Trepidation.
Following an absolute hammering yesterday we face a PSG side that are defending their title. Abetted by the French league and playing with a freedom we can only imagine
I would start Isak. If he is near fit, start him. Frimpong on the right, Rio on the left.
Jones and Gravenberch deep with Wirtz ahead if them.
Same starting back 5 as yesterday.
Dom, Mo, Hugo, Macca available from the bench.
I fear a hiding in this, I was stupidly confident vs City, but this is a potential disaster.
Ok, brave for a moment. One nil to the Reds, Isak to score.
The most important match of the season.
A 1st leg to half time with a week to adjust ātacticallyā for the return 2nd half at Anfield.
Our season could be defined by these 2 matches so I hope we can do a good job in this 1st leg.
I have no idea what our tactics are however the team will be the one Slot always picks.
Feel like weāll put in a good performance. Like you, an hoping Isak gets some game time. Would be good to score a goal and get back to Anfield with a shot at progressing to the next round.
I canāt see us winning at Parc de Princes, i can see a 1-1 result. The second leg will be massive for us. If we can win that match, with the Anfield crowd pushing the team on, we have a good chance of get through to the next round.
We need to, at the pre-match custom, cross our fingers, touch wood, whatever āgood luckā rituals you all do.
Have bottle of your favourite drink, chocolates, cakes( @Wilkored08 ) on standby, to face the post-match thread.
If they played like they did here last year against us (and this time we have no Ali to save us ) theyāll fucking hammer us. Plus , our bunch of shrinking violets have to contend with the best home support in Europe.
And even if we escape with a single goal deficit , or even a draw , does anyone really have any confidence that when the chips are down in the second leg they wonāt out perform us , because I certainly donāt.
It feels a bit like weāre flying to Paris for our own execution. I canāt even imagine the mood of our traveling Kop. It could be a terrible evening. Sigh.
Butā¦ who knows, maybe weāll be surprised and PSG will just be too overconfident, actually playing really badly for once. A bit of luck wouldnāt hurt either, and Slot should have analyzed enough āPSG admiration videosā by now to know where their weaknesses lie. Or something like thatā¦ anyway, I already have a stomachache just thinking about it.
