hilts
Well-Known Member
All depends on what Pep sees as strengths and tactics in the other three teams after watching videos on them, and where Pep sees we can exploit weaknesses in their sides.
There can be many intricate things we don’t see as fans that Pep does as part of his tactics that explains why he’s picked a certain player or couple of players in certain positions.
There could be a space on the pitch because of Paris’ tactics that means we play with an inverted right back coming into midfield which means we surprisingly drop Walker for Cancelo, or we play Walker because he is excellent at defending Mbappe. There could be an over used forward run by the right back at Chelsea that means it would suit Foden to be on the left and leave Grealish on the bench. There could be a reason to play a False 9 against Paris but then have Torres playing as a striker in the other two games… who knows?
I probably don’t watch anywhere near enough of the three teams we’re about to face to tell you what our line-ups should be.
As long as his deductions are better than the last 3 times we played Chelsea:-)