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Fully agree. Chip me in as well if anyone's counting points or something. Messi had some good plays, especially in the first half, but his final ball and decision making were lacking.

Well, they have an amazing record against EPL teams, but other than that, they are not remarkable. For their size though, they are doing pretty well.

No they are not. A few good results here or there don't make them better than big English or German teams.

From worse to best: 1. Man City 2. Juventus 3. Arsenal 4. Shaktar 5. Leverkusen 6. Basel 7. Schalke

By the same token, we could have been 13-0 up against Celta Vigo, or 0-3 up against Real Madrid, but football does not work that way. If we score with intricate passing, then it's a problem because we have no plan B. When we score by individual Messi magic, then we start bitching about...

It was 7-1. Leverkusen scored a beautiful goal with the last kick of the game.

We also have elevated chances of drawing one of City, Arsenal, Schalke and Leverkusen. The reason being that Bayern and Dortmund cannot draw Schalke or Leverkusen, and Chelsea cannot draw Arsenal or City.

No. We can't face PSG in the Last 16. The other 7 teams though, yes.

No, PSG did not play bad at all. It was just that they were facing a superior opponent. And that was despite Lucho's failed experiment.

He made some good runs in the first half, but failed to give the right pass. After the 3-1 we could have scored even more, but all our attacking players made stupid decisions.

The Catalan press are already hammering Lucho for his line-up. I agree.

The thing is that with the absence of Alves and our previous lack of energy and intensity in midfield, Lucho had to try something new. The omission of Alba is down to the height situation I believe.

We need height, hence Mathieu over Alba. Mathieu is also a bit better defensively. Alba is better going forward though. Either way you are sacrificing one thing for something else.

This!

You can say that again!

Maybe Mascherano is the RB? Pedro in midfield so that we can press hard.

Two big mistakes with the line-up. Mathieu at LB (we did that against RM) Biscuits starting. Anyway, let's wait and see.

OK. Apropos tonight's game, it's surely a must-win for us against a team who know how to play against us. We need this victory for the very obvious reason of topping the CL group. Coming 2nd means that our potential rivals for the Last 16 will be: Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Dortmund, Porto and...

1. People who seem to believe that we were always playing awesome during the Pep era were simply not watching our games back then. Plus, since then Real Madrid and Bayern have massively improved. 2. Real are better than us currently. I have said so repeatedly. No disagreement there. Their...

Take my arguments one by one and put them to some fact-checking. Are they legit yes or no? The only controversial bit about what I am saying is the Bayern bit, but tell me really, what great team have Bayern beaten recently and how? As for the inane Chelsea hype found everywhere. I invite you...