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The restart of the Champions League round of sixteen.
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Take Paris on the road right off the bat.
In this match Paris put Mbappe on the bench and played Messi & Neymar as they put out a 442 formation.
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361.
(Both teams start)
After the game.
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Then the visitors turned the tables and pressed very aggressively, maintaining at least five or six men in front of them all the time, and at first Paris was able to cope with it, but as time went by
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's tackling dominance gradually began to show, holding the ball for longer and longer periods of time, and Choupo-Moting was clearly in good form playing as a single striker, threatening the Paris goal on a couple of occasions.
The problem for Paris is that the four central midfielders have relatively little depth, and when the
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As soon as Choupo-Moting, Sane, and Musiala entered the waist area, Paris had no midfielders who could defend effectively, and relied on Danilo alone at the back, which was easily
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Controlling the frontcourt, while
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He's also been holding the ball in this half of the field for an unusually long time.
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Messi, on the other hand, is subject to
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Surrounded by the midfield, and forced by Yiqi whenever he had the ball.
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The side was very effective in isolating Messi, and the Paris side should have had to push forward quickly when Messi had the ball in order for him to release it, but Paris was hampered by the
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The high pressure caused the whole team to fall back and there was no one to go forward to give Messi a target to pass to.
Paris's Ramos was the best in the defense, and he made several saves.
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Offense trying to penetrate the line of scrimmage, blocking the ball at the last minute
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Coman was outstanding, attacking on the left from the start of the first half, always putting Paris under great pressure and pushing Hakimi and Zaire-Emery back from the Paris right flank, and was on the
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End of a dominant situation
Both teams made changes at halftime, with Paris dropping Hakimi and replacing him with Kimpembe in a three-quarterback role.
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Instead, remove Cancelo for Davies and keep Davies on the left side, moving Coman to the right side
The adjustments for both teams are
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The effect was immediate, as Paris withdrew their wingbacks in an attempt to strengthen the midfield, and the
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Instead, they've stepped up their attack on the sidelines.
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This side immediately hit Paris' weaknesses in the side, and Davies was active at the start of the second half, and at 53:00
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Playing on the left flank, Davies saw that no one was near him, and then he played a direct pass, as the Paris defense had been mobilized, Mendes shrank to the center back position, and Coman at the far post easily came over without stopping and put the ball directly into the goal.
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Mbappe replaced Soler and Fabian Ruiz replaced Zaire-Emery. Paris' attempt to play on both flanks failed, but their strategy of pushing Mendes forward in the second half had an effect in the following half. Mbappe had a strong impact on the left side of the field, which drove Mendes forward to attack, and created many chances. And also create a lot of chances, the left wing of Paris in the second half is actually very destructive!
Mbappe and Mendes' surges almost produced goals in the 73rd and 83rd minutes, respectively, but both goals were offside.
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After that, they took control of the situation and went into defense, and although Pavard received a red card at the last minute, there was no time left, and they eventually took Paris 1-0.
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Overall in the midfield completely control Paris, especially Messi almost no forward passes, until Mbappe came up the Paris attack really up, Neymar's threat is also after Mbappe came out only began to become bigger, this game Paris midfield was completely by the
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They've been beaten, so they'll have to go all out on offense in their next game.
