We've had no changes to personnel from either manager and Madrid try to get onto the front foot from the start. For anyone, and there have been many, who question the work ethic or individualism over teamwork of this PSG side, I hope you're watching. When they have it they are swarmed, so go long and lose it. Delicious interplay from the home side around the Madrid area ends with a perfect ball into the feet of Mbapp who then strikes hard and low from around the penalty spot. Sign up for a weekly curated briefing of the most important strategic affairs stories from across the world. Surely not. beIN SPORTS https://t.co/CL0b9kkjIV Messi and Neymar eye it up, before the Argentine goes for a curler. Vermaelen, however, has been excellent during his four games in the team, looking comfortable and assured, with no signs of the rustiness or hesitancy you might expect from a man with so little football under his belt in the last couple of years. "He saved my life; I could play until I'm 45 with this guy by my side," Marcelo wrote. It's got goal written all over it, and the crowd react as if it is, but then the big Belgian is down quickly to his right and with a strong hand pushes it away. And I'm talking French league! We do actually have a raft of changes coming up: Madrid | Rodrygo and Lucas Vazquz ON, Carvajal and Asensio OFF. So, following on from my last post, one factor that seems to often determine whether or not Los Blancos function properly - at least as an attacking force - is Karim Benzema. He could always adapt to different positions later and if there's one thing that defines him, it is that he adapts.
Directly up against Alba will be Carvajal, whose similarly impressive athletic abilities allow him to cover the entire flank both in attack and defence, especially if Zidane persists with the narrow midfield diamond he has favoured in recent weeks. For me, Man City are the best team out there at the moment, so it was no surprise that they topped the group, providing them with a more than pleasing tie with Lisbon side, Sporting. Does England's Euro 2022 squad have a diversity issue? This weekend he has one of the most challenging opponents any central defender could face: Cristiano Ronaldo. The pair were both shown yellow cards and will be suspended for collecting three yellows in the competition. It wasn't long ago that Florentino Prez would have mocked the other two, although this summer we are certainly expecting a return to some real galctico signings in Madrid. ", Zidane: "James, Marcelo and Casemiro played two full games [on int break] are a bit tired, so its best to give them some rest [tomorrow]., Zidane: "Karim will be with us tomorrow. Under new coach Ernesto Valverde, Messi has now abandoned the right-wing role he occupied during Luis Enriques reign, instead being given a free hand to roam wherever he sees fit in a 4-4-1-1 formation. But it couldn't match the raw emotions left on the field by Casemiro. Will they be able to show as much class when they swap their Boss gear for Nike, Adidas etc? Whether you're looking for someone to give you an update because you can't view it for yourself, or fancy checking out if your opinion on a play or decision matches someone else's, I'm here for you. There's something in that idea: as a kid, there wasn't much room at home and there wasn't much to eat either. Vermaelens task is to ensure those chances are as difficult as possible as they would say in basketball, he has to prevent Ronaldo from getting good looks. Which is why they love him. March 02, 2020 17:10:45 IST. Pocos jugadores viven el ftbol como l, Well-travelled Spanish journalist Guilem Balague share his experience as he arrived at the stadium. Real Madrid finished the game with zero shots on target while PSG had eight, with almost 60% of possession. Should be 1-0. Who is Daniele Orsato, the referee for PSG-Real Madrid?
