Jonathan Liew

Like, if you take the Elisae goal for 2-2, which is a really... It's a great finish, but he also takes the ball totally unopposed in...

in what the, you know, the bit around the area, the bit that the nerds call zone 14, like simple Pavlovich pass.

He's got six players around him, but they're not close to him.

So to me, that's not a game plan.

That's just bad football.

Pavlovich should not be able to pick apart the midfield in defense of the European champions.

But then you have the duet chance from which the corner comes where Neves makes it 2-1, which is basically a simple throw out from Safanov and a throw out from the keeper and suddenly Paris are three on three.

Now, to me, that's not bad defending.

That's what Kompany wants.

That's the gamble he's kind of taken.

By and large, I think if a defender is three yards out of position, it's probably their fault.

And if they're 30 yards out of position, that's the coach's fault.

So I think what we saw was a combination.

I think Paris were just a little bit...

I think Kompany was happier with the openness of the game.

And I think Paris got suckered into it a little bit.

And I think if the first leg was in Munich, it would be a very, very different game.

You would get a much smarter Paris, maybe trying to control the game a bit more, trying to bait by and a bit more maneuver them around.

And at 5-2, I think they basically have a foot in the final.

But I'm not as confident.