Quote from: logfiles on Today at 10:08:58 PM

Quote from: Velvet78 on Today at 11:04:55 AM

I have bad news for PSG fans...

Two important names are absent for many weeks. They can still handle the Ligue 1 easily but the real problem is the Champions League for them.

The Atalanta (H) and Barcelona (A) games are likely to be a miss for both of them. Dembele is doubtful for even the third fixture then which is against Leverkusen (A).

Maybe another problematic start for PSG in league phase or not?

People who were saying that PSG can actually retain the UCL trophy by winning this year's edition too in an impressive fashion, I hope they now realize that it's not all just black and white. There are a lot of factors and metrics involved.

Barcelona might be a big test to them, but I think they will try beating Atalanta and Leverkusen (Leverkusen is no longer the one we used to know about). It's a shame that Dembélé won't be playing against his former club.

That is well said and while PSG defeated Inter Milan in an unprecedented way in the final of the Champions League, there have been games before that final that were much closer. Honestly just take the penalty shootout against Liverpool. When two top teams are having a penalty shootout, luck is one of those factors. Yes you could argue that one team was keeping their nerves better under control, but I think if you compare all the penalties, often times it comes down to whether or not the goalkeeper chose the right corner.

Converting chances into goals is a quality of course, but imagine both top strikers from both teams take a shot from 25 meters and one hits the angle and the other hits the post. The result is that the team hitting the post is out, but are they any worse? On that level every team needs that little bit of luck. Nevertheless, in the final it was so embarrassingly bad by Inter Milan that luck was totally irrelevant. It could have ended 8-0 instead of 5-0.