a row, a sequence Vitinha said the squad would enjoy before returning to work on their finishing. For all the missed chances in Marseille, the midfielder stressed that securing three points in the Classique mattered most.
- Vitinha: PSG midfielder who called the Marseille victory fully deserved.
- Ferran Torres: Scored again after coming off the bench against Marseille.
Vitinha also praised Ferran Torres, whose impact from the substitutes’ bench brought another goal on Sunday. He said the forward was “flying” and hoped his run would continue, adding that the rest of the side must strive for the same level of efficiency in front of goal.
PSG now have a winning run to protect, but their league position and Vitinha’s assessment point to the same immediate task: turn control and chance creation into more decisive scorelines.
