4 - Ronald Araújo
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Horatio
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let me bring some optimism to the table. This fixture is going to be closer to the Chelsea one back in 2017/2018 than the Bayern 8-2 one. Everybody shat their pants us having to play against Chelsea, but Messi was on and we advanced 4-1 on aggregate. If our team shows good workrate and Griezmann and Messi are in form who knows...
JamDav1982
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The CBs and Busi DM will get cut to ribbons.
Be as well going Pedri and FDJ more of a sitting two with Messi AM.
Need something to try and protect the defence more than Busi can.
Be as well going Pedri and FDJ more of a sitting two with Messi AM.
Need something to try and protect the defence more than Busi can.
Luftstalag14
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Well said. Busquets playing means conceding multiple goals, especially with our scrappy CBs left.
fergus90
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PSG aren't exactly setting the world on fire either at the moment and if Verratti is out, that'll be a big miss for them in the middle of the park. I see it being very close, as long as we show the type of character we've been showing in recent weeks, we won't be humiliated by anyone again this season. Of course we can lose but I fully expect us to go down fighting this time.
Horatio
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We've got Dembele, Griezmann, Pedri and Frenkie as well. And every other day of the week we got Ter Stegen as well.
Richard.H
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A backline of Alba-Lenglet-Umtiti-Mingueza/Dest is scary to imagine going up against Neymar and Mbappe. It could get really ugly. Umtiti-Lenglet have a hard time keeping up with Segunda wingers 1 vs 1. Mbappe easily runs past most Ligue 1 defenders I've seen him against. Neymar, a whole another problem due to his creativity. Midfield and attack has to be on their A game if we are to keep up. FDJ has to put in a shift to run box to box and make sure they don't counter. I have no confidence in Busi doing that.
Horatio
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Wouldn't put too much weight on that. A few big teams have been knocked out in their local cup tournament by lower division teams. Seems they have the mental edge sometimes.
Bobo32
Senior Member
I think you look at it the wrong way.
Sure Araujo would be good in the 1v1s that will inevitably appear once or twice.
But the key is that Barcelona must keep the ball, lose it in the right places, and win it back when PSG try to get it to the forwards.
Frenkie, Pedri, Griezmann, Dembele, and even Messi are the ones who are scary to me. The midfielders as I think they are a bit too mobile, and the attackers as they lose the ball way too much lately.
Barcelona must make the game be decided on the midfield, as most games are.
vuji_31
Senior Member
Everything falls in water if one trough ball is played behind 2 slowest players in the world.
We could have prime Xavi and Iniesta, some shitty aerial ball (something that passed umtiti) and we are done.
Even it can be from Kimpembe or Marqinhos.
Anyway, PSG is not that great. They are behind Lille and Lyon. In farmers league.
I am afraid of Lenglet and Umtiti, more then Neymar and Mbappe.
We could have prime Xavi and Iniesta, some shitty aerial ball (something that passed umtiti) and we are done.
Even it can be from Kimpembe or Marqinhos.
Anyway, PSG is not that great. They are behind Lille and Lyon. In farmers league.
I am afraid of Lenglet and Umtiti, more then Neymar and Mbappe.
Joan
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Let's hope you quote yourself after the second leg. Even though I'm sure you will no matter the scoreline
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