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OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Small small dey lie bros.

Barca beat PSG & Manchester City home and away in 2015 UCL round of 16 & quarter finals respectively.

We only failed to beat Bayern at the aliaz Arena in the semi final second leg probably cox we already have 3goal lead in the 1st leg at home. That semi final second leg ended 3-2 in favor of Bayern.

I should have specified after their first season (2014/2015).

So what happened in subsequent seasons after they lifted the trophy? At what stage did they exit?

raumdeuter:
Look at the quality of teams PSG is facing to do the feat?

Which of these top teams do you think are not weaker than their version 7-10yrs ago

Sometimes its about timing, Coming at the right time. If Klopp liverpool play the league this season they will likel run away with it

You need to give them their credit

2025/2026, they went through Chelsea, Liverpool, Bayern and Arsenal- This was a gauntlet!
2024/2025, they went through Liverpool, Villa, Arsenal (A team you admit is ranks one of the strongest teams right now) and Inter (The same Inter that knocked out favorites Barcelona)

Who did MS/ Barcelona play in their consecutive QF exits? Like who? This PSG will breeze past that Atletico Madrid side home and away and humiliate that Juventus side as well.

BlueRayDick:
The initial argument is whether the MSN team can defeat the current PSG team or not .


Nobody argued whether MSN underachieved or not . Na people wey dey use recency bias and anti-Barca mind reason the matter smuggle Zidane’s Madrid , number of champions league trophies , etc into the matter just to make it seem like prime MSN won’t blow this current PSG team away .

If we go by the record and antecedents of MSN/ Barcelona, they are not beating this PSG side in Paris, even their home game in Spain will be a toss up.

Despite their individual brilliance, they couldn't beat anyone away from home in the knockout rounds. In sharp contrast, this PSG side will beat anyone at home, away or even in a farmland.

MSN/ Barcelona
2014/2015 - Won the UCL
2015/ 2016 - Lost aggregate 3-2 to Atletico Madrid in the QF (Won 2-1 at home and lost 2-0 away)
2016/2017 - Lost 3-0 aggregate to Juventus in the QF ( Lost 3-0 away and played out a 0-0 at home)

raumdeuter:
In Europe only PSG and Arsenal are the top teams that have improved others have gone down some very significantly.
As good as this PSG is they have been beating everyone home and away, they are not walking over peak 2015 to 2018 Madrid, Bayern, City Juve, Liverpool, Barcelona

You think this version of PSG will beat
peak BBC,
Klopp Liverpool,
City of KdB, Aguero, Silva,
Bayern of Robben/Robery/Boateng, Schweini,
Juve of Chiellini Buffon Dybala
Atletico of Griezmann, Godin, Koke


The level of football and footballers has reduced significantly in the last 5yrs.

Dembele performance of last year which gave him Balon dor is not making Balon dor top 7 in some other seasons

This isn't any different from Nigerian fans who argue the Super Eagles (AKA, Drama Queens) would have won the World Cup if they participated in 2026.

This is after failing to qualifying for consecutive World Cup competitions, despite the increase in number of countries that qualify from Africa and being grouped against countries parading fishermen and hunters as players

Those teams are not walking over this PSG side in their prime with everyone healthy! They are about to 3peat, do you have any idea how difficult that is? Should we list the teams they have encountered when they went back to back and compare them to the teams that knocked out MSN and Barcelona in the UCL?

raumdeuter:
MSN played at a time many football teams were at their peak

Who are the top teams today and how have they fared compared to the teams of 2015

Almost all teams are a weaker version of their 2015-18 side bar PSG and Arsenal

Madrid of 2015-18 >>>> Madird of today
Bayern of 2015-18 >>>> Bayern of today
Chlsea of 2015-18 >>>> Chelsea of today
Citeh of 2015-18 >>>> Citeh of today
Juventus of 2015-18 >>>> Juve of today

I can also tow your line of argumnt what exactly did Prim Chelsea win in their prime? Chelsea of 2004 to 2014?
Chelsea with Drogba and Lampard an Terry won 1 CL so its equal to the Chelsea of Mount Harvetz and Werner that won 1 CL ven in shorter time

Stop it!

The comparison is prime PSG/ MSN (Barcelona), they both dominate their respective leagues, so that cancels out. It is the UCL that separates them when it comes to achievement. I like Andrewbaba's position, which is, MSN underachieved and that is the fact. That team could barely defeat anyone away from home in the knockout rounds even against the likes of freaking Roma (I'd concede Neymar was gone against Roma). Are we now going to say Roma were also great during that era?

You forget that this Arsenal were piss poor during the period MSN dominated. Shebi na during this period Barca and Bayern dey always load us nearly double digits? The level of competition in the group stages is nothing compared to what it is now. Gone are the days you farm the group stages.

Madrid only won the UCL only 2 seasons ago.
City coached by Pep, arguably one of the best coaches of this era hasn't beaten PSG post Mbappe/ Neymar/ Messi.
Bayern Munich are no scrubs right now. You are actually loaded right now with Kane/ Olise/ Diaz but couldn't get past this PSG

But guess who is about to 3peat? PSG.