What? Taking a breather maybe. As you'll see in the graphic, Madrid edge the head-to-head but a home win tonight levels it all up. We're hardly into this encounter and the Spanish full-back has been beaten twice, only fortune preventing him from being punished by a goal. Oh! Then they asked who was a No. And so, he went after that ball, doing the work that others didn't. Madrid will be without Casemiro and Ferland Mendy for the second leg at home on 9 March. Of the seven tackles that Casemiro attempted on Leo, he was successful thrice and intercepted three balls meant for the Argentine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vkHlZB2qJ8, UEFA Takes Decision On Real Madrid And Juventus, Thiago And Silva In The Champions League Final, Official: Premier League Team Of The Year. PSG get us going this time, seems fair. The yellows are certainly totting up. Just some unknown Brazilian called Neymar coming on. In the 2017/18 season, Los Blancos saw off the Parisians home and away to earn a 5-2 aggregate victory, before going on to win a third consecutive European title. Right, smiles and handshakes out the way. Isco for his 300th game, Lucas Vazquez for his 200th and Karim Benzema for his 500th. And while a win for the Catalans will take the league title further away from Zinedine Zidanes men,a few key battles might decide the outcome of the pre-Christmas clash. After one game recently, Casemiro was asked if he was ever going to rest. He's a professional and will be out to get the 'W' for his side tonight and in the return leg at the Santiago Bernabu. Tonight they are epitomising everything there is about a team united, working for each other, not only in terms of energy but also with a clear and understood purpose. Its stating the obvious that Messi has the central role in Barcas creative play, but this season in particular he has become even more important than ever, filling two roles at once as a fairly conservative teams main playmaker and chief goalscorer. Late replacements. Carvajal may have wished that his club chairman had just burst the bank and signed Mbapp ahead of this game. All of them to survive. Madrid have won a corner in the dying seconds of this half. That said, the atmosphere is a notch above. At the whistle, Casemiro and Messi embraced. Women's Euro 2022 quarterfinal preview: Who will make the final four? Carvajal is trying to add impetus to the Madrid attacks but every time he goes he leaves that Mbapp risk. As a player, Zidane understood better than anyone how important Claude Makelele was; it is not by chance that when he decided to return to the French national team, he first called Makelele and convinced him to come too. Man United's Maguire is Ten Hag's first choice, but can he earn redemption in 2022-23? Someone had to. He completed 67 passes, second only to Toni Kroos in the Madrid team, and he had more attempts on goal than anyone else too. There was a moment late in Wednesday's 0-0 clsico that summed it all up -- a portrait of a player and the night when, for the first time in 17 years and 48 matches going all the way back to the time someone threw a pig's head at Luis Figo, no one scored in a clsico. Elsewhere, a French football pundit has said that Kylian Mbappe doesnt want to stay at the Parc des Princes. The Madrid social media team have served us up a treat with this little compilation of goals from the Spanish side. Benzema to play. The PSG boys arrived tonight looking smart, suited and booted. No sooner have Madrid escaped that previous break than PSG are at it again. Nairaland - Copyright 2005 - 2022 Oluwaseun Osewa. He is recovered. Going into last weekend, he had been on four yellow cards. Julie Foudy has 4 burning questions, Goalkeeper awards 2021-22: Best shot-stopper, most improved, breakout star and more. The final whistle blows and PSG take a narrow win to the Santiago Bernabu for the second leg. PSG bossing this. Across those game they knocked in 14 goals and only conceded three the other way. Messi had not scored; Casemiro had. Mbapp does brilliantly to create space on the left, turning Carvajal inside out, and his low cross to the edge of the six-yard box is met by Di Maria who first time skies it. Lacazette a doubt after wasp woe, Sources: Man United rule out Martial exit, Germany beat Austria, advance to Euro semis, Barcelona sell further 15% of TV rights to firm, Ravel Morrison joins Rooney at D.C. 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There are four teams in Champions League action tonight with PSG and Man City the obvious big spenders of recent years. At a trial when he was a kid, alongside 300 others, coaches asked who the forwards were. OK, so they're not leading, and clearly they have form of not putting sides away when in this situation, but that doesn't take away the fact that they've made Madrid look like a lower league outfit. I work.". Kylian Mbapp scored a stunning individual goal in stoppage time to give Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 home victory over Real Madrid and spare Lionel Messi's blushes after he had missed a penalty in their Champions League last-16, first leg on Tuesday. That's why. Without Casemiro: Yeah, I was right. The teams