Quote from: Amphenomenon on July 09, 2025, 10:11:14 PM

Quote from: Raflesia on July 09, 2025, 09:28:59 PM

In this match Madrid seemed to be skinned by PSG where they really could not show what should be done like the previous match but of course this is a note for Xabi in the management of his current squad.

PSG were absolutely horrible in terms of possession, confidence and mentality even though most of them were young players but they were really able to show that they were a different club than before.
With this result where the massacre of the big clubs happened again from PSG, they made it to the final and Chelsea must take this well if they don't want the same thing to happen as Inter or Madrid in this match because after all, surely with this victory they are more confident to do their final match.

Another game to show why Real Madrid needs to spend more on their backlines now, Dean Huijsen and Arnold were felt. I think the two early goals was something that boosted PSG moral while in the other hand Real Suffered from it. Now they need to find a way of making the stronger and not just through signing but also mentality. The squad is quite fresh, we have notice fighting back against big teams has been difficult, this is not the Galaticos we knew.

In the aspect of Chelsea game on Sunday, I think if we avoid defensive errors then we stand a chance against the ruthless PSG.

It was a bit frustrating to see how Madrid's defense played in this match. The attacking line was also very poor as they seemed to have no desire to do anything big as Vini and Mbappe looked quite relaxed with no pressing which really troubled PSG.

There must be more improvement in this regard because after all, seeing what Madrid showed in this match is certainly far from expectations.

The loss of Huijsen and TAA was quite influential and it seems that seeing this, Madrid also began to move quickly as players in their defense returned.
For the performance in defense, especially for young players like Asencio, it seems that the slick performance at the beginning when in the Ancelotti era and the big expectations made him lose momentum because he was too raised and now his performance is slowly deteriorating again, which is certainly not very good. Although he is still very young in the development stage but still things like this must be minimized by Asencio.