PSG's two goal scorers in Monaco, Desire Doue and Achraf Hakimi, had quite visible gestures during their goal celebrations. Gestures are more aimed at the environment than at potential teammates.

A substitute at kickoff for Monaco vs. PSG on Tuesday night, Desire Doue replaced Ousmane Dembele in the 27th minute of play after the Ballon d'Or winner's left calf injury. Irony of history: Dembele had pointed fingers at individualistic behavior in recent times, last Friday and many saw it as an attack on Doue.

A version quickly denied by the professional entourage of the two players, who share the same agent and apparently have no need for the press to tell each other things. Tuesday night, Doue scored his first goal of the evening two minutes after coming on and celebrated by lowering his head and covering his ears with his hands.

A fairly obvious way of saying he was "deaf" to criticism, though it remains to be known which ones. Those of Dembele, which may not even have been intended for him? Those of the press? Of the environment? In its edition of the day, L'Equipe writes that those who know Doue well took his celebration as a response to criticism from the environment and that it had nothing to do with Dembele.

A version confirmed by a well-known insider of the PSG community, according to whom Dembele and Doue have an excellent relationship and that the Golden Boy's celebration was just a way of saying he focuses on the field, which he also said, very coldly, on Canal+ microphone after the match: "I try to play as usual. Tonight, it paid off. I scored, I was able to help the team, it's my job."

On his second goal, the one making it 3-2, Desire Doue also celebrated by closing his eyes and putting his index fingers in his ears, in the manner of a Memphis Depay or even his idol Neymar. A celebration that probably had the same meaning as the first.

Struggling since his return from the Africa Cup of Nations, Achraf Hakimi delivered a good performance Tuesday night in Monaco and his goal was far from easy to score. It went a bit more unnoticed, but the Moroccan also had a small gesture during his goal celebration, with his hand, as if to tell his detractors to shut up.

Nothing too serious there either, but the sign of a little nervousness within the team, or at least a certain sensitivity to criticism. Yes, soccer players are human.

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