are out and that famous anthem rings out around the Parc des Princes. And Madrid have form of doing that too. Just wide. It's almost time. Another 50 hands went up. As per Whoscored, Messi had just 86 touches in the match, was dispossessed three times, more than his average in league and Champions League this season. "We have to be humble and the second leg is still open. The Argentineans future at the Parc des Princes hangs in the balance, and he could leave the club this summer. Blocked. The most impressive element of the performance has been the pressing without the ball. And that, Zidane had decided, was a risk far too great to take. Pochettino has taken charge of 68 competitive games at PSG, winning 46, drawing 12 and losing 10. One day early in Zidane's first spell as Real Madrid manager, Casemiro knocked on his door. Afterwards, reporters wanted to know why and three days later, they got their answer. The Belgian stretched low to his left to stop the Argentinian's shot with his hand. It's feels fair to say that it was an utterly dominant half from our Parisien hosts. Sponsors have had their moment too. The Madrid lads looked pretty snazzy themselves upon arrival at the stadium. He has regular sessions in an oxygen chamber and watches what he eats, obsessively, which seems appropriate somehow. But 30 minutes later Mbapp found the winner and Courtois could only watch as the ball went through his legs and into the corner of the net. Before we look back on that first 45 in Paris, a quick glance across to Portugal where the other Champions League game has also reached its break. After realising that he's definitely not getting the latter he decides that he can deal with the pain and is back up and into action again. Casemiro had tackled him with a backheel. "I fight for every ball as if it was a plate of food," he told Jorge Valdano recently. Casemiro is the first into the book. The local Lisbon fans don't have much to be shouting about, being four goals down, a historic scoreline as you can see from Joe's info below. But that wasn't the moment, and this wasn't over yet. Nothing seen tonight, or in recent weeks, suggests that they can, but we've been watching this football malarkey for long enough to know that anything can happen. This really was the last time; now it was over, no more chances. Prior to kickoff, a Barcelona-based Mundo Deportivo journalist shared an image of the Bernabeu pitch with the caption: "Lionel Messi's garden, ready for the Clasico." Danilo is into the book. Firstpost - All Rights Reserved. Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Casemiro, Kroos, Modric; Asensio, Vinicius, Benzema. League leaders Barcelona will visit the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, to face rivals Real Madrid. / La Liga: Carvajal Wonder Goal, Casemiro Header Help Madrid Beat Atletico / Thiago Messi VS Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. Who Is The Next Legend? In the last 21 games at the home of their fierce rivals, Messi had scored 15 goals including in five straight matches. Can they swing things that dramatically in the return leg? Don't worry, Madrid fans. We've just had another rare attacking moment from Madrid so I should probably mention it, although it never really felt like it was going to bear fruit. No! Will either make their mark? Madrid have had a decent few minutes of not being under the cosh - not exactly huge praise for a team of their standing - but they are then back under pressure with the simplest of counters. Be the first one to comment on this story, PSG Transfer News Roundup: Cristiano Ronaldo advised to team up with Lionel Messi at Paris; club battling Barcelona for Napoli defender, and more - July 3, 2022, PSG Transfer News Roundup: Mauricio Pochettino unclear about Kylian Mbappe's future; Parisians leading race for Benfica striker, and more - 20 May 2022, Always seen me as one of their own Kylian Mbappe sends message to Real Madrid fans after opting to stay at PSG. The Argentine enjoyed better fortunes against Madrid with Tottenham Hotspur, however, overseeing a 3-1 win in London and a 1-1 draw at the Bernabu in the 2017/18 Champions League group stage. Helped Cristiano to score his goals. Casemiro is an outstanding defensive presence and certainly has the ability to shackle Messi, but he has a tendency for rash lunges and must be careful to avoid conceding needless free-kicks in and around the penalty area especially if Messi can coax him into picking up a yellow card early on. As a coach, Ancelotti has so far proved unable to win a game against PSG. Every time you looked down at a Barcelona move ending and a Madrid move starting on Wednesday night, Casemiro was there, demonstrating why. Around 20 mins till we begin to find out? Our Will knocked up this handy little guide to give you information on when the game kicks off in your time zone along with TV and streaming info. But on Sunday night, the Argentinian had a largely silent time. Updated Date: Again and again and again, from beginning to end. There is only one reason for Casemiro to miss a match: if missing the next match is even worse. GOAL FOR REAL MADRID! That front foot attempt didn't last long. Forgot password.
