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It's not all bad though. Neymar got a free trip to Brazil again this year out of all this
For all his many faults these days I reckon he'd have guided them to a semi final by now if he'd been there last 2-3 years.Enter Mourinho.
I don't know if it's that simple. For example, is Buffon a bottler, or simply a semi retiree at 41 years of age who is a starting #1 for a team with aspirations to win the CL?Bottlers is a tag used too often but with PSG I think it is worthy. They consistently show massive mental fragility in pressure moments.
To me it seems like more of an issue with arrogance. You can't say they looked overawed today, they were dominant for most of it. Lackadaisical in the key final period rather than fearful. Verratti is an unbelievable player in some respects but he oozes arrogance.Bottlers is a tag used too often but with PSG I think it is worthy. They consistently show massive mental fragility in pressure moments.
Oh come on now. There is no excuse for this. We had even more injurys and suspensions than PSG did. We didn’t play well either. If you were the big club that you say you are then you would have finished us. Pure bottle job.Di Maria has done the job
Kylian isolated
Draxler: second-class player
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Attack: we miss the killer instinct of Neymar and Cavani
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Midfield: Verratti is the pure midfielder
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Defensive unit including:
- Buffon who gives a goal
- Kehrer the same (Dani Alves did the same mistake against Real last season)
- Dani Alves is 35
yeah, to spend more a̶l̶o̶n̶e̶ time with his sister! everyone wins !It's not all bad though. Neymar got a free trip to Brazil again this year out of all this
Ole said in the interview that the Ajax game was the team talk today for us, and probably for them as well.I thought they would have learned their lesson given their past. Even yesterday seeing what Ajax did yet they were so complacent. They started show boating at OT at times and at 1-1 today there was a moment where Dani Alves was doing kick ups.
I genuinely think they thought they had the tie done and dusted. Makes it even sweeter though.
Love to see him in a red shirt though. There's a few of them infected with over-arrogance there and it was amusing to see that facade punctured.Verratti is an unbelievable player in some respects but he oozes arrogance.
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Losing to a team which has much more European history than you shouldn't be a shame really.Another baffling CL exit. Every year it's the same but that has to be the most shameful one.
I think Seans post above mine reflects the issues you have as a club. When it gets serious in the CL you're simply not focused enough, not enough respect for the opposition. Some of your players today and in the 1st leg were disrespectful and oozed arrogance, thinking it was too easy. I'd be binning those players and building your team around Mbappe, you don't want him turning the way of Neymar/Di Maria. For what it's worth, I feel for your fans, you don't deserve performances like that.Another baffling CL exit. Every year it's the same but that has to be the most shameful one.
Feel sorry for you and PSG fans (and respect to you for coming here). There is something fundamentally wrong, it cannot be just bad luck year after year.Another baffling CL exit. Every year it's the same but that has to be the most shameful one.
CheersI think Seans post above mine reflects the issues you have as a club. When it gets serious in the CL you're simply not focused enough, not enough respect for the opposition. Some of your players today and in the 1st leg were disrespectful and oozed arrogance, thinking it was too easy. I'd be binning those players and building your team around Mbappe, you don't want him turning the way of Neymar/Di Maria. For what it's worth, I feel for your fans, you don't deserve performances like that.
Respect for you coming on here tonight.
MU as a club of course has much more history in Europe but the current team and players are less experienced than ours and that showed on the pitch. We always lost against equal or better teams, that Manchester United was clearly worse.Losing to a team which has much more European history than you shouldn't be a shame really.
Indeed it can't be only luck but it not always going against you could be a huge help for building confidence. For example Monaco bottled much worse than us in their latest CL runs but somehow weren't punished for it.Feel sorry for you and PSG fans (and respect to you for coming here). There is something fundamentally wrong, it cannot be just bad luck year after year.
As @RedSky said, you should build the team around Mbappe, and enforce discipline in the team. A stronger competition in the league would help too, otherwise it is hard to keep the focus.
Is it the lack of competition in France that harms them in Europe? That's the only explanation I can think of. Barca and Real Madrid have had their peaks and declines but they're always there to inspire the other team to become better through their bitter rivalry. In England it's the same. When I think back to our most recent CL wins we had an outstanding Arsenal team pushing us all the way domestically in 99 and a really tough Chelsea side in 08. If you're constantly playing teams that you're expected to annihilate week in week out then when is the mentality going to develop when you face a real challenge?