Paris Saint-Germain (A) - CL | Post-Match Thread

Manc in London said:
Thought we played well, overall.

It's hard to be beat parked buses when you are facing defenders like Ben Mee, Martin Kelly and Phil Bardsley. So it was always going to be difficult to beat the most expensively put together bus with a defensively minded midfeld. We learn.

The commentators were very keen on Gueye and Veratti. Personally, I thought Rodri was much better than both whilst he had a more difficult job.

As for PSG, yes they won, but first thoughts are they are not a great team. They lack balance and the set-up is dependent on individual brilliance, not the team.

In my opinion, I also thought this game was further evidence that Mbappe is not the player he is hyped up to be. Can be a very good player but people talking about him being at the head of the next wave of great players....not a chance unless he significantly improves.

Not sure if it is because he is not fit but it appeared Messi looked a lot slower than previous years (I haven't watched La Liga for a few years). At one point, Rodri caught up with him and dispossessed him.
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BT team were keen on all things PSG. Briefly I thought they'd been told to tone it down during half-time but the fawning reached even greater heights.
 
Vic said:
BT team were keen on all things PSG. Briefly I thought they'd been told to tone it down during half-time but the fawning reached even greater heights.
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A common theme with BT coverage of our games.

Often I mute the TV. Depends on who is commenting (ie Ian Darke et al). As for the HT and FT studio chat, I either leave the room or turn off the TV.
 
Chippy_boy said:
No, I can't say I do remember that one. (I remember his similar goal against RM but that's another story) But you're over-simplifying. I am not saying *necessarily* or automatically that the team which scores the most goals is the best side. Merely that it's not an irrelevance. Our general standard of play was better than theirs (probably, although the defended pretty well I thought) but they scored and we didn't.

Perhaps the acid test (thought experiment) is, if that game was replayed again 10 times in a parallel universe, what would be the outcome. If a side is genuinely better, then you'd expect that side to win the game more times than not. Do you think we would? I think if we replayed that game, with those players, playing as we did, we'd lose it more times than not. Of course we will never know and your opinion may differ. And to be clear, I am not saying we are "broken" - clearly we are a very, very, very good side. I just wish we'd take our bloody chances!!!
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The PSG game is a trait therefore our inefficiency at goal scoring is not an irrelevance.
 
Don't know if we can really split our efforts and go full pelt for the league and CL this season. Total commitment and focus with our form players against Chelsea and we only won with a deflection after two awful shots. Change a couple players and with a slight drop in intensity we're vulnerable. I'd play the rotation players with a couple youngsters in champions league and see where that gets us. Wouldn't be the worst thing even if we drop into Europa, we'd be heavy favorites and winning may give us the foothold and confidence we need in Europe.
 
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