How many CL titles would PSG have if the rest of Europe’s elite could win their league with their B team?

Out of their star players, Vitinha is the only person who played 20 league 90 equivalents.

Name | Club | Games Played | Minutes Played | Full 90 Equivalent

DEFENDERS
Gabriel | Arsenal | 32 | 2,751 | 30.6
Cubarsí | Barcelona | 31 | 2,703 | 30.0
Rúben Dias | Man City | 26 | 2,141 | 23.8
Huijsen | Real Madrid | 28 | 2,034 | 22.6
Upamecano | Bayern | 24 | 1,794 | 19.9
Calafiori | Arsenal | 26 | 1,699 | 18.9
Rüdiger | Real Madrid | 18 | 1,490 | 16.6
Hakimi | PSG | 18 | 1,375 | 15.3
Gvardiol | Man City | 18 | 1,372 | 15.2
Nuno Mendes | PSG | 20 | 1,256 | 14.0
Marquinhos | PSG | 14 | 1,052 | 11.7

MIDFIELDERS
Rice | Arsenal | 36 | 3,094 | 34.4
Zubimendi | Arsenal | 38 | 2,992 | 33.2
Bernardo Silva | Man City | 38 | 2,872 | 31.9
Valverde | Real Madrid | 33 | 2,740 | 30.4
Nico O’Reilly | Man City | 34 | 2,646 | 29.4
Tchouaméni | Real Madrid | 33 | 2,615 | 29.1
Kimmich | Bayern | 29 | 2,280 | 25.3
Vitinha | PSG | 29 | 2,119 | 23.5
Pedri | Barcelona | 29 | 2,104 | 23.4
Bellingham | Real Madrid | 28 | 1,916 | 21.3
Rodri | Man City | 21 | 1,511 | 16.8
Ødegaard | Arsenal | 24 | 1,369 | 15.2
João Neves | PSG | 21 | 1,287 | 14.3

FORWARDS / WINGERS
Haaland | Man City | 35 | 2,953 | 32.8
Vinícius Jr. | Real Madrid | 36 | 2,815 | 31.3
Mbappé | Real Madrid | 31 | 2,599 | 28.9
Luis Díaz | Bayern | 32 | 2,447 | 27.2
Kane | Bayern | 31 | 2,377 | 26.4
Olise | Bayern | 32 | 2,316 | 25.7
Lamine Yamal | Barcelona | 28 | 2,262 | 25.1
Gyökeres | Arsenal | 36 | 2,224 | 24.7
Saka | Arsenal | 31 | 2,222 | 24.7
Foden | Man City | 33 | 2,086 | 23.2
Doku | Man City | 30 | 1,784 | 19.8
Lewandowski | Barcelona | 31 | 1,664 | 18.5
Kvaratskhelia | PSG | 28 | 1,479 | 16.4
Raphinha | Barcelona | 22 | 1,380 | 15.3
Désiré Doué | PSG | 23 | 1,348 | 15.0
Dembélé | PSG | 22 | 1,063 | 11.8

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Obviously, the game is on the 20th of October, and I’m curious to hear what fans of both teams think about this match.

Are PSG going to dominate the game the same way they did against City, or are they going to get humiliated by Barça?
Will it be a tough match for both teams, where a single goal separates them and decides the outcome? Or are we in for something completely different?

Will Raphinha once again prove to the world why he’s a top, top player, or will Dembélé score against Barça and celebrate once again?
Will Flick get the better of Enrique, or is Enrique going to teach Flick another lesson?

Lots of questions, and I’d love to hear the thoughts of fans from both sides!

Imo it's Barcelona they won more Trophy and i Will Say that they are more conseisent they are very close tò Real Madrid much more than Milan Is close tò Juventus but still both are big clubs

sorry for bad grammar* In CL week 2, all four Italian teams lost which is the first time in history that this happened. To be fair, Roma shoulda beat RM but it is RM, what can I say?

While La Liga has its won disparity problems, five laliga teams won all their respective games. The Prem is head and shoulders above the rest because of money and investments but Serie A can at least catch up to historically inferior leagues like La Liga and Ligue 1.

These are five things that I would do:

(1) For more TV money and less fatigue, Serie A should reduce its teams to 18 teams just like Bundesliga and Ligue 1.