Casemiro did this job splendidly in the Clasico, a far cry from a horror show against City in mid-week, and he won't mind not getting the headlines. Peep, peep, peeeeep! USMNT's Pulisic talks Chelsea future, hunger for World Cup success, Arteta remains a gamble, but it's time for Arsenal to roll the dice, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker meets the world of soccer, ESPN FC 100: Liverpool, Man City dominate our ranking of world's best soccer players.
Directly up against Alba will be Carvajal, whose similarly impressive athletic abilities allow him to cover the entire flank both in attack and defence, especially if Zidane persists with the narrow midfield diamond he has favoured in recent weeks. For me, Man City are the best team out there at the moment, so it was no surprise that they topped the group, providing them with a more than pleasing tie with Lisbon side, Sporting. Does England's Euro 2022 squad have a diversity issue? This weekend he has one of the most challenging opponents any central defender could face: Cristiano Ronaldo. The pair were both shown yellow cards and will be suspended for collecting three yellows in the competition. It wasn't long ago that Florentino Prez would have mocked the other two, although this summer we are certainly expecting a return to some real galctico signings in Madrid. ", Zidane: "James, Marcelo and Casemiro played two full games [on int break] are a bit tired, so its best to give them some rest [tomorrow]., Zidane: "Karim will be with us tomorrow. Under new coach Ernesto Valverde, Messi has now abandoned the right-wing role he occupied during Luis Enriques reign, instead being given a free hand to roam wherever he sees fit in a 4-4-1-1 formation. But it couldn't match the raw emotions left on the field by Casemiro. Will they be able to show as much class when they swap their Boss gear for Nike, Adidas etc? Whether you're looking for someone to give you an update because you can't view it for yourself, or fancy checking out if your opinion on a play or decision matches someone else's, I'm here for you. There's something in that idea: as a kid, there wasn't much room at home and there wasn't much to eat either. Vermaelens task is to ensure those chances are as difficult as possible as they would say in basketball, he has to prevent Ronaldo from getting good looks. Which is why they love him. March 02, 2020 17:10:45 IST. Pocos jugadores viven el ftbol como l, Well-travelled Spanish journalist Guilem Balague share his experience as he arrived at the stadium. Real Madrid finished the game with zero shots on target while PSG had eight, with almost 60% of possession. Should be 1-0. Who is Daniele Orsato, the referee for PSG-Real Madrid?
What? Taking a breather maybe. As you'll see in the graphic, Madrid edge the head-to-head but a home win tonight levels it all up. We're hardly into this encounter and the Spanish full-back has been beaten twice, only fortune preventing him from being punished by a goal. Oh! Then they asked who was a No. And so, he went after that ball, doing the work that others didn't. Madrid will be without Casemiro and Ferland Mendy for the second leg at home on 9 March. Of the seven tackles that Casemiro attempted on Leo, he was successful thrice and intercepted three balls meant for the Argentine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vkHlZB2qJ8, UEFA Takes Decision On Real Madrid And Juventus, Thiago And Silva In The Champions League Final, Official: Premier League Team Of The Year. PSG get us going this time, seems fair. The yellows are certainly totting up. Just some unknown Brazilian called Neymar coming on. In the 2017/18 season, Los Blancos saw off the Parisians home and away to earn a 5-2 aggregate victory, before going on to win a third consecutive European title. Right, smiles and handshakes out the way. Isco for his 300th game, Lucas Vazquez for his 200th and Karim Benzema for his 500th. And while a win for the Catalans will take the league title further away from Zinedine Zidanes men,a few key battles might decide the outcome of the pre-Christmas clash. After one game recently, Casemiro was asked if he was ever going to rest. He's a professional and will be out to get the 'W' for his side tonight and in the return leg at the Santiago Bernabu. Tonight they are epitomising everything there is about a team united, working for each other, not only in terms of energy but also with a clear and understood purpose. Its stating the obvious that Messi has the central role in Barcas creative play, but this season in particular he has become even more important than ever, filling two roles at once as a fairly conservative teams main playmaker and chief goalscorer. Late replacements. Carvajal may have wished that his club chairman had just burst the bank and signed Mbapp ahead of