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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.

Because PSG is a better team. Far more fluid than Barca, and more accurate passing.

Exactly. They move, and they move quickly. None of Pedri's 90 minutes of jogging BS. One angle's not good? Quickly find another angle to provide an option. They are constantly creating passing angles. At one point, Vintinha probably sprinted 200m in the opponents half, from center line to...

Yep. Showing everything that Pedri lacks.

Vitinha showing everything that's lacking in Pedri's sluggish style of play. Really wish Barca had a playmaker like him. PSG playing the way I'd like to see Barca playing— intensity of focus, constant movement off the ball, accuracy of passing, more 1 and 2 touch play. They deserve to be in the...

Celebration after Lazio defeated Nice in Europa League last October. Pedro opened the scoring with a belter.

https://x.com/The_Laziali/status/1925293012852092995

In some of the teams he's been on, he would have performed even better had his teammates used him properly. But he has often been surrounded by selfish or visionless players.