UCL Last 16: PSG vs FC Barcelona

Collblanc wrote:

FennecFox7 wrote:Was it psg's tactics to swarm messi out of the game? Does emery realize that Neymar and Suarez are also capable of damage?

really poor display and the scoreline in my opinion could've been worse, there were a couple penalties that barca should've had and I cant even be biased. They deserved to beat psg

no. messi stays in the middle a lot more this season. long story. he is this quiet for a while now, without much space around him when the opposition get their positioning right.   messi on the right side doesnt work anymore. no more alves link up. with suarez and messi in the middle and neymar and rafinha wide teams tend to open up a bit more for the midfield runs. messi just isnt looking for the pockets of spaces as he used to.

Even better with the Titanic music.

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RMC wrote:PSG suffered the biggest disillusionment in its history this Wednesday on the lawn of Camp Nou. A 6-1 defeat, synonymous with elimination in the 8th final of the Champions League. And nightmares and nightmares. Leaving the lawn of the Camp Nou, the Parisian players join their locker room totally annihilated. The silence is deafening. No one looks at each other, no one talks. A player cracks and cries with tears. Ambiance of distress.


Unai Emery spoke a minute before his group, saying, in substance: "I can not find the words. We have failed in our mission. Now it's done. Nothing can be done ". Nasser Al-Khelaifi is also shocked by the match. Sounds like a boxer who does not understand what he's just happening. "I've never seen him like that. The face closed, the look in the void, "confides an intimate of the group. The Parisian president is very, very angry. He does not talk to any player. Patrick Kluivert, the football director, is trying to comfort some players but the pain is deep.


The Parisians take off from Barcelona at 2:30 in the morning. The atmosphere on the plane is horrible, detestable. Not a look, not a word, no exchange. The group seems dead, extinguished, in shock. According to a member of the delegation, accustomed to travel, "it is the worst ambience of post-match" that he saw. "Nothing to do with last year after the elimination against Manchester City," he said.

Thiago Silva stays up all night with his helmet on his ears. Only a few young players, such as Presnel Kimpembe, or Hatem Ben Arfa, will make the effort to go and comfort their often more experienced teammates. Some players discover the first declarations of the Barcelonans and the turns of the Spanish players on the social networks.

When arriving at Le Bourget around 4am, the players are shocked by the tense reception that a few Parisians support them. The car of Marquinhos will be degraded. Hatem Ben Arfa and Blaise Matuidi are insulted by the supporters. Only Edinson Cavani is not violently insulting. The exit of the car of Thiago Motta is done in a moment of small panic. This Thursday, it was rest for the whole group. Only Thomas Meunier and Gonçalo Guedes came to do some care.

RealGunner wrote:PSG have cancelled a documentary they were making about the team's trip to Barcelona after their 6-1 defeat. [l'equipe]

PSGTV were filming all the moments of trip to Spain, from training sessions to the path to airport, flight in private jet, arrival and already did interviews with player's friends and family etc [l'equipe]

Mathieu interview :

lol legend:

Firenze wrote:damn shame

always love football documentaries

Donuts wrote:

Mathieu: "Even the wives of the players, such as Marquinhos', who put a photo of her showing four fingers with her dog."

"If we lose 5-1, do you think we would be happy?" asked Verratti."
No, I would be annoyed," replied Meunier.
"I would be happy," admitted Draxler.
"Yes... I would be happy," agreed Matuidi.
"If you lose 5-1 then people will mock us.""But it doesn't matter because we would have scored four in the first leg," Verratti debated.
"People talk and criticise them for being thrashed by PSG and we know they are a great team, but losing 5-1 to Barcelona? That's not good," concluded Meunier.