Wow, what an interesting lineup and game!
1.) Glad we won. There were some positives - Bartra was excellent, Neymar will gain a lot of confidence with that goal, Messi looked quite active, especially in pressing. I really liked the way the team shut down spaces for PSG to pass to in their own half, pressing in a collective way rather than running like headless chickens. They do this only in the big games it seems.
2.) Our defence. It was a joke, and honestly, was embarrassing to see such schoolboy defending time and time again. It makes you cringe seeing those last ditch tackles coming in every time there's a PSG attack. Pique showed his liability again. Kept heading the ball down to PSG feet, he might as well have been playing for them as a number 9, feeding their strikers.
3.) Mathieu got creamed. It's crazy how any player with some decent pace seems to absolutely terrorize Barca. If you watch our games, guys with a bit of pace seem to cause a havoc and terror on a level they are unlikely to cause too many other teams. Every time Lucas got the ball, our defence was wetting itself.
4.) I didn't mind the formation, but Alba was an absolute must. He has hit good form, and an in-form Alba is our best defender and one of our better attacking players.
