A Few Final Thoughts from PSG vs FC Barcelona

Barcelona suffered an embarrassing 4-0 defeat from Unai Emery’s PSG at Parc des Princes. Here are a few final thoughts on this match.

 Barcelona Manager Luis Enrique has run out of Ideas.

Lucho was quite impressive in his debut season of 2014-15 winning the treble in style. He changed the way Barcelona used to control the game with the introduction of high-speed counter attacks. It was arguably the best idea when you have fearsome world-class players at your disposal. But as the year passed by, Barcelona became too predictive to opponents. There was no Xavi to control the midfield alongside Iniesta. Last season, we won the double but it was starting signs that Enrique has nothing new to offer.
This season has been a see-saw case from the start as we have won the games but with individual brilliance. But the way Barcelona played against PSG was clear indication that Catalans had no tactical ideas to deal with them. Luis Enrique can be considered best manager for the trophies he won. However, in yesterdays match he had no plan B to stop PSG when they were pressing high. This has been the case for the entire season. Messi is relied upon to produce some magic from nothing. Apart from this, he never looked inspiring the team when they are down. He certainly had no clues when oppositions came with better plans for MSN.

Managing Barcelona is a tough task given the hopes of all fans to win everything every time which is highly difficult. However, Luis Enrique didn’t even look to change his tactics even when Catalans were outplayed a number of times this season. Due to the lack of creativity in the game, Barca was poor against PSG. Lucho’s strategy still looked like try to find MSN and pass the ball to them. He has given lots of things to cheer for Barcelona fans but it feels like his time at Camp Nou is near to an end.

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