PSG vs Barcelona [2-3], UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final, 1st Leg - MATCH REVIEW

Hello and welcome here to talk about FCB and welcome tonight to a video in which we can be proud, without a doubt, because at this moment what they are is halfway against Paris. We have gone to Paris. We have recorded a declared victory. We have made. We've faced adversity, that's what we did tonight and we're halfway to the Champions League semi-

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. There is still a long way to go, but this was special, this was a moment here that we were waiting for to participate in these games. Again being involved in an environment like this and tonight we took advantage of our opportunities, stepped up the big moments and left Paris with a lead of 32.

We are going to talk about the game, so let's go and do it because in It was a great night and after a great victory for Barça, I want to give a special thanks to Jesse, who again on the great occasion is helping us move forward with Victor, thanks in fact to Jesse and a big greeting. Shout out also to Sandesh for his fantastic generosity from J. I really appreciate the support coming here through Super Thans, especially during these amazing times, so let's start with the Chavy lineup because I thought it was interesting that Andreas Christensen didn't do it . start in midfield in this game because chaffie said he is 100% fit, he has recovered, he even came into this game but he didn't start in midfield, instead there was sergy Roberto alongside Frankie and ilai gundan but other than that , it was very It's a lot of what we expected from Bar Sari's great game there for him, Yamal starting also on the right side with Rafia, absolutely key for our plans in this game because when you pick the two teams together, I think what you saw in this

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it was an interesting combination, an interesting balance throughout because you had the two attacks between the two teams there, but PSG had problems, they really did, especially in the first half, to get their attack going, you had a kind of playing in the middle, but he was not there.

He really wasn't involved in any way, there was Mbappé's number seven. I didn't see him much, let's come and talk about it, but I didn't see him much tonight. Dembélé certainly made an impact as the game went on. And the battle in midfield was certainly interesting too, but I think Barça started the game well, which I think was very important to show PSG that we were ready for this game, that we were ready for this challenge and we really showed it. . They were told that from the start, especially after the long break we had before this game and I thought Rafia was so lively even at the start of the game that they were looking to put him behind PS looking to pick up the ball in the central areas. and really create and run into space and as you can see here, Bon almost took the lead after a corner came in, Levandowski wanted it more donarum.

I have to say that in this game it was iffy, it really was. I felt like Donar Room was going to make a mistake at any moment and we had one there that just cleared the line, really very unfortunate, but I have to talk about Kubar, because I think tonight, guys, he played this game like a veteran of the Champions League. He has played in the

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s not only before, but like 10 times. He was absolutely incredible in the composure and distribution of it. In fact, he was key in several of tonight's goals by starting those moves, but above all he helped both Dembélé and Mbappé tonight because early.

On PS2 they constantly found him on that right side, they were choosing Dembélé and we said before the game, kuari, he is going to be so important that they are going to help Canelo go one on one against Dembélé and he did it like that. well, but it was also when mbappé thought, okay, I'm not having much joy on the wing with Aro with kundai around, I'll go in but then you face kopar C Central and I thought today he

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ed mbappé, he went up Against him, you know Mbappé I was trying to outrun him at times, I even had a lead in Kopar C, but I was catching up, I was matching him in every department and it was amazing, absolutely amazing, to see Mbappé who I was silent for.

In this game he was nowhere. I got slapped and that's when you talk about Rafia because when you talk about players who make a difference, players who really had a huge impact on the game. Rafino is the winner of the match today. His performance from Barça. It was outstanding, it was absolutely excellent. Draw his display tonight guys, honestly, because in this game we said before that he will be important because he is able to maximize the space because he has a good pace behind PSG, we knew we were going to leave space. and Rafia can do well in those areas, but he still didn't expect this.

He didn't expect to be absolutely running everywhere. PSG couldn't deal with him again. He was behind, they couldn't reach him. He was offside. He first got to every ball, made good decisions and then, of course, the goal came thanks to Levandovsky's turn and he also played well because of the way he had very good moments in the game tonight. He intimidates PSG. He runs forward. They are driving. forward, the ball goes out towards your M. Excellent first time, the ball goes out of the foot inside the area again, as I say, the donor room has DOD, he spills the ball, he doesn't really deal with it at all and Rafia then gets his first goal of the game and It's an open goal, he takes his time even though he guards it, but it wasn't about tonight's goals for Rafia, it was about the threat he represented.

PSG didn't know how to deal with him and as the match progressed you knew it. They just felt like there's still more to come from him, but I have to say that you guys, even despite that first try, even despite the performance we put in in the first half, you know that a part of me felt in the middle time. Should we be further ahead? In this match, you know, one goal is really enough for the way we managed to beat PSG and we did in that first half, they couldn't penetrate us in attack, we certainly dealt with them in midfield and our attack was a lot.

