Which may have paradoxically forced Bayern to be less gung ho in attack. The scarcity of the counter attack gave Bayern confidence to keep throwing the kitchen sink, thus exposing themselves at the back.
@giorno
Last year PSG lose 2-1 v Dortmund with Marco, they dominate possession marginally. He’s absent second leg they win 2-0, with less passes and possession.
Against Atalanta, they win 2-1 away without Marco.
They beat Leipzig without Marco 0-3.
In the final, they didn’t start Marco and they did look better with him there but philosophy wise they weren’t as committed to sheer counter - they were trying to play their football and it was an even game but you never quite felt that their front two was as dangerous as they looked tonight. Tonight they had much more space to work with.
Verratti playing may have enabled them to still counter and produce more counters but to say it’s laughable that his absence may make them more effective on counter or in CL is hardly a joke when you consider last years run with him barely featuring at all during the knockout stages.
Feel free to disagree on a point but your initial hysterical reaction and that of others in response to the post is unwarranted and not really built on any solid foundations.