ICC 2018: What we learned from PSG's 3-2 win over Atletico Madrid

Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain and their Spanish counterpart Atletico Madrid locked horns against one another during the International Champions Cup encounter in Singapore.

It was a gruelling contest between the pair and probably one of the best pre-season games to date, too. PSG's pre-season form has been poor under new manager Thomas Tuchel. They suffered consecutive defeats, first a 3-1 loss to Bayern Munich, before Unai Emery's Arsenal side were 5-1 winners late last week.

Atletico, on the other hand, won their fixture with Arsenal on penalties after a 1-1 draw at full-time. The pressure was on PSG, in their final pre-season match before they meet league rivals AS Monaco in the Trophee des Champions. Crucially, they did not let the pressure get to them, winning a hard-fought encounter in the end.

So with that in mind, here are three things that we learned from the game itself:

#1 PSG's young guns impressed

Nkunku (right) in action against Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey

PSG started this game with Marco Verratti, Layvin Kurzawa, Adrien Rabiot, Ángel di Maria and Kevin Trapp as their only real first-team players. So with that in mind, it was a game to remember for PSG's young guns - who played without fear and earned their reward.

20-year-old midfielder Christopher Nkunku was impressive here, which will certainly boost his confidence ahead of a challenging campaign. He broke the deadlock after 32 minutes, benefiting from a poor clearance after Kurzawa's delivery into the box, allowing him to finish comfortably.

The second-half was quite interesting and also gave us four goals. Tuchel substituted all but one of his starting eleven, which worked well for them in the end. They appeared confident after the interval, allowing them to play with freedom.

19-year-old winger Moussa Diaby completed a number of dribbles and his ball control was quite impressive. Diaby was denied by a good stop from Atletico 'keeper Adan shortly after the hour mark, before hitting the crossbar and eventually finding himself on the scoresheet in the 71st minute, having been played through by forward Timothy Weah.

17-year-old winger Victor Mollejo pulled one back just minutes later, before teenage midfielder Antoine Bernede equalised with an own goal in the 86th minute. Luckily for him though, he had his blushes spared by Virgiliu Postolachi who scored in the second minute of stoppage time to snatch a morale-boosting PSG victory.

#2 Atletico failed to score when presented goalscoring chances

Kevin Gameiro (no.21) and his teammates looks on in disbelief after another missed opportunity

The attacking duo of Kevin Gameiro and Luciano Vietto were poor in-front of goal here.

Thomas Partey's excellent through ball was squandered by Gameiro early on, which set the tone for Atletico's struggles in the final third. Vietto was denied an equaliser on the stroke of half-time, watching his effort cleared off the line after 40 minutes.

Then, Vietto again could not find the back of the net after a brilliant delivery into his path by fullback Juanfran. It's clear that it was an attacking display to forget for Simeone's two forwards on this occasion.

#3 Both teams' goalkeepers were impressive

Kevin Trapp distributing the ball during PSG's clash with Atletico

PSG goalkeeper Kevin Trapp, who has been linked with the exit door this summer, impressed throughout here.

He denied Atletico from equalising on the stroke of half-time, when Antonio Moya struck an excellent low ground shot from long-range.

Adan meanwhile, also had an impressive showing. He denied PSG attackers Weah and Diaby on a number of occasions - if not for him, Atletico would have lost by a much more comfortable scoreline.