Ali Moreno

They empowered Vinny Jr.

They empowered those that were pushing the other guy out.

They said, we're with you, not with him.

And at that point, you're making your bed.

So now you lie on it.

What we saw from this team at the turn of the year, and they got hot.

Part of getting hot was work rate.

Part of getting hot was pressing the ball together.

And at the front of all of that, and we would highlight it and talk about it and analyze it and say, look at Dembele leading the line for this team, pressing the ball, forcing turnovers, or at the very least making the play predictable so that then you could defend with a second line of pressure.

That wasn't happening today.

So...

We assume that they can turn this thing on.

We assume that they got it in them because we just saw them do it last year.

But attitude, work rate, sacrifice, teamwork, all the things that were very good about PSG in their run to Champions League, they were not all that clear to see today.

That has to improve.

This was Barcelona against Slavia Praga last week.

Yep.

And this is Barcelona.

This is who they are.

If you haven't seen Barcelona play this season, this is who they are.