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Squad value€1.36bn
Squad value€1.3bn
Key playerFerrán Torres
Key playerRaphinha
Head coachLuis Enrique
Head coachHansi Flick
Barça press high and PSG insist on playing out through it. Expect the ball lost in dangerous places.
PSG and Barça both come after the ball high up the pitch, so it keeps changing hands in dangerous areas.
PSG break fast and Barça leave a high line to break into.
Too close to call.
PSG counter quickly when they win the ball back, and Man City's first worry is stopping those breaks.
“City will want to stop PSG's rapid counters and having Bouaddi in midfield could help with that.”Expect at least one player in a position he does not normally play. Luis Enrique changes the line-up and the shape from week to week, and not every experiment works.
“Depuis son arrivée à la tête du PSG il y a trois ans maintenant, Luis Enrique n’a jamais caché son amour pour les coups tactiques et les expérimentations.”Since he arrived at the head of PSG three years ago now, Luis Enrique has never hidden his love of tactical gambles and experiments. our translation
When they have the ball a full-back tucks inside so the back line looks like three, not four. Early this season that has left the space behind their left side open.
“Dans un système hybride qui ressemblait à une défense à trois sans ballon, tout le couloir gauche parisien a été exposé et a souffert face au duo Santos-Mbappé.”In a hybrid system that looked like a back three without the ball, the whole of Paris's left flank was exposed and suffered against the Santos-Mbappé pairing. our translation
Flick's Barcelona go forward quickly and smother you when they lose the ball.
“Un equipo que es una máquina ofensiva, vertical y de presión asfixiante que combina el rigor físico con la vocación ofensiva, esencia del estilo Barça.”A team that is an attacking machine, direct and suffocating in its pressing, combining physical rigour with an attacking vocation, the essence of the Barça style. our translation
Their back line stands miles up the pitch, so there is a huge open field behind them. Watch any quick opponent time his run and go — that is where Barcelona can be hurt.
“En banda izquierda, el constante y profundo Álvaro García, sus 33 años, sigue siendo un arma a tener en cuenta ante defensas que, como la del Barça, juega con muchos metros a sus espadas.”On the left wing, the relentless, deep-running Álvaro García, at 33, is still a weapon to watch out for against defences that, like Barça's, play with a lot of ground behind them. our translation
They hunt the ball back the second they lose it, and they keep doing it in the 85th minute as much as the 5th — Flick empties his bench of attackers rather than let the tempo drop.
“El técnico azulgrana demostró, reemplazando a los cuatro jugadores más ofensivos que, uno de sus objetivos para esta temporada, será la de mantener la intensidad, la presión y la velocidad de juego en todos los minutos de todos los partidos.”By replacing all four of his most attacking players, the Barcelona coach showed that one of his aims this season will be to keep the intensity, the pressing and the speed of play going for every minute of every match. our translation