If you had to pick a team in Europe and bet your money for winning everything, people will blindly select PSG over any team. PSG has created the dream team which looks only possible in video games. And the expectations are enormous from PSG and from their dream trio which got their name as “MNM”. And people expected them to perform from the point go. But football doesn’t work like this as you have to create synergy and as a player, you should know when the player will make his run or in which position the player came in often, so it is not that easy to understand but there can be an argument that Messi and Neymar have played together and with Di-Maria also Messi plays with Argentina team so why it is taking so much time?
And I am not the best person to judge the players like Messi-Mbappe-Neymar but it is my understanding which I would love to share with you all and to give my opinion on this.
First, we have to start with Messi. I think for him on a personal level things haven’t gone quite well and to be honest he proved to be so unlucky till now, as some brilliant stunners hit the woodwork like 2 freekicks from outside the box, if they went in that will be a pure class or you can say Messi Class. And of course, he hit the woodwork against Club Brugge also when he cut inside and try to attempt from outside the box. And his late signing doesn’t help him either as Ligue1 started early compared to other leagues and when he signed with the PSG they already had played 1 game in League and overall out of 9 league games he only managed to play one full game or if I have to be precise he only played 190 minutes for PSG. And the most important thing, he played 20 years in a completely different setup in Barcelona so he needs time to adjust himself. So speculating him as a failure based on 370 minutes in a PSG shirt is completely absurd.
As all eyes are on Messi these days, we almost forgot about Neymar Jr. I think this season, he has been poor. And when you are Neymar people expect a ton from you, but he is not even near to his best and some performances were awful if I have to be quite honest and when he arrived at the start of the season there were talks about his weight and all but till now he has not hit the stride.
And one of the big reasons why they haven’t get in the groove is because of their positioning or their roles. I think all three likes to receive a ball from midfield and to drop a bit and then try to dribble 3-4 players and then create chances for others or to score themselves but sometimes what happens is Messi is also doing this and even Mbappe is dropping a bit and then Neymar is also doing the same, so you don’t get bodies ahead of you to make a pass. I think this thing Pochettino has to sort out and how they all will play together. But with the time I am quite sure they will scare everyone and against Rennes in the first half especially we saw glimpses of what they can do and there are one-two’s between them, So I am excited to see them.
I hope you like this blog and you can share your opinions with me and how you feel about this.
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Sportsoff 