Recent content by BerkeleyBernie

PSG should keep drawing yellows and attack those players. A double-yellow for Chelsea is a real possibility.

Chelsea not having to work at all for their shots, players completely unmarked. Getting numbers forward while PSG wide open at the back. Every goal was a freebee.

That's their weapon. Their movement is SO good.

lol PSG just using RM players as dummies to practice passing drills.

Good to hear. I thought that might be career-ending from the initial looks of it.

Awful.

Not just Yamal. Flick's system is more fluid. Cancelo would fit far better than in Xavi's static setup.

Fair result. Neither team could put the game away.

:LOL: Well, you know when people say "speed merchant," they mean that speed is pretty much their game, and whether or not it's actually productive. Pedri excels at ball control and doing solo keep-away when being tightly marked. But, imo, it's not often a means to an end. Looks great, but isn't...

He's a bit at the mercy of Barca's sluggish-brain midfield and Yamal's being anchored to the touchline 90% of the time, doing take-ons or back passes or crosses 95% of the time. This sequence demonstrates the problem with Pedri. Olmo in acres of space. Pedri sends the ball the other direction...

I'd say Vitinha tops Pedri, well-demonstrated in today's rout. Pedri is pretty much a ball control merchant who does everything at a sluggish jogging pace. Vitinha has a much sharper and effective game. Everything is quicker and sharper— his off the ball movement creating angles, his carrying...

Pedri is a ball control merchant. He's great at keeping the ball. Vintinha also has the ball control, but is far superior in using it. Pedri's game is to just jog towards the ball, then decides what to do with it once he gets it. Vitinha sprints to find space and quickly moves the ball as soon...

Also noteworthy that PSG plays NOTHING like the French national team, which is refreshing.

By far the best (and most entertaining) performance by a team I've seen this year. PSG/Barca would have been more of a fight. Inter just way over their head. PSG showing in the first 12 minutes what Barca couldn't show in 120— the movement, accuracy, and ball control to weave quick deadly...

No. Vintinha showing exactly the qualities Pedri lacks. Maybe Pedri will get there, but his style of play is like a snail compared to Vitinha.