Kimbeast:
The same period when Tottenham reached a UCL final, Ajax and Monaco reached the semis, City under Pellegrini finished fourth and still reached the semis, Roma reached the semis, and Atletico Madrid made two finals in three seasons. But apparently, this PSG will struggle lmao. The only genuinely great team in that era was BBC Madrid. Stop selling us embellished history.

Agba, you are doing well!

Kimbeast:
All these are fake embellished stories. What exactly did prime MSN achieve in the Champions League to warrant all this mythological hype? ONE title. Prime this, prime that, yet they won the same number of Champions Leagues as Havertz, Mount and Werner. They were knocked out in the quarter-finals in back to back seasons. Stop adding a mythological aura to MSN when we saw them flop countless times when it mattered in the Ucl. I will even back Chelsea of 21 under Tuchel to eliminate the so called Prime MSN over two legs talk less of this Psg team.

This is a very strong argument you have made Sir, especially if the comparison is the achievement of this current PSG!

raumdeuter:
Egbon Roland17 PDPGuy time to invite Madam to the other room and make more American babies

NB: Babies from side chics also count, Imagine 7 babies from home and outside, thats 7 SpaceX shares

Just doing a bit of stock planning

For this your MCM economy Abi which one? Besides, Ilé olórogún ilé ogun….

Egbon, I defer to your experience and expertise, take the lead sir..

Leyqute:
This game don swallow Rodri up.

Just like we predicted. When we talk dem think say na banter or questioning his greatness. E neva clear?

Leyqute:
The game’s pace is too fast for Rodri. His introduction will likely compound their problems. Merely watching from the sidelines sef might give him an injury.

Leave them make dem dey talk. Nobody is questioning Rodri’s greatness or level but if na by this pace and tactics where PSG is dominating possession and pressing like men on Colos, Rodri won’t change much. Rodri will chase a hamstring if e do too much sef.

popizaino:
Barca missing Rodri

I don't think Rodri would have changed much. This pace is too much for Barca's midfield and defense.

To whom it may concern shot from F. Ruiz.

Doue out there looking like the 2nd coming of Ronaldinho as he glides through Barca's midfield..

Make way!

Barca's defense look out of sorts. This is their first real test

PSG with the high press to force a Yamal mistake in Barca's attempt to build from the back.

DOUE!

Barca have been under a lot of pressure all game..

Barcelona have been coasting for a while now, this is the best competition they have had a while.

Ferran na werey!

How did Ferran miss that!

That was a lucky call.

We really need other players to make their shots because Tatum is getting the double every time he touches the ball. They are going to force someone else not named Tatum to beat them. This is what happens when you move on from another superstar.

Gordon eh! Couldn't get the right contact.

PSG is taking advantage of that Barcelona highline. They are no wasting any time in pushing the pass

PSG have already created 3 chances.

The Celtics open the 2026/ 2027 season in a few minutes against Detroit.
#GREENRUNSDEEP

andrewbaba44:
Lamine wey raphinha dey outscore and enjoys a lot from his creativity

Just imagine Haaland

While it looks appealing, it will require a lot more sacrificing from Yamal.

Yamal's next level is putting up strong numbers and you can see Barcelona and Spain are quite intentional about this, this season. He is more involved in plays that directly impact goal scoring, either scoring or assisting.

All round good play without scoring or assisting isn't enough for this level. Haaland is a beast, his presence will require Yamal to sacrifice and I don't know if that is great for Yamal at this stage of his career.

That was a dominant performance by Angel Reese tonight..

The officials are doing their best to keep the Cowboys in this game with some of the most ridiculous roughing the passer calls.

A40:
I notice say I no see mention from Roland17 as him guy dey stink up the place

All my mentions just empty like garden of Eden

WHERE YOU AT!!!!!

I can’t keep doing this with you every week man!!!

Come on your knees and venerate the GOAT!

A40:
I notice say I no see mention from Roland17 as him guy dey stink up the place

All my mentions just empty like garden of Eden

I am waiting patiently…

Nearly gave it up in the final minutes of the game after going up 3-0. No be me una go kill sha.

#FORZAMILAN

Lush100:
Don't let any on gaslight you.
Apart from the defensive lapses at the end of the game which occurred when they were supposed to come forward.
They played to compact and we needed something special to unlock them.

This is how most teams try to do.

See how we play in UCL.
Hopefully Saliba and Tzolis comes back in less than 2 weeks.

We will play 38 games in the EPL and another 5-15 in domestic cup competitions in England, while the most we will play in the UCL is 15 if we make it to the final again.

Essentially, we need to find a sustainable solution to our attack/ scoring in the EPL because it is an obvious problem. The UCL is a different comp and our opponents play differently. We know teams are going to sit back against us in the EPL, we have known this for years now, how do we do things differently and open them up? I agree we played well until we got to the final third and struggled to create.

There was a sequence that I really loved in the 1st half. It involved Odegaard/ Saka/ Timber. Saka was a decoy that opened up Timber behind 3 defenders and Odegaard found him with a good pass but we didn’t score.

We need to figure this out soon. We are not build to come from behind large deficits and that’s because we don’t score much.