Yeah, people wont realise how crucial Matuidi is until we play without him, if we play more aggressively like we did against Madrid, then we are gonna need him, saying that, Can playing in that cm/rb role really allowed both our fullbacks to bomb forward and allowed Pjanic more freedom to explore higher up, so im not really sure how to fit others around the midfield.
More interestingly, the Dybala situation is the most interesting decision max has to make, he obviously wont take sitting on the bench for too long, but I don't think he can do what Berna did, just different players, do we play him through the middle instead of Mandzu?, even though Mandzu has been poor recently, I think his presence allows others to flourish, but he is ageing so we must make a decision soon. Guess it just depends on if Max continues with this formation