Champions League: FC Barcelona - Paris Saint Germain 3-1

[Trickykid]

Great win! The midgetless back line was finally established and it worked! Finally no Alves, no Alba no Masche on the back end. Loved seeing Bartra - Pique - Mathieu in the back covered by Busi - Masche in mid. Hats off to Lucho, this could of backfired because he hasn't tried this lineup ever.

So, uh, did you actually watch the match, barcanuck? I mean, with your own two eyes?

 

[beogatts]

Slow game coz either one qualifies anyways. But good to c MSN scored.
I only thought math was in the wrong position. Other players r ok with their formation. IMO we supposed to play counter attack but experiment failed. Nice try lucho but it needs improvement.

 

[SeloBarca]

So, uh, did you actually watch the match, barcanuck? I mean, with your own two eyes?

Bartra and Ter Stegen saved this horrible defence over and over

 

[Mitchell1978]

Weird line-up though somethings worked out reasonably well (Bartra for example).

 

[Flavia]

Good win. But still so many problems... Need to be more solid defensively. That midfield with no creativity didn't help. Iniesta is far from his best. Let's hope we see some improvement soon.

 

[Neimax]

Lucho is a magician. I don't think that there is any other coach who can make such a talented team play as shit as we did tonight.

 

[Ghosting]

Bartra played well, but he cant play RB cos he can't attack, unless we play with a defensive RB and then we just leave the right attacking position completely empty.

 

[i_bleed_blaugrana]

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.

Was it really a failure tho? He was without his starting RB and had to craft together a formation to make it work without a RB. What's frustrating though is that either Montoya or Adriano would have been fine as a RB or even Bartra. Lucho's biggest mistake, which he has made twice now, is thinking Mathieu alone can handle the left side. He was by far the weakest player for us and time and again Lucas made him look quite foolish.

A back line of Bartra-Pique-Mathieu-Alba would have handled things a lot better tonight defensively and I really hope this game made Lucho and people on here realize that Bartra is the real deal Holyfield. He has the heart and tenacity of Puyol and I think he is a must in our back line for these big games going forward.

Very happy with the result, the holy trio up top is finally starting to click. I think the team is on the right track but its clear we still need to tweak some things. Busquets was poor again tonight, and I think he should be benched for Mascherano. That is partially where the problems in our formation lie, fitting both Busi and Masch along with an attacking midfielder. A midfield of Xavi-Masch-Rakitic would be much more balanced overall than trying to force Busi or Masch into a more attacking role.

With Lucho, I think he is on the right track tactically. The 3 man back line can work, but Mathieu was definitely exposed so someone else needs to fill that role if we wants to keep using it. Also, like I said earlier, Rakitic for Busquets right now would help this team be more balanced in midfield.

Neymar's goal was an absolute gem though. Its moments like that that make all the bullshit with Rosell worth it.

 

[barcanuck]

So, uh, did you actually watch the match, barcanuck? I mean, with your own two eyes?

Haha actually funny enough I only caught the second half due to Canadian TV showing a hockey player funeral. I'm downloading but those were my initial feelings on it professor

 

[Gnidrologist]

For a formation that is supposed to strengthen defense, it failed horribly. Only luck saved us from conceding some really stupid goals. It was especially hilarious on Mathie side. DAT blunder he and Pique made... Lucas probably didn't score, because he was bursting in laughter. Seems that the main problem is that players are really confused with this completely different makeup and find it hard time to position themselves well. Bartra was great though.
Nut what i hated the most is how static everyone is in this formation. Everyone's standing around, doing nothing and the guy with the ball is like ''guys, where are you? anyone?'' and then is forced to pass it back. It's as if Lucho is telling to play like that.

 

[SeloBarca]

Good win. But still so many problems... Need to be more solid defensively. That midfield with no creativity didn't help. Iniesta is far from his best. Let's hope we see some improvement soon.

We cant do much about this midfield until 2016
Our best midfielders are STILL Iniesta and Xavi..

If we had a solid defence and midfield, we woulda won this game 5-0, but now your heart start pumping every time an opponent attack becouse its like 50/50 the defence will screw up.

 

[Luftstalag14]

So who do you guys we will draw?

Is it possible for us to draw PSG again? Hate to play City again.

 

[Schumi]

No.

We can't face PSG in the Last 16. The other 7 teams though, yes.

 

[Schumi]

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.

 

[Trickykid]

Haha actually funny enough I only caught the second half due to Canadian TV showing a hockey player funeral. I'm downloading but those were my initial feelings on it professor

I was honestly not sure if you were being sarcastic, considering that our defense was in absolute shambles for the majority of the match. But hey, enjoy that first half, when you're done downloading!