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Chapters:
0:00 A Tale of Two Teams
1:40 FotMob
1:58 Spanish Order vs PSG’s Chaos
4:02 Systems Theory
6:06 PSG Principles
9:05 A Drastic Transformation
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Thanks for this video. As a PSG's fan since 25 years, I never saw a team played so well and being so balanced. Luis Enrique is a genius and don't get the credit he deserve. In paris is already a legend above all former players and manager. God Bless Him. And God bless all of those who will see that message.
Spanish?
what other principles would work? cesc fabregas gives a lot of freedom to his formation, but within discipline
You forgot that his Barcelona was more direct than Pep's and also more defensively sound, so using the Spain period as an example is a little iffy, especially since that team has been playing like that since Euro 2008, under Aragones.
Balanced? Sure, if you mean they have an equal amount of gold bars in every corner of the locker room.
That’s was good
1:32 that's kinda scary lol
Thank you for such a masterpiece!
Bayern!
Enrique deserves a statue in Paris, simply best coach in the world…
Unpopular opinion Spain should have won euro 2021. The way they played was so good that WC 22 was shocking.
Does this mean his style and de zebri style playing one touch and opening ball for the free man do they have the same pattern
Watching this after how Psg dominated my team Liverpool. Psg dont even play with a natural defensive midfielder like us but they are very balanced and so good thats why im curious of their approach attacking and defending. Slot should watch this and learn. But im sure to be thia coordinated, it takes a long time to build this chemistry and understanding. I hope Slot gets some time and in pre season with much transfer activities work on the training pitch and build something up and gain inspiration from Psg
I've never seen so many possibilities in passing patterns. It's not even football anymore, it's ballet.
I remember mentioning to you on Twitter the classical orchestra vs improvisational jazz analogy after I was critical of the order vs chaos analogy for positional play vs relationism. Glad to see it in the video.
Dude literally psg has been postponing there matches when they have big games, if they were good why they dont play against team in equal condition. They are in a farmers league and they still want to have the edge. It’s just ridiculous.
Psg and man city almost play the same only that psg has more tactical and complete modern players in their positions. They are more fluid, even the way the attackers play they know when to use speed or slow down the game that's why they see the game differently. I was wondering why rayan cherki finds it easy to play in the Premier league, some city players were forced to adapt to his style(haaland) but now I understand why. Ligue 1 is more tactical focused, even la liga. Uefa league is a battle iq game it exposes which team is more tactical than the other that's why most teams find athletico difficult to play against unless they meet fellow league teams or more tactical teams with fluid forwards that's why imo psg is better than bayern at the moment. The bayern backline are not ballers.
This is exactly what flick needs. To and extent his did this at Bayern but at Barca it looks for chaos than in between
Because their enemy never freakout to facing PSG, they believe that can beat Psg
So Psg had a lot space to expose their defence
If Barcelona had as much money as PSG, they would have won the Champions League every year as long as Hansi Flick was there.
Spain at that time had no attackers. At PSG he has Dembele, Krataschvilia and Doué. Maybe that is the difference. And Marokko parked the bus very wel.
Great video! Next: Bayern Munich — especially if you can compare/contrast them to this PSG team
Very interesting exposé / point of view.
Thanks also for the initial reminder about Spain and PSG quite opposite "habits".
Louis Enrique work with PSG has been outstanding.
Even if PSG had NOT have their "all time great" season, the way he has been able to insufflate a truly team work / mentality would have been widely noticed.
For the last 12 months or so, PSG has been a joy to watch most of the time.
Awesome video. Brilliantly analysed!
Brilliant video
1:25
I automatically hit that orgasm situation
After realising that this guy is talking exactly about what I have been thinking for ages
His assistant published a paper 🤯
A+. Thanks for the great work.
please analyze boca juniors. it would be really cool to see you leave europe and investigate teams abroad. mamelodi sundowns under mokwena is another example that comes to mind
I am glad that we are going back to an era where talented players can once again be seen on the pitch. The last few years of Guardiola-style football had seemed to push those players toward extinction, and then the Germans’ pressing made them an almost extinct species outright. I can only imagine the Rodri type Balon D'Or winners we would have seen had it not been for tge magic of Messi and the crazy CR7 numbers. Football, to me, became about running, harrying, and then more running and harrying. I miss the maverick No. 10s and the dribble- and trick-heavy wide men that made me fall in love with the game as a kid. Hopefully the artists are coming back to the game, as we are seeing with Yamal, Olise, Pedri, and others.
Bayern slightly have better offence
But other than that PSG above Bayern
Do something with Manchester United
It's not the point of the video but it's interesting to notice two other things :
-Enrique made it fun. I think you mention it but Spain was boring, and it was strange to see such good players with so much entertaining skills to be so dull. First year at PSG started to look like that. Right now the team is SO entertaining, it's uncanny. It's not just because they win but it's a movie when they play, absolute cinema. The match against Liverpool is a perfect example.
-Enrique made us love them again. I was starting to hate the players. We had debates among PSG fans whether we loved or hated Verratti, or Neymar, or Messi, or Cavani, or Mbappé, etc. Inside controversy, players drama, etc. Right now, we just love them all, they look humble outside the pitch, they enjoy themselves on the pitch, no one is above the team. Enrique with his huge ego told them that ego was a lie.
PSG wins and a lot of people are impressed by it, which is amazing.