Champions League

[Luftstalag14]

PSG was missing their starting RB, CB, LB, and CM. Yet, they missed about 5 clear chances. Munich will not go far without $$$$$ because that what will make any team constantly competitive.

Yes Bayern was bad and PSG was unlucky today, but Bayern was more unlucky in the first leg than PSG today, in my opinion.

Bayern has the money to beef themselves up. They are in a better financial situation than anybody to do that should they choose to. Their academy sucks so they will have to spend to buy players (or get them for free), but they spend wisely.

 

[FC433]

Yes Bayern was bad and PSG was unlucky today, but Bayern was more unlucky in the first leg than PSG today, in my opinion.

Bayern has the money to beef themselves up. They are in a better financial situation than anybody to do that should they choose to. Their academy sucks so they will have to spend to buy players (or get them for free), but they spend wisely.

Luck is part of football. Nothing unexceptional happened, honestly. PSG deserved to go through, and Munich need to reconsider their approach if they want to compete again.

 

[Total-Football]

Bayern were knocked out because Mbappe, Neymar, and Di Maria made swiss cheese out of their defense.

Seems that football lines gain prominence according to eras.. There was a time when it was defense (most of the 90's). then pep brought it back to midfield (remember we dominated teams with pedro and tello Bojan and Isaac). But with the advent of BBC and MSN and roberry now it seems the Frontline is the most important line in the field again!! That's why barca sucks now. We have to have world class attackers again, or ( the less likely) set a new trend!

 

[Yannik]

Over 180mins its still deserved. Bayern dominated the first match that they lost, PSG dominated the 2nd match that they lost.
However in the first PSG was still doing fine and got their away goals, whereas Bayern looked toothless today.

 

[serghei]

Over 180mins its still deserved. Bayern dominated the first match that they lost, PSG dominated the 2nd match that they lost.
However in the first PSG was still doing fine and got their away goals, whereas Bayern looked toothless today.

Also to note that PSG was ahead in the tie for almost all of the 180 mins, and Bayern never. Pochettino won the duel with Flick as well.

 

[Horatio]

Whatever team advanced today would have deserved it.

 

[Morten]

Also to note that PSG was ahead in the tie for almost all of the 180 mins, and Bayern never. Pochettino won the duel with Flick as well.

Poch clearly took lesssons from the first game, looked much more secure today.

 

[serghei]

Poch clearly took lesssons from the first game, looked much more secure today.

If he puts the two games together, he's got this CL. The cutting edge counters from the first game, the efficiency in scoring, with the balanced, pretty calm approach from tonight.

PSG were tactically and physically very good in this tie, superior to Bayern imo. Bayern dominated in possession and chances, but the biggest chances were missed by PSG overall. Almost all of the chances they had were very big in both legs.

From Bayern's perspective, you can't really give away about 10-12 clear-cut chances and expect to go through at this level.

 

[diDi7]

Someone needs to have a word with the guy running the Champions League website. According to that Bayern are through.

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[te amo barca]

Overall, the two games between PSG and Bayern were fantastic. Just a proper display of spectacular fast-paced football between two equal teams strength-wise. Compare that to our 8-2 dicking, for example.

 

[El Gato]

yeah but thats comparing some loans of a few hundred thousands, with basically unlimited funds in billion height.

A few hundred thousand that one has and most others do not. Analogous cases throughout football history.

Resources aren't nearly as much a problem as made out. Monaco get nowhere near the shit Chelsea does/did. Nor did Malaga. Where do people think Barca got the money to build Camp Nou and then sustain the loan? Fell out the sky? 50's UNICEF?

BTW how many foreign owners with similarly bottomless pockets are there in the UK now? I read somewhere it's something like 80% of Premier League investment capital is abroad + some Championship teams often benefitting from geographic location to get investors also. But muh 'historic clubs' with their moral high ground

 

[Luftstalag14]

Luck is part of football. Nothing unexceptional happened, honestly. PSG deserved to go through, and Munich need to reconsider their approach if they want to compete again.

Sure, no disagreement on PSG deserves to go through part, I have been clamoring for PSG to eliminate Bayern since day 1, by the way.

Not sure about the part that Bayern needs to reconsider their approach. You mean changing how they play? Less crosses? Less wing play? That’s in their blood.

 

[Yannik]

A few hundred thousand that one has and most others do not. Analogous cases throughout football history.

Resources aren't nearly as much a problem as made out. Monaco get nowhere near the shit Chelsea does/did. Nor did Malaga. Where do people think Barca got the money to build Camp Nou and then sustain the loan? Fell out the sky? 50's UNICEF?

BTW how many foreign owners with similarly bottomless pockets are there in the UK now? I read somewhere it's something like 80% of Premier League investment capital is abroad + some Championship teams often benefitting from geographic location to get investors also. But muh 'historic clubs' with their moral high ground

These are literally all things I morally disagree with though including the stadium affair, Monaco or Malaga too. The PL is a plastic shitshow, yes you are completely right, I enjoy all their losses. Yet this is just whataboutism that ignores some cases are just ultimatively worse than others. And City/PSG, even Chelsea are on a different level at this than the entire pre 2000s.

It wasn't even much of an issue back then with Bosman not being a thing. Teams got bailouts from private investors during recessions or world wars and shit, and we compare that with multibillion fund bubble that hyperinflated the sport into a direction where 5-7 clubs compete for everything now.

 

[Joan]

See some potray this tie as Poch's 'masterclass'. People like to blow things out of proportions.

 

[Horatio]

See some potray this tie as Poch's 'masterclass'. People like to blow things out of proportions.

Yeah, people like to throw out the term masterclass too loosely, even pundits. It's football. Better team doesn't always win or sometimes teams are equal and both carry out their plan reasonably well but there can only be one winner. A lot of times luck involved a.k.a. things going in your favour.