“At times, I felt sorry for the Parisians.
"Eric Roy did not vibrate before the meeting of PSG Wednesday night against FC Barcelona (1-1).
The consultant France TV and RMC Sport, after having been a player, trainer and sports director, suffered like Mauricio Pochettino's group.
He wonders about the collective service deemed "catastrophic".
The composition, a default choice.
“Julian Draxler had a good performance, especially on his entry into the first leg.
Angel Di Maria is not necessarily at 100% of his means and does not have the volume to play a half or more.
It is a default choice at the start, but the collective service is not linked to this choice.
They fought, but cookie-cutter.
Fortunately, Marquinhos and Kimpembe held the house ”.
For the rest of the starting eleven, Pochettino has retained the choice of 4-2-3-1, a favorite pattern since his arrival in early January.
Classic.
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The too low block of PSG.
“I am surprised to have seen a team so little capable of having collective control, tactical control and so little movement solutions around the carrier.
The quality of PSG is the management of the ball, the sequences of possession.
They have been catastrophic collectively.
Barça gave a lesson in football, even more than going in the opposite direction.
I take my hat off to Ronald Koeman.
On the tactical level, PSG never found the solution to block Frenkie De Jong.
He was officially playing in central defense, but he did not stop creating the surplus in the middle.
He succeeded in shifts, either by passing or by his ball percussion.
How many times have we seen him go up in the midfield and shift the runners to finish on a cross in the box?
"
An absence of guilty reaction.
“Watching PSG on Wednesday night, I had the impression of seeing a French team facing the Parisians one evening in Ligue 1, a team that only knows how to play in its 30 or 40 meters, forced to defend to keep a result , without being able to frame the wearer, to make the efforts together.
When Messi had the ball in the heart of the game, he could turn around, there was no one 5 meters from him.
There was a good entry from Diallo in the second half.
I know that managing three away goals is not easy mentally.
I thought before the game that Paris would not win.
But from there to be dominated like that ... Honestly, Barça had the opportunities to create the feat between the strikes of Dembélé, the bar of Dest, the penalty of Messi ... "
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Paris must have better control of the ball.
“What is the real value of PSG?
I think she's getting closer to the first leg.
The main axis of progress compared to Wednesday night's game is ball control.
When a Marco Verratti is less inspired, PSG are in great difficulty to make shifts, keep the ball, make the opponent run.
Even Leandro Paredes, who is a good complement, was not good.
It's simple, when PSG had the ball, there was no solution.
Normally, when you get the ball back, you see the others stand out, sprint in the right area… I've never seen PSG clear the ball so much.
On the way out, they had hurt in the transitions and the flashes.
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Pochettino will point out the shortcomings.
“I think I congratulate everyone on qualifying, but I quickly make a video for them to show the shortcomings.
It is often easier for a coach to point that out after a victory or a qualification.
If they want to go far in the Champions League, they will not be able to achieve such a performance again ”.
