PSG Star Nuno Mendes Earns Strong Comparison to Real Madrid Legend

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French football pundit Walid Acherchour was highly impressed by the PSG full-back’s showing against Atalanta, saying he hasn’t seen a player in this position this dominant since Real Madrid legend Marcelo.

“Nuno Mendes is crazy,” Acherchour said (h/t Le10Sport). “I’ll go even further. In that position, since Marcelo, I haven’t seen anyone capable of going full speed and making pace changes with such silky technical quality.

“This mix of athleticism, physicality, change of pace, and technical skill—meaning Nuno Mendes’ connection with the ball—he creates things out of nothing.”

PSG will now look to turn the page on this Champions League win and will now look to have an eye on Barcelona for the Matchday 2 clash.