Paris Saint-Germain (A) - CL SF | Pre-Match Thread

[foggy1974]

I can't remember playing that system all season. Not a cat in hell's chance he would disrupt us like that in a game as big as this.

Pep has a habit of major changes in the latter stages of ucl, hope it stays 4 at the back thou

 

[kaz7]

Please no brain fart pep

Resist the urge and let them play their game

 

[foggy1974]

I'd take a 0-0 over a 2-1 loss

0-0 in the 1st leg is so much more a dangerous score than 2-1 lose.

 

[WickyWain]

What did we land on in the end? I've decided 2 weeks is 17 days, which is Jude Bellingham's (who is 17 years old) age but instead of years it's days.

All I know is that there are 13 months in a year!

 

[Tricky_Trev]

0-0 in the 1st leg is so much more a dangerous score than 2-1 lose.

How? A score draw is better for us than a 0-0 but no defeat, not even a 9-8 defeat, is better than a 0-0.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

0-0 in the 1st leg is so much more a dangerous score than 2-1 lose.

How is a draw worse than a loss

 

[jimharri]

Between our flukey win yesterday, and plucky L***s holding "The World's Greatest Club"™ to a draw, our confidence should be through the roof right now. Mbappe and Neymar? Pfft. I've seen better on Hough End on a rainy sunday morning, from lads nursing, er, "massive" hangovers.

 

[PhdWave]

_______________Eddy_________________

_Cancelo____Dias_____Laporte_____Zinny_

______________Ferna__________________

_______Bernie___________Rodri___________

___Ferran_____Gabby_______Raz_________

This is how we win...Completely catch PSG offguard

 

[Didsbury Dave]

How is a draw worse than a loss

Same logic as when commentators say “sometimes going 2-0 up is a dangerous score”.

 

[waspish]

We need to get a goal or two 0-2 will do me ;)

 

[kaz7]

I am confused again, just win yeah ?

 

[Inter Me Nan]

I am confused again, just win yeah ?

Yes, 5-0.

 

[citymad]

I think we’ll go through if we score more than them over the two legs.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Ederson - Walker, Stones, Dias, Zinchenko - Bernardo, Rodri, Gundogan - Mahrez, KDB, Foden

I’d probably go with that line up too.

 

[wolviedinho]

Loving the way Mahrez is playing at the moment,, won't hear one bad word about him.

Agree the turnaround in form is complete.

He deserves the praise and accolades.

 

[wolviedinho]

The problem for me is simple.

Can we take our chances?

Sunday we did not and it nearly cost us.

Can we cut out mistakes?

It will depend on walker not having a dim moment. Laporte/stones not falling apart. We need technical players. It is a difficult call but I would play Zin at Lb, walker rb, drop Gundo for Cancelo in midfield. I know mr whippy is 1 of the best at controlling the match but I fear if we go slow in midfield we won’t get the chance to dominate.

Eddie needs to step up this game and make the necessary saves.

We will either play fantastic or get caught and lose by 1/2.

I am still going for a 2-2 draw.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

We will either play fantastic or get caught and lose by 1/2.

I am still going for a 2-2 draw.

So you predict that we will either win, lose or draw. That’s putting your neck on the line, fella!

 

[alexmcity]

Interestingly, the 538 statistical model portrays Dortmund as slightly better than PSG. Of course, it's imperfect. But I wouldn't completely dismiss it.

PSG have better players than Dortmund and two exceptional forwards in Neymar and Mbappé. Judging by his performances against Bayern, Neymar might be the best player in the world right now. If Dortmund had Neymar next to Haaland, the tie would have been closer.

At the same time, Dortmund have more energy than PSG and ran a lot more over both legs against us than PSG vs Bayern. PSG covered just 100 km in Paris, which is very poor. If they repeat it against us, they will get dominated.

I watched Bayern vs Dortmund back in March (?) and the game was very similar to that between Bayern and PSG in Munich. The main difference was that Bayern had Lewandowski and were more prolific.

So, we have probably a better team than PSG. We need to be at our A game, press them relentlessly (Bayern didn't in Paris) and not being wasteful. We should also stay calm if they score first and keep in mind that there's a 2nd leg. It will be important to score though, so we shouldn't be too calm :)

 

[TINY]

I think we’ll go through if we score more than them over the two legs.

Thanks Michael

 

[wythenshaweblue£££]

What a game this is going to be it’s come round quick. Don’t really know what to expect maybe a score draw or obviously a win would be great. Hope Pep sticks to a similar team we have been playing and let us just play our game. Come on City