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

[The1nvisibleMan]

Line up supposedly leaked, looks alright

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Line up supposedly leaked, looks alright

sharings caring

 

[domalino]

Line up supposedly leaked, looks alright

Wanna share with the class?

 

[Nihilist]

Haha you cannot give Wilson-Esbrand his second game ever against Messi and Hakimi in the Champions League.

imagine if hed play and make a mistake , it would stay with him forever

 

[fodenmagic]

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

I disagree in part. Yes he is older and slower. But , No! Our press is not dependent on the speed of the DM. It's dependent on the intensity of the front 5.

Whether an opponent can come at us fast and in waves is often dependent on how effective our press is. If it's effective, then we are good. Regardless of who plays DM.

I would agree in most circumstances but PSG aren’t a balanced side, their threat sits across their front three so they’re front loaded.
I think that we can dominate them in midfield for the very fact that their emphasis will be on getting the ball into their front three and, ok so Messi isn’t a spring chicken either but he’s explosive over a couple of yards and would love some free kicks in the areas he’ll be working in. I our DM gets tired legs then I fear that Neymar and M’bappe will run off him and they’ll peel us open.

I could, of course, be wrong, maybe Fernandinho will play DM and sprint for 95 minutes But I’m not feeling it.

Having said that, my superpower is hindsight and it’s not much use on this side of the event!

I think that it’ll be a fascinating game and after our display against Chelsea I’m hoping that the core of that side will play because Rodri was a monster.
Plus it’s early in the season and he’s relatively young so should breeze 3 games in 8 days - maybe put Dinho on for the last 15 if we’ve got it sewn up eh?

 

[Northblue]

Kante tested positive for covid. Brace yourselves for the outbreak at City with several to miss the Liverpool game. We know it will happen.

I say we just have another 3 months off like last year, Klopp won't mind

 

[14aguero]

Kept the strongest possible back line and the midfield.

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

@domalino @Man_City_Loyal

 

[Claytop]

Would have liked Foden to be playing as I think he should play every big game but nvm.

Ideally Sterling will show up tonight.