this game. All of them to survive. Madrid have won a corner in the dying seconds of this half. That said, the atmosphere is a notch above. At the whistle, Casemiro and Messi embraced. Women's Euro 2022 quarterfinal preview: Who will make the final four? Carvajal is trying to add impetus to the Madrid attacks but every time he goes he leaves that Mbapp risk. As a player, Zidane understood better than anyone how important Claude Makelele was; it is not by chance that when he decided to return to the French national team, he first called Makelele and convinced him to come too. Man United's Maguire is Ten Hag's first choice, but can he earn redemption in 2022-23? Someone had to. He completed 67 passes, second only to Toni Kroos in the Madrid team, and he had more attempts on goal than anyone else too. There was a moment late in Wednesday's 0-0 clsico that summed it all up -- a portrait of a player and the night when, for the first time in 17 years and 48 matches going all the way back to the time someone threw a pig's head at Luis Figo, no one scored in a clsico. Elsewhere, a French football pundit has said that Kylian Mbappe doesnt want to stay at the Parc des Princes. The Madrid social media team have served us up a treat with this little compilation of goals from the Spanish side. Benzema to play. The PSG boys arrived tonight looking smart, suited and booted. No sooner have Madrid escaped that previous break than PSG are at it again. Nairaland - Copyright 2005 - 2022 Oluwaseun Osewa. He is recovered. Going into last weekend, he had been on four yellow cards. Julie Foudy has 4 burning questions, Goalkeeper awards 2021-22: Best shot-stopper, most improved, breakout star and more. The final whistle blows and PSG take a narrow win to the Santiago Bernabu for the second leg. PSG bossing this. Across those game they knocked in 14 goals and only conceded three the other way. Messi had not scored; Casemiro had. Mbapp does brilliantly to create space on the left, turning Carvajal inside out, and his low cross to the edge of the six-yard box is met by Di Maria who first time skies it. Lacazette a doubt after wasp woe, Sources: Man United rule out Martial exit, Germany beat Austria, advance to Euro semis, Barcelona sell further 15% of TV rights to firm, Ravel Morrison joins Rooney at D.C. United, Arsenal's Cedric talks to ESPN about top four, Vieira and fighting for his place, Germany find a way as unlucky Austria's Euro run ends with the sound of woodwork, Euro 2022 success will help women's game grow, as 2027 World Cup bidding nears, Nacional fans wear Luis Suarez masks to persuade Uruguay legend to return to club, Leverkusen process heartbreak by clinging to promise of tomorrow, LIVE Transfer Talk: Barca want De Jong, Depay to find new clubs, Why MLS clubs are rebranding, how some got it wrong and the opportunity that presents, Why free agents no longer have much power in the transfer market, USWNT ready to win the World Cup? thaaat tackle maaaan Casemiro kinda raped Messi's soul with it pic.twitter.com/Z7B4pdCPMX. Casemiros Madrid take on Messis PSG in a blockbuster Champions League Round of 16 clash. The group stage was no stroll for the French side but in the end the table gave us what we expected. There are four teams in Champions League action tonight with PSG and Man City the obvious big spenders of recent years. At a trial when he was a kid, alongside 300 others, coaches asked who the forwards were. OK, so they're not leading, and clearly they have form of not putting sides away when in this situation, but that doesn't take away the fact that they've made Madrid look like a lower league outfit. I work.". Kylian Mbapp scored a stunning individual goal in stoppage time to give Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 home victory over Real Madrid and spare Lionel Messi's blushes after he had missed a penalty in their Champions League last-16, first leg on Tuesday. That's why. Without Casemiro: Yeah, I was right. The teams are out and that famous anthem rings out around the Parc des Princes. And Madrid have form of doing that too. Just wide. It's almost time. Another 50 hands went up. As per Whoscored, Messi had just 86 touches in the match, was dispossessed three times, more than his average in league and Champions League this season. "We have to be humble and the second leg is still open. The Argentineans future at the Parc des Princes hangs in the balance, and he could leave the club this summer. Blocked. The most impressive element of the performance has been the pressing without the ball. And that, Zidane had decided, was a risk far too great to take. Pochettino has taken charge of 68 competitive games at PSG, winning 46, drawing 12 and losing 10. One day early in Zidane's first spell as Real Madrid manager, Casemiro knocked on his door. Afterwards, reporters