Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 and eliminated Paris 3-0. Let’s feel the pulse of Paris! Why is such a dazzling MMN combination always a little less interesting?
There is actually no problem with the superstar policy. Can’t you make achievements by piling up stars? Of course not. Superstars can certainly play a huge role, and MMN combination has not much to criticize in terms of data or overall performance.
But Paris forgot one of the most basic things; It is also a well-known truth-football is a sport for 11 people!
How much water a bucket can hold is not determined by the longest board, but by the shortest one! The introduction of Neymar and Mbappé Messi into Greater Paris has obviously improved the strength and influence of the team. Although the practice of piling up superstars was ridiculed as nouveau riche, the effect was immediate. But football is always round. It will always be a team sport, and no matter how strong the superstar is, it is impossible to replace the role of every teammate.
In the Champions League match against Bayern, this is very obvious. The "two-level differentiation" of the Paris lineup is extremely obvious. In some positions, the strength and worth of Paris players have obvious advantages, but the more the players with lower worth, the greater the advantage of Bayern.
We can see the clue by comparing the value of substitute players in Bayern’s 2-0 victory over Paris.
Bayern’s substitutes are: Sane (German turn price 70 million pounds), Mane (German turn price 60 million pounds), Gnabry (German turn price 65 million pounds) and Cancelo (German turn price 70 million pounds).
In contrast, the substitutes in Paris are: beernaert (Germany’s turn price is 10.8 million pounds), Ekitik (Germany’s turn price is 25.2 million pounds), Helun Annali (Germany’s turn price is 4.5 million pounds), Mujele (Germany’s turn price is 18 million pounds), and Bish Abu El (Germany’s turn price is 1.8 million pounds).
The average value of the four substitutes in Bayern reached 65.25 million pounds, while the average value of the five substitutes in Paris was only 12.06 million pounds!
Although there are several superstars such as Messi, Neymar, Mbappé, Virathit and Ashraf among the starting players in Paris, the ability and value of the players drop precipitously as they count backwards.
A real giant team must be a team with a balanced lineup. The team lineup must have no obvious shortcomings. Even if it exists on the bench, it must be a star who can be independent. Unfortunately, Paris has always been dominated by a lineup, and there are obvious loopholes in the starting lineup, not to mention that the substitute lineup is simply two grades worse than other giants.
Each MMN combination is a phenomenal existence, but the sport of football has told us that it is impossible for a team to achieve real success without seeing the essence of a collective sport clearly!
