Originally Posted by
plekz
yeah, i meant sevilla, and controlling midfield isn't the same thing as creation, in terms of creation they've been reliant on messi all season, suarez didn't get going until after the winter break really and even then it's still messi that supplies him. iniesta have barely been able to put a foot right. i haven't mentioned even for a second the posibility of messi not playing, how bad is your reading comprehension kid?
all iv'e said is that due to barcelona's midfield's inability to create and supply for the top men, it's been messi working as a one-man midfield for most of the season. it's also been shown on several occasions throughout the season that when another team presses the midfield hard you essentially shut down barcelona which is what sevilla did this past weekend.
rabiot is one of the biggest midfield talents in the world btw child.
and to clarify, in terms of how barcelona will play this i do not see them taking any unecessery risks what so ever due to how deadly psg can be (and have been shown to be to barca especially at home in the past) given that valencia could give them hell next week the absolute worst case scenario for them would be to open up and try and end this in one game and lose today, considering they might not be the freshest next week when they have the return leg.