Of course there were some mistakes, Diaz not covering Hakimi before the 4:2 being the most obvious one (I know people put that goal on Laimer, but whoever follows Bayern‘s system closely knows that in those situations, Laimer was supposed to press and Lucho supposed to follow Hakimi). But in the end, we saw two attacking lines on their very best, with almost every attack (especially by PSG) executed to perfection. Both teams are used to strangle their opponents by a very high press, and that only works with very good defensive lines. Upa and Tah were ridiculously good, otherwise PSG would have had way more than their 7 chances. And Hakimi and Mendes are currently the world’s best pair of fullbacks. Both suffering from cramps at the end just shows how ridiculously good Olise and Diaz played. Same goes for Dembele and Kava, obviously. If this was a game at the group stages, I could understand that sentiment of both teams having shit defensive lines (albeit it would be wrong as well). But to claim this when both teams meet in the semis and both have shown how dominant they are against many strong opponents, it seems a little ludicrous to me   submitted by   /u/Qzatcl [link]   [comments]