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Everyone understands that this is our only source of creativity; it's no longer two players, but we're defending three against him, yet no one is supporting him or attacking the space created by this situation.

Deep down, he must already be furious to see Semenyo and Savinho, returning from injury after several weeks, starting in his place against Real Madrid, given their performance and the result. Excluding the match against Salford, he has only started twice in the last eight games, against Leeds...

Donnarumma Nunes Stones Khusanov Ait Nouri Nico G Rodri Semenyo Cherki Doku Marmoush

On this play too, the ball goes between his legs, or am I having vision problems?

It's like a gambler; he loses his salary all the time, but he's so addicted that he believes each time it'll be his lucky day. Pep obviously can't resist taking a chance.

Lamine Yamal would never have played here. Some would surely have called for him to be loaned to Leicester with Mukasa to develop, build muscle, and adapt to the physical game. The same goes for Désiré Doué. They would be shocked to see the number of balls Yamal loses in a match, whether...

My god, instead of attacking the space between Rudiger (who's tracking Bernardo) and Huijsen, he just stays hidden back. And some people will still say it's not his fault, that he has no responsibility and that it's his teammates who aren't creating chances for him.

I've watched almost all their matches, whether in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, or the Champions League, and I can confirm that they've been outplayed by every team. This was their second-best match, along with the one against Barça at the start of the season, who played with a suicidal high line...

Winning by three goals (3-0 or 4-1) and going to extra time isn't out of the question, but for that to happen, we'll need to field the right starting eleven and play a near-perfect match. Yesterday, we handed them an easy victory on a silver platter; even Getafe and Benfica gave them more...

This is his fourth season here. If someone could compare the number of goals scored in the first half of the season to the second, I wouldn't be surprised to see that he's always seemed less fit in the second half. Is it fatigue, and is he struggling to cope with the number of matches? In that...

He played alongside Busquets, he played alongside De Jong, he also played as a number 8 at Porto, but here we're told we can't try Rodri alongside Nico and that the two are incompatible. I remain convinced of the opposite; I'd at least like us to try it out and see.

He was also at fault for Real Madrid's only goal there in December, was outmaneuvered by Rodrigo, and again tonight by Valverde. He's not a good left-back, especially when the level of competition rises; he has defensive weaknesses, but he's a good midfielder who brings verticality and...

I don't remember him making so many bad decisions in a match like tonight's. I only have one explanation: deep down, he knows we have no chance of winning the Champions League and that, at best, we'll get thrashed by Bayern in the quarter-finals. So he chose to minimize the costs and throw away...

It's also worth remembering that the last time he started at right-back was against Arsenal in September. I don't know what Pep was thinking, after the very good match we played in Newcastle, with Khusanov at center-back and Nunes providing two assists, he decided to put one of them in a...

It's either in central defense or on the bench, since Pep seems to trust Dias more than him, regardless of performance. We no longer have that creative midfield we used to have, so we can afford a right-back who offers nothing offensively and sacrifice the combinations and crosses we could...

Yes, with one of the two Nicos (O'Reilly or Gonzalez), but Bernardo alone with Rodri, it didn't work and it won't work.

Bernardo is absolutely useless alongside Rodri, I said it a few months ago. He can no longer play in the midfield of Europe's top teams. He doesn't fit into the midfield of Bayern Munich, PSG, Arsenal, Barcelona, or even Chelsea and Real Madrid. Alongside Rodri, we need a true number 8 capable...

This week he gave an interview to the French channel L'Equipe, when asked who the coach's favorite is, he answered without hesitation Bernardo, he has only been there for a few months and he has already understood how things work... he just has to wait unfortunately for him!

Seeing Semenyo, without Champions League experience and with mediocre technique, and Savinho, returning from injury, both playing as starters at the Bernabéu instead of Cherki or even Marmoush, who are in great form, is simply incomprehensible to me.

For months, a friend of mine has been telling me that O'Reilly is excellent offensively but mediocre defensively and too naive, constantly leaving space for the opposing winger. He gave me several examples, but I turned a blind eye. Today, it's clear he was absolutely right, and I was the one...