Paris Saint-Germain (A) - CL - Tue 28 Sep 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[Marvin]

yeah I’m thinking they won their first game as well

Let’s just hope accommodating Messi Neymar and Mbappe will mean we overrun them

I hope so. That could be a weakness for them. I am not sure Messi will start.

I am wary of something unusual from Pep. All adds to the intrigue.

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

He should

Not if one of them is Dinho because he’s great, I love all he’s done and all he is but, at his age, he’s not a fast as he once was and he doesn’t always have it in his legs to start a game and play at high intensity for 95mins.
If we’d have played him against Chelsea instead of Rodri then IMO our press wouldn’t have performed as well.
I think he’s perfect for games against sides who defend deep against us or as an extra DM, to bring on against tired legs, to close out a game where we’re winning - but at this juncture he’s not the man for an end to end game where the opposition will come at us fast and in waves.

 

[Bluemoonadam]

Want us to make a statement tonight by battering these and showing the rest of the teams that we intend on going one step further this season in this competition.

 

[Nihilist]

Their squad is much better this season. They've signed Donnarumma, Hakimi, Wijnaldum, Messi and Ramos (even though he's injured for the first game, he'll be back for the second).

I don't really disagree with anything else you've said. But if any one of Messi, Mbappe or Neymar has a special game they'll beat us tonight.

We'll have to isolate messi , neymar and mbappe, keep them from getting the ball as much as possible. We did keep neymar and mbappe pretty quiet last season.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

We'll have to isolate messi , neymar and mbappe, keep them from getting the ball as much as possible. We did keep neymar and mbappe pretty quiet last season.

For one half. Mbappe didn’t play the second game. They were strong in the first half in Paris.

Hakimi worries me.

 

[Saddleworth2]

How’s about we only put 10 on bench? Radical I know.

Why not take 23 and give 2 more kids the experience?

 

[Nihilist]

For one half. Mbappe didn’t play the second game. They were strong in the first half in Paris.

Hakimi worries me.

Hakimi has been good so far for PSG but on the fair side he only faced farmer league teams from France. This will be their first game aganist a proper team. Just wish Pep uses our best options defence wise , up front he can do the usual rotation, but at the back we need our best options otherwise we will concede

 

[youngbob]

Wonder if Pep will be tempted to play Rodri and Fernandinho together tonight, with Cancelo and Walker stepping infield, just to stop the ball getting through.

 

[lionheart]

Given their mighty attack, I fancy Pep may play a back five of Cancelo-Laporte-Dias-Stones-Walker and rely more on our counter-attacking prowess than usual.

 

[domalino]

Wonder if Pep will be tempted to play Rodri and Fernandinho together tonight, with Cancelo and Walker stepping infield, just to stop the ball getting through.

Cancelo is going to have a very hard time with Hakimi and Messi on his side.