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Why PSG Cannot Win the Champions League with Messi
ESPN FC crew looked at the Manchester City vs. Paris Saint-Germain Champions League matchup and discussed the performances of the two clubs. While the crew liked what they saw out of Manchester City, they were not impressed by what they saw from Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. These forwards literally walked throughout the game, PSG CANNOT win the Champions League defending with 7 players.
Also, Mauricio Pochettino’s Psg cannot win the champions league attacking with only 3 players! The 7 others need to move forwards when PSG attack too.
Man city players understand each other better, no room for errors in passing the ball , PSG relies on counter Attack only , which is the style of football Messi is not used to, then he becomes a liability in the team.
“Choose the best player for every position, and you’ll end up not with a strong XI – Johan Cryuff
It’s about time we recognise Manchester City for the phenomenal team they are. A fantastic squad in every area, but not the best in comparison to PSG. Give Pep the credit he deserves for building a team!
PSG Messi left angry after being substituted
Messi has always walked in games. Even at Barcelona, messi was not aggressive in defending. The main issue here is the coach really. I think he is not respected by the dressing room, i mean he hasn’t won anything as a coach. You can’t have a dressing room like that and give them such a coach really. Zidane, Mourinho, Ancelotti etc would control that dressing room better and get them to do what they want because of their profile. Poch is just not the man and he seems not to have the stomach to tell them what he wants. Bench who needs to be benched and play who will give you what you want but he goes for the names instead of results on the pitch. Neymar lost so much ball even on promising attacks and he still left him on the pitch. Poch is not the man for that dressing room. It’s that simple.
Why PSG Cannot Win the Champions League with Messi: Liverpool are UCL favorites
As we speak, Liverpool are a better team than Paris Saint Germain. I’m not saying Liverpool will win the CL, but the way they are playing and performing is absolutely outstanding and clearly the best team so far in the competition.
Before I point these facts out, please keep in mind that Liverpool have already played Atletico Madrid (2x) AC Milan, Porto(2×).The only teams that are generating more shots than Liverpool (120 shots), are Real Madrid (166), but they’ve only played Sherrif (2x), Shaktar (2x), and Inter.
Bayern has 164 shots but Bayern have only played Dynamo(2x), Benfica(2x), Barcelona, and Chelsea. All these teams have generated more shots than Liverpool but they all had far inferior groups/opponents. What this stat is suggesting is that Liverpool probably has the best attack in the CL so far. Despite these teams having generated more shots than Liverpool, vs far inferior opponents than what Liverpool faced, Liverpool’s shot on target % is among the best in the competition (3rd best).
Furthermore, after Chelsea’s impressive defense, Liverpool is ranked 2nd to Chelsea in opponent shots allowed, considering Chelsea have only played Malmo, Zenit and Juventus, Liverpool are playing like Champions here. They’re boasting one of the best attack and one of the best defense.
The most goals scored in the competition so far is by Bayern with 18 goals, Liverpool is right there with 14 goals. Also, Liverpool are 4th in the entire competition for Tackles Won. The teams that are ahead of them are NOT gonna be relevant soon later on in the competition because they are Young Boys, Porto and Milan so after they are knocked out, Liverpool are also the best ball winning team in the competition. Holy smokes they are flying. Here’s an interesting stat. Bayern have won 184 ground duels, Liverpool won 215. This stat is evidence of how ridiculous Liverpool are, and even more ridiculous when you remember they’ve played far better teams. Liverpool are also completing the # 1 team completing take-ons per game. i don’t think there’s a defense for Liverpool in the CL.
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3-3 draw between Manchester United and Galatasaray in UEFA Champions League – Group A. They also analyze the performance of goalkeeper Andre Onana and the chances of Erik ten Hag’s side of advancing to the knockout stages.
Not saying Onana is done at Utd but surely ETH needs to give the back up a chance at this point. Even DDG needed to come out of the team briefly when he first came to the club. Gives him a chance to build his confidence away from the spot light. But TBH DDG was never this bad to begin with sm
Throwing away leads, basic mistakes and tonight, despite Onana performing better recently we might as well have had Jonny Evans in goal.
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As much as I like eth, he caused our exit by bringing in a keeper not too familiar with EPL. In fact he should not have sent David away the way he did. He should have kept him and the duo should have competed. Onana errors contributed a lot to the exit
Tactically, I think ETH did pretty much everything correctly. Outside of Magelof not being good enough in general, the only criticism I can offer is that Mainoo should’ve come on for McGhost after he scored his goal. Solidify that midfield and shut everything down.
