Barcelona first big match, first match lost

Barcelona lost their first match of the current season, with a score of 3-2 against Paris Saint-Germain during the last match of the UEFA Campions League Group F game.

The first goal came from PSG’s David Luiz at minute 10th, being the first goal conceded from Barcelona during this season with a total of 639 minutes. But the answer was fast and impressive, with an excellent goal from Lionel Messi just 90 seconds later.

PSG put themselves ahead thanks to Marco Verratti after a Ter Stegen error.

The third goal for the parisians came at 55th minute during the second half thanks to an impressive play finished by Blaise Matuidi. And again the response was a fast goal from the catalans after Neymar was able to control a pass from Alves and also a mistake from the defense.

With Barcelona playing much better during the rest of the second half, they were unable to score another goal and lost the 3 points.

With no excuses, PSG was the clear winner of this match with Barcelona looking poor, and a lot of their players out of place and lost. 

The only ones that had an impressive match were Neymar and Messi as usual, with Mascherano having some moments.

Again the Barcelona defense was broken time after time by the PSG front, and they remembered last seasons faulty defense. 

Ter Stegen in his first important match after the APOEL had some mistakes, especially with the first goal, but not all was his fault.

One big mistake for Luis Enrique is putting Pedro in the pitch and leaving Munir El Haddadi in the bench; yes, Pedro has more experience in Champions League games but he has been poor during all current season and even Iniesta and Neymar had doubts passing the ball to Pedro. Luis Suare’s ban cannot end fast enough for his team.

Another surprise was the absence of Gerard Pique in the game, probably Luis Enrique thought that having Zlatan Ibrahimovic would be enough, but with PSG’s David Luiz, Marquinhos  and Cavani, the tall defense player would have been a good addition to the back line.