wanted to know why and three days later, they got their answer. The Belgian stretched low to his left to stop the Argentinian's shot with his hand. It's feels fair to say that it was an utterly dominant half from our Parisien hosts. Sponsors have had their moment too. The Madrid lads looked pretty snazzy themselves upon arrival at the stadium. He has regular sessions in an oxygen chamber and watches what he eats, obsessively, which seems appropriate somehow. But 30 minutes later Mbapp found the winner and Courtois could only watch as the ball went through his legs and into the corner of the net. Before we look back on that first 45 in Paris, a quick glance across to Portugal where the other Champions League game has also reached its break. After realising that he's definitely not getting the latter he decides that he can deal with the pain and is back up and into action again. Casemiro had tackled him with a backheel. "I fight for every ball as if it was a plate of food," he told Jorge Valdano recently. Casemiro is the first into the book. The local Lisbon fans don't have much to be shouting about, being four goals down, a historic scoreline as you can see from Joe's info below. But that wasn't the moment, and this wasn't over yet. Nothing seen tonight, or in recent weeks, suggests that they can, but we've been watching this football malarkey for long enough to know that anything can happen. This really was the last time; now it was over, no more chances. Prior to kickoff, a Barcelona-based Mundo Deportivo journalist shared an image of the Bernabeu pitch with the caption: "Lionel Messi's garden, ready for the Clasico." Danilo is into the book. Firstpost - All Rights Reserved. Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Casemiro, Kroos, Modric; Asensio, Vinicius, Benzema. League leaders Barcelona will visit the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, to face rivals Real Madrid. / La Liga: Carvajal Wonder Goal, Casemiro Header Help Madrid Beat Atletico / Thiago Messi VS Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. Who Is The Next Legend? In the last 21 games at the home of their fierce rivals, Messi had scored 15 goals including in five straight matches. Can they swing things that dramatically in the return leg? Don't worry, Madrid fans. We've just had another rare attacking moment from Madrid so I should probably mention it, although it never really felt like it was going to bear fruit. No! Will either make their mark? Madrid have had a decent few minutes of not being under the cosh - not exactly huge praise for a team of their standing - but they are then back under pressure with the simplest of counters. Be the first one to comment on this story, PSG Transfer News Roundup: Cristiano Ronaldo advised to team up with Lionel Messi at Paris; club battling Barcelona for Napoli defender, and more - July 3, 2022, PSG Transfer News Roundup: Mauricio Pochettino unclear about Kylian Mbappe's future; Parisians leading race for Benfica striker, and more - 20 May 2022, Always seen me as one of their own Kylian Mbappe sends message to Real Madrid fans after opting to stay at PSG. The Argentine enjoyed better fortunes against Madrid with Tottenham Hotspur, however, overseeing a 3-1 win in London and a 1-1 draw at the Bernabu in the 2017/18 Champions League group stage. Helped Cristiano to score his goals. Casemiro is an outstanding defensive presence and certainly has the ability to shackle Messi, but he has a tendency for rash lunges and must be careful to avoid conceding needless free-kicks in and around the penalty area especially if Messi can coax him into picking up a yellow card early on. As a coach, Ancelotti has so far proved unable to win a game against PSG. Every time you looked down at a Barcelona move ending and a Madrid move starting on Wednesday night, Casemiro was there, demonstrating why. Around 20 mins till we begin to find out? Our Will knocked up this handy little guide to give you information on when the game kicks off in your time zone along with TV and streaming info. But on Sunday night, the Argentinian had a largely silent time. Updated Date: Again and again and again, from beginning to end. There is only one reason for Casemiro to miss a match: if missing the next match is even worse. GOAL FOR REAL MADRID! That front foot attempt didn't last long. Forgot password.
Casemiro did this job splendidly in the Clasico, a far cry from a horror show against City in mid-week, and he won't mind not getting the headlines. Peep, peep, peeeeep! USMNT's Pulisic talks Chelsea future, hunger for World Cup success, Arteta remains a gamble, but it's time for Arsenal to roll the dice, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker meets the world of soccer, ESPN FC 100: Liverpool, Man City dominate our ranking of world's best soccer players.