Nuno Tavares is top 5 left-backs in the world, you heard that right.

Rodri center-back with Frenkie and Pedri starting could tip the balance in our favour, ONLY if Balde starts. Still don’t know about the right-back dynamism. No right-back available inverts as much necessary to form the 3-2-5 shape when building up and it’ll be very important to have 3 when you bave settled possesion for our left-back to give the symmetry in the final phase with him being in the half-space / holding width. The dilema is at right-back and it’s a big one.

OR: —Joan Garcia —Joao Cancelo —Rodri —Cubarsi —Frenkie De Jong —Gavi —Pedri —Fermin —Gordon —Raphinha —Lamine Yamal

If I were Hansi Flick against Paris —Joan Garcia —Joao Cancelo —Gerard Martin —Cubarsi —Frenkie De Jong —Rodri —Pedri —Fermin —Gordon —Raphinha —Lamine Yamal

This is a warning sign, by the way.

—Xavi Espart right-back —Joao Cancelo left-back against —Khvicha Kvaratskhelia —Maghnes Akliouche / Desire Doue

Who was my follower when I told you guys that Raphinha at #9 means minimal touches and maximal damage?

The only thing I’m sad about is that we’ll lose against PSG and everybody’s opinion on this Barcelona team will do a 180° change. This team is one of the greatest ever even if we lose (we will, sadly).

Barcelona 26/27 is one of the greatest teams of all time.

Lamine Yamal in 60 minutes of football : —scored an outside the box banger —had his greatest assist ruled out to an offside —showed incredible 1v1 display —showed incredible off-ball movement and intensity attacking the space behind the last line —won a red card

This Gabriel Jesus’ offside goal was Lamine greatest assist and I’m not even kidding.

Still surreal how much isolated is Lamine Yamal in 1vs1 by having normal left-wingers in Adeyemi/Gordon. Such great signings, incredible business this season.

half-time thoughts: —Don’t come for my neck, Kounde is my first choice right-back —Rodri’s feeling of the game and his intensity of passes dictates the whole team’s tempo —Pedri’s performances with Rodri alongside him are incredible —Frenkie needed to control the game in the 60th? —Hansi is more passionate than ever, you can feel it —This is a game we’d lose in 25/26, Betis is superb

Lamine Yamal is out of this world. If he doesn’t win the Ballon d’Or on the 26th it’ll be the biggest robbery of the award.