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The keeper had a bad game and had a lot already this season which isn’t great but let’s hope he gets better as the season goes cause I remember when De Gea first came to United and he was not great as well but he matured, got stronger and became a great goalkeeper. But ETH needs to replace Onana for the next game and let him know that he needs to step it up.
David de Gea short-term fix Manchester United
As a United fan I have to disagree with the assessment of the performance. There was no control, no maturity. United give the ball away far too easily for this level. When you have less possession than a Sean Dyche team and then get 43% against Galatasaray, you’re not the technical side the manager wants to build. I feel sorry for Onana, he’s been doing much better recently. The mistakes he’s making are so basic it speaks to a mental problem. My hope is that Onana will feel much more comfortable when we develop into the team Ten Hag wants. Need to bring in ball-playing CBs and controller midfielders in the next two windows. Then we’ll see the real picture.
I honestly hope we finish bottom of the group so they can just focus on the domestic front. This team is poor to say the least and we will get knocked out in the second round even if we scale through by some miracle. So best not to, as for “O na na, whats my name” Don called it! He needs to reassess his priorities as a goalkeeper… now I’m ranting on YouTube, darn you ManUtd!
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Can David de Gea be the short-term fix Manchester United needs? | If I was him I wouldn’t go back there after the way he was disrespected .. I can’t believe the management could be this bold and daft after the treatment they gave that guy.
Don’t do it!!! They decided you weren’t good enough and decided to get onana. Even if you took a pay cut, it would of been to facilitate onana. That’s tells you what you need to know
Of course teams have offered him contacts and he’s chosen to say no. He’s said very clearly he’ll go to club fighting to win things and unfortunately all the top clubs have keepers. He might come back when the right club wants him.
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Wonder if Man U is telling Onana to skip the African cup due to his recent poor performances. Otherwise they’re telling him his spot is at risk
United have no transfer strategy so this potential move makes 100% sense. Afterall they bought Mason Mount for 50 million to warm the bench.
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It will be a mess and destabilising if we bring him back.. Shoking how he was treated after 12 years. And we bought a young goalkeeper, surely he gets a chance and we still have Heaton I believe.. What’s the point anymore? 😆 We’re a joke!
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De Gea deserved better treatment. He should plain down reject any offer or entertain the offer just to reject it. The Man Utd negotiators could not negotiate their way out of a brown paper bag, absolutely disgrace to their profession.
If they bring him back prep for a new manager. Cause ten hag is clearly incompetent.
And he’s been offered but he won’t take less than what he is worth, he’s a golden glove winner and a legend 🤷🏽. Onana can’t even distribute this season and can’t stop a beach ball.
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It’s a strange one this because de Gea priced himself out of a job. He wanted a contract worth more than than the £375k a week he was already getting, and Man United originally agreed to one, and then changed their mind, and I don’t blame them. He’s worth $75 million thanks to MUFC.
He was the World’s richest goalkeeper last season, and while he is a great goalkeeper, most pundits would name either Nuer or the recently retired Buffon as the greatest goalkeeper of the last 15 years, and most pundits would put the Brazilian duo Ederson and Becker as the best keepers in the Prem right now. What I’m saying is that at $75 million net worth de Gea could have afforded to be philosophical about it all and perhaps taken a pay cut.
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Still can’t believe Eriksen plays for Man United, especially after we all know what happened to him. I still remember that day and honestly thought we’d lost him. So happy to see him around and still playing.
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Glad to see Eriksen get his praise. He was always my favorite player at Spurs. Lack of competition in the squad forced him to regress a bit in his career. Barcelona/Real Madrid were interested at him at a time. Then he went to the demon Conte, who doesn’t know how to handle flair footballers. And of course after his health situation, happy he got to perform at Brentford, and for Ten Haag with his creative flair. Though now Man Utd have both Ambrabat, and Casemiro, should make him perform much better in a free role! Or at least backup to Bruno.
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The only reason i dont see Eriksen starting is because it doesn’t always look like he can play a full match, hence ETH has to be wise regarding when he should put Eriksen in the game. But everytime he’s subbed on, the entire team breaths easier and gains that extra sense of control. A game that was otherwise frantic, uncoordinated, improvised and scrappy, was all turned around when Eriksen came on the pitch. Gosh I wish we could see more to him.
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The midfield in the Derby has to be him, Brumo and Amrabat.. whenever Eriksen plays deeper, it releases Bruno.. this experiment of Bruno playing as a deep playmaker and Mctominey as a 10/Second Striker has clearly failed.
We know Eriksen can’t play 90 minutes, but ETH should try to start with him and find a comfortable lead before subbing him off. I don’t remember Bruno having any influence on the game, or in previous games, he is so panicked in possession unlike Mr.Cool here. I would swap them around and see what happens.
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