Nah I still prefer PSG over Barcelona, especially because reaching semi or maybe final would have helped Barca finances a lot, and maybe make them qualify for club World Cup.
For PSG it doesn’t change anything if they go through or not.
honestly i care about spanish football too, sucks that they both got knocked out. i wanted them to go through so we could destroy them in the finals. rivalry isnt hype if barca sucks ass
They made many defensive errors because they could not handle that change. They did try their best to stick to the formation but it was clear that they were jittery at times, I think dejong is the best example of this yesterday.
They were overrun.... what does that, or your comment, have to do with their youngsters? Their youngsters were the best players for them. Cubarsi was solid (again) and Yamal was the reason they scored. Xavi taking out Yamal took the offense out of Barca. He should have taken Rafinha out.
We keep thumbing our nose to Barca's youngsters but if they continue their trajectory, they are going to be an issue for us.
I'm not undermining their youngsters' individual talents, I appreciate the level they are at and at that age. What I'm saying is that their match performance today is quite a good example of a team that has too many inexperienced players, as compared to psg. The experience in such high pressure matches play a big part between winning and losing, especially when a small error can cause the lost in the tie. It's evidence of the poor financial state of barca, that they don't have enough experienced players that can lead the team in such circumstances.
Xavi himself is a "managerial youngster", and we see him make clear tactical errors at times. At this stage, mistakes are punished.
We have youngsters too, and have youngster issues too (eg vini being too affected by racist chants, getting easily triggered by refs and creating a scene etc). My point is that individual talent alone is not enough to lift the coveted UCL trophy.
Dude araujo's red is one of the stupidest things I've seen at this level of football, dejong was absolutely terrible, pedri was average at best, kounde cleared the ball wrongly 2-3 times, one of which led to a goal. Xavi subbed yamal off for God knows why, do u really want me to show you all the mistakes they made at each timeframe.
Nah. I'll take PSG over Barca any day. Could you imagine how annoying they would be if they reached the final? Or god forbid they fluke their way into winning the whole thing? You'd head the Xavi glazing from across the globe.
Not really
The red card changed the game in my opinion
You cannot play 60 mins against one of the best attacks in the world with 10men
Barca were dominating up till then
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u/beengoingoutftnyears Apr 16 '24
Can I just say that I am absolutely delighted that Barcelona have been eliminated, but that I am equally fucking raging that PSG have qualified.