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bmguy wrote:This lyon is a lot tougher than Barca as they can press and they press really well.

If our defense plays like what we did in the early stages of the 1st half against Barcelona, weak on high ball and left big gaps on Davies side, we'll pay the price

I'm not so sure about that honestly. On the whole, Barcelona as a team pressed more than Lyon and did so more successfully than Lyon did/does. When adjusted for most-used starting XI per 90 minutes, Lyon makes ~15% more pressing attempts, but Barcelona are still more successful in said attempts.

What may perhaps be of more interest (IMO) is the way that the two teams deal with receiving pressure. Our press caused Barca a lot of trouble, of course. Two of the most common ways to deal with that are to try and pass out of the press or to play more long-balls so as to not have as much opportunity to be pressured (i.e. it's easier to pressure someone who wants to hold on to/carry the ball rather than someone who quickly sends it up the pitch).

In that regard, we see that Barcelona this season was arguably better at dealing with other teams' pressing than Lyon has been: they attempt to pass out of the press more frequently than Lyon, and are more successful in doing so. In the same way, we also find that Barcelona are more successful in their long ball passing attempts than Lyon have been.

In other words: It would not be particularly surprising to see the same problems that dogged Barcelona against us also on display for Lyon, perhaps to the same effect even.

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Lyon will sit down and wait for us.... they won't play like Barcelona.
It will be harder than playing Shitty....
I am very nervous about this game.
you saw what they can do as I did; ok they got lucky on many occasions but still the way they play their game makes them unpredictable.
Plus I was impressed by their physical play and their robust defenders and forwards...

ramsej84 wrote:Lyon will sit down and wait for us.... they won't play like Barcelona.
It will be harder than playing Shitty....
I am very nervous about this game.
you saw what they can do as I did; ok they got lucky on many occasions but still the way they play their game makes them unpredictable.
Plus I was impressed by their physical play and their robust defenders and forwards...

Did you watch the City game? I HOPE they sit and wait for us. They were horrible once they began doing that.

Hardrade wrote:Come on ramsej, we will roflstomp them back to the stone age. We’ll face a much tougher opponent in the finals, regardless of who wins tonight’s game.

Don't make me even more anxious

SrLuisGuilherme wrote:

YlonenXabi wrote:

SrLuisGuilherme wrote:Don’t forget this Lyon team was trashed by PSG a couple of times this season...

Well, just 2 weeks ago they faced each other in the Cup final and the match went to penalties so...

IIRC PSG was missing key players in that match

PSG starting XI vs Lyon, FWIW:

Neymar - Icardi - di Maria

Verratti - Marquinhos - Gueye

Bakker - Kimpembe - Silva - Kurzawa

Navas

I know Mbappe was out injured then and I think Icardi was not totally fit.