A poor performance that does not pass. PSG lost Tuesday evening against Bayern Munich (1-2) during the 4th day of the Champions League. Unrecognizable, the Parisians conceded their first European defeat of the season. After the match, several players recognized Bavarian superiority.
Bradley Barcola, particularly disappointing, did not escape criticism. Present in the mixed zone, the Parisian winger admitted not being 100%. “The sequence of matches hurts and I’m starting to feel it. It’s starting to pull”he confided, lucid after a lackluster performance. Enough to relaunch the debate on its true level in major meetings.
Daniel Riolo did not mince his words. “Barcola, are you going to stare at me again with Barcola? I can’t help it, this boy has limits. It’s not with Barcola that you win the Champions League”blurted out the columnist of RMC in After Foot. “It’s not with Barcola that you go all the way. So why give him this status of holder on the left? On the offensive level, Barcola is not effective enough »he added.
“An ordinary player”
The editorialist goes further in his analysis and comparisons. “Barcola is always the same. He is good at taking up space, he succeeds in certain dribbles, but up front, we are not with a player of the caliber of Luis Diaz, Olise, Dembélé, Doué or Saka at Arsenal. He’s still a good player, but not a top player.”recognized the journalist.
Riolo doesn’t stop there, driving the point home on the technical level. “ But we’re not out of class. We are looking at an ordinary player who expresses himself in an extremely favorable context, but his technique I would always find limited”he insisted, once again pointing out the limits of the young Parisian.