It was more dangerous than theirs, so I thought they were a goal ahead for Barça, especially when you look at opportunities like this year where PSG advanced further, especially when we scored, the spaces opened up even more and Canelo here he has a He has a great opportunity, he has Levandowski on his right, Gundan screaming for the ball, but he goes towards the goal there and just drags it out. There were openings there where we could have done more from Yal and of course one great night, it was F, tonight sometimes not. I didn't make the right decisions, but everything changed in the second half and that was really the problem because at the beginning of the second half Lis Enrique brings in Baka for Asensio, which is not surprising at all because, as I say, Asensio was not there. really involved and with that change the structure of PSG's attack changed because it wasn't just a personnel change here, it was a positional change because then Demell came on the field and that was a big problem for the bar and it almost seemed like yes although we didn't expect that type of movement because then you had Dembélé and Mbappé overloading on one side, they were very, very close together, they were actually combining with each other and they were definitely causing us problems and we didn't solve it because obviously dembélé scores, he levels the scores things there, it's a great shot, you have to defend it there, it absolutely hits it in the back of the net, what I would say is that it slips while taking the shot, which I think actually puts more power at the end from DeBell, but it's a great goal, he celebrates all those good things, but we're in big trouble and I mean big trouble at that moment because then we don't react to anything. we were stuck in the mud we couldn't move we didn't seem organized in the back everyone was looking around thinking well how do we react? then before you know it, vitinho, that second goal almost happened, guys, for me, in slow motion, you could see it coming and you could feel a lot of things, i have to say about the bad memories, when we wasted that lead in a few minutes we were all.

Thinking back to the European Knights, I know I wasn't the only one, it wasn't a good feeling. Vtina makes it 2-1 against Paris Sjain and then the big question was: can Basta react because we have seen Basta teams like that? I say in the past crumble fall thinking well then it's not our day we took the lead we had opportunities we didn't take them and now PSG turned the game around we're away from home this is it We're done, but we didn't do that tonight and that's it The most important thing here, we didn't back down and then you look at Chavy and then you think, okay, can he react now?

Can he do anything to tilt the game back in our favor? He did what Luis Enrique did in the second half and he made some changes and made it laminal. Xia Félix came in but the great substitute was there. Pedri was a bet. He just returned from injuries, almost right, but he came for Sergy Roberto and that was it. a great moment because Pedri, by the way, took seconds and I mean seconds to turn the game around again and the margins are very small here, a player here, a player there, turning and turning the game around. but what a pass this is from Pedri the way he picks up this ball his head is up you can see the whole image and it's the small pause that is what pedri is all about the very slight pause just before playing it to allow Rafia stood in the perfect position to receive this pass, everything was absolutely beautiful here, the weight on him was Sublime.

Rafia then on him and that's what Rafia showed today with how much of a threat he was with the way he was playing. confidence that ran through his veins you had no doubt you thought who that pass was for who Pedri chose oh and it's Rafia that's a goal and it was he who finished it there with a volley he levels the score at 22 we're back in this game and we weren't going anywhere part, that was the moment we said we're here to get something, we're here to get a result tonight and we're not leaving without it and yet there was a scary moment, you know, even then we were not out of it. danger guys Bala is really giving us problems, there was one earlier where he hit the crossbar.

AO, by the way, what a challenge, this was also 20 minutes of play, if he doesn't get there it could be a goal for PSG. That could be 3-2 and it could be a different game again, but AO gets there and of course Demb hits the post for the way it could have again given PSG the win. He was in a great position, there he has a chance to cross the goal. hits one against the post, but we were ready, we were ready to have one more moment in this game and throughout the game we caused problems for PSG, we prepared plays there, we saw some different things from Barça, we saw a personalized set piece there. what we could have worked on in training all week gundan was making some sublime crosses this one right in front of Donar Roma on a swing Christenson gets in the head absolutely elated we got up we didn't let them hit us tonight "We didn't let ourselves letting this game slip through our fingers and it feels great, guys, to be back not only on the European stage, not only in the

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-finals of the Champions League, but also to be proud of our team and think tonight." We've gone, we've done our job, we've performed and we've put ourselves in the driver's seat to get to the semi-final of the Champions League.

We can do it? We are halfway there and we have not shown any signs of giving up and I want to know your opinion in the comments, Down Below guys, I want to know all the emotions, all your reactions during that match, the first half and then the setbacks we had In the second half. What were you thinking after PSG took the lead? The second half is over, but what about Rafia's goal? What happens with Pedri's pass? What about the Christensen winner? Let me know the feelings below. Let's have a party here tonight even though we know there's still work to be done in the second leg.

I'll see you all. In fact, I need to go to bed very soon and I'm sure you all will too, but until next time guys, as always Vishka, it will be more basic.