Quote from: tusandii on Today at 11:18:13 AM

Quote from: shogun47 on December 29, 2023, 11:49:45 PM

But the imbalance between their offensive game and their defensive game has been PSG's biggest problem ever since I know the club and ever since I have been following their games. Their offense has never really been a problem, but the issue was that their defense was out of balance because they afforded three players in their attacking line that never did defensive work. I think in modern soccer no team can afford three players of the same type who are just waiting at the midfield line to get the ball and start an attack. If you look at players like Lewandowski or Harry Kane, the effort they put in to help their defense is incredible. A team may have one player like Mbappe who is just waiting for the ball, but PSG often had three of them.

Yes, that's true and I agree with you that PSG always doesn't have a balance between the attack line and the defense line and what I don't like the most about Mbappe is that this player often doesn't want to help in defense line and more often waits for the ball and scores and this often happens in several matches and anyone who doesn't believe it can see for themselves when PSG competes that Mbappe will rarely help defense line.
In fact, as quality player he must be able to control all lines to make maximum contributions without having to wait for the ball but it is better to also help secure the ball and on one hand, PSG defense often makes mistakes by being too focused on helping score but not seeing the empty space in their defense. so there was a break.
So I often say that PSG actually doesn't deserve the Champions League trophy even though every line isn't perfect.

They would have to make sure that they have two world class strikers and then put a lot of emphasize on the quality of a broad and balanced midfield. They have had too many potential offensive players in all of their lines. Even Hakimi is an offensive defender and that was too much attack at once. They have always had problems in their backwards movement and that is where other top teams knew they could hurt PSG. Every single time in the Champions League there was a team that understood how to exploit that PSG weakness.