Loss to PSG fine, but did we give it a shot? Only a bit in the second half, poor attitude overall and definitely a chance missed. I watched Bayern and they had a bad game, Barcelona should've won and it's not everyday you get such an opportunity. Xavi couldn't do much more, Lewandowski had an off day but it was a solid performance. They played their game and didn't park the bus like we did against PSG. Napoli have been lucky in the CL so far, Liverpool were trash but Napoli still made their luck with their game plan. Why are we so spineless in comparison?
There is no excuse for losing to Benfica, we let them have all the possession after we scored and in the second half, Euromaxx shit the bed so we finished the game a total disorganised mess with Benfica messing up all their counters or it'd be humiliating.
Barcelona and Napoli will get found out in the knockouts which is where real quality shines and the minor coaching details are exposed. Their fans at least can be optimistic that given the chance, they could actually take advantage if given the opportunity.
We got exposed by Benfica and Salernitana. We don't even create scoring chances for me to be optimistic that we'll click one day and start stomping teams. Let's start with a new manager who's got a plan. Let him be an attacking coach and if he gets exposed in the CL, so be it. I want us to go out on our shield and not on a whimper because it'll build character. The fans also need hope that we can do something against top teams, there has to be some optimism but that only comes if we're set up we'll and have a game plan.