Gimenez is such a beast. It's a shame that he has to deal with so many injuries.
Champions League Knockouts (12 Aug - 23rd Aug)
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Can already see what all the fuss is about regards Upamechano. Dominant, both on and off the ball. Impressive so far.
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We should be all over him to get him next summer
Is Partey injured?
That's who is called a ball playing defender, not someone that takes ages to play the ball forward.
Am not so sure of his defensive side though.
Upamecano is fantastic on the ball.
Spend the Sancho money on Upamecano
Sensational talent, one of the best I have seen in years
Sensational talent, one of the best I have seen in years
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Think he's on the bench.
Why not now? His renewal is nothing special.
On the bench
Only 21 years old though, plenty of time for him to improve the defensive side of his game
@Theafonis I laughed.
Jesus is that Nagelsmann shouting??
Scared to praise Upamecano because someone might come to tell me Konate is far superior 
I think he has an inserted release clause that can be activated next summer. At least I think that I was reading that. They have a few interesting players like Lainer, Sabitzer and of course him
These Leipzig forwards are making terrible decisions, not as lethal without Werner there.
I've been saying this about Upamecano.
I'd hate to see him join a rival.
I'd hate to see him join a rival.
I don't know, it feels like a standard back 3 setup. The wide defender will always drift out to take on the winger whilst the rest of the team adjusts accordingly (shift towards the wing, or a midfielder plugs the gap between the wide defender and the central one). In a way, this feels more like an old-school back 3 setup with 2 old-school (i.e. 1950s) full backs and one centre-half.
Leipzig are doing better than I thought they would. Although they're not exactly dangerous in attack so far.
Juve would definitely have gotten a pen for that.
Aren't many on here that know a thing about French football. PSG is mostly known as an underachiving club pre-blood money. You fill the stadium on the regular but you bloddy well should being the only football club in Paris. Still a better argument than pointing to a blog post about essentially plasticity.
Thought Maradona (or Pele) retired years ago.
Yup, he's quite vocal, but he's been particularly loud today.
It's not like Werner made any better decisions. The difference now is that they don't have another forward who makes the same sort of runs that Werner does. Poulsen plays as a target man, and everyone else around him prefers to have the ball at their feet rather than ahead of them. I'm actually surprised that Laimer isn't played in a more midfield role; he can make the sort of runs that Leipzig currently require.
I know the fire Marshall’s will be out in numbers.
Entertaining match, better quality from both teams compared to yesterday so far.
Errmmm is this a trick question?
The Angelino fella is pretty poor actually. Sticks out as a sore thumb in this team.
I noticed that. I’m still trying to figure out who drops in to make the 3. The full back or the CM.
Lodi has some serious balance issues
We should be looking at trying to sign upamecano, looks comfortable on the ball and dominant in the air.
I am a Red Bull fan tonight - Hope Nkunku will have a good game
Not surprised he did the same thing in Pep’s team.
Why are we bothering about a left footed centre back. Just go for Upemacano for feck sake.
I’d fecking love Leipzig’s manager at United. He’s the real deal. Still so young too.
Leipzig are actually playing a 442 without the ball. Then it morphs into whatever when attacking.
Upamecano looking good so far.
I agree. Think he'll have a choice of quite a few clubs if he keeps progressing the way he is, though.
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