I’m just going to stick to the match for now, but some more to clean up in this thread later on.
I was pleased with the first half and parts of the second. We were clearly the better side today. While I’d prefer some more chances created and some better ones, they still were creating. You have to consider the context though. Suarez out (though working hard to come back) and Dembele our. We lack serious width which is really making things difficult. You’d be seeing a much better side with some quality wide players.
@Savi you are dead wrong about the passing. It’s improved greatly and there was plenty of forward passing in this match. The problem is no width and the lack of a striker. Braithwaite is a striker, but he wasn’t played as such. Either way there was plenty of quick passing and forward passing.
@Duchene2MacKinnon you can see above as to the lack of chances. Still there were some and Setien isn’t the problem.
if you want to dump on Setien then do it right and go after his selection because then it will look like you know what you’re talking about.
Not the best from Messi again. Pique was immense and it’s mind-boggling how underrated he is. His yellow card was bullshit. De Jong had a very good first half and a good match overall, but more on him tomorrow.