(2) Improving production quality - PL, La Liga, Bundesliga. All three leagues production quality is miles better than Serie A right now. Serie A makes the league games unpleasing to watch because of video quality.

(3) Stadiums renovation - This is the weakest sector in Italian football. Most stadiums are run-down and owned by municipalities so revenue growth is slow. Infrastructural and policy changes need to happen.

(4) Developing and putting their faith in youth local talent - Instead of buying Prem rejects who aren't good enough for Prem, they should just play young Italian youth talents. Money should be used properly to buy unknown talents from lower leagues instead of just buying veterans from other leagues on high wages just for the name. (I doubt Lamine Yamal or Pablo Barrios would become first team players if they were born in Italy)

(5) Stop the cycle of managers merry-go-round - Coaches get recycled for fun every season and it gets tiring. Just be like Como, More Fabregas-es, Less Allegri

At the moment, Lamine Yamal ranks first according to Transfermarkt.

Do you really believe he is worth more than Mbappe and Haaland though?

Following on from the power rankings I made after the first round of league phase play, let's see who improved or regressed:

1. PSG. The way they completely outclassed Manchester City in the first half of the match yesterday should make everyone else in the competition worry because PSG don't typically take the league phase so seriously. I almost though City might beat them because of that but then I saw PSG score twice in 15 minutes. Fact is, if anyone wants to take the cup with big ears this season, they are still the gold standard. Their attack and midfield are both ridiculous, and for large parts of the second half last night their defense also held firm because Haaland and City could've scored several more themselves but for excellent work from the likes of Pacho and Mendes.

2. Barcelona. They fall down a position on the rankings more so because PSG were so dazzling against better opposition but also because for large parts of the first half in Istanbul they looked vulnerable against Galatasaray. If that second Gala goal stands (rightly it didn't obviously) I wonder if they win that game at all. Nonetheless, their attack is absolutely insane. Full of pace and skill, and ruthless enough that they can outscore most teams on the planet even when their defense doesn't hold up. The game at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday could really be an early indicator of which of the two top teams in the rankings have a genuine shout to win it all in Madrid next year.

3. Arsenal. They go up a position by virtue of the team who were above them slipping down mostly. Their defense is still as formidable as ever, and that's now 12 consecutive victories in the league phase of the competition for what it's worth. And even though the attack leaves a bit to be desired, they still haven't scored a single set piece goal this season for all of the set piece FC talk, and Saka, who has certainly not been at his best for two seasons now, has now got 25 goal contributions in 31 Champions League appearances. Not bad for a guy who started as a full back?

4. Bayern Munich. Slip down to fourth because this has been a very rough week for them. Drawing 2-2 with Augsburg in the Bundesliga was bad enough, but then drawing 3-3 with Viking Sturange was even more alarming. They seem to be lacking in control of several matches recently which is not ideal when you're going into a matchweek where you're hosting last season's finalists and will be without your best playmaker due to one of the stupidest double yellows I've seen from any footballer. Still, they've got Harry Kane up top who will certainly fancy his chances against the team he was brought up to hate (as a senior player anyway, if you know you know).

Feel free to add your own opinions down below.

All 9 teams from the toughest and highest level football league in the world won their opening European game of the season following Brighton’s 4-0 crushing of FK Kauno Zalgiris. Could you see this coming?

The premier league clubs have an average of 2.47 points per game, while the Bundesliga is the second closest of the top 5 leagues with 1.92, the Premier League clubs have also collected a total of 42 points so far in European competitions this season. No other league have totaled even 30 points.

It’s incredible how many posts and comments there are about a specific topic. Not long ago, PSG was criticized for failing to win the Champions League because of the low level of competition in its domestic league, but now that it has found the most efficient way to dominate the world’s biggest club tournament, it’s being criticized for that again.

I think it’s pretty hypocritical to see that many of these comments come from fans of clubs in La Liga, the Bundesliga, and even Serie A—all leagues where there are only one or at most three truly competitive teams. For example, do you think Barcelona couldn’t beat teams like Levante, Málaga, or Mallorca even with their reserves? Of course they could, but they’d rather crush them by a five-goal margin with their starting lineup—only for their fans to then claim that the “wear and tear” on their stars cost them their Champions League elimination.

That whole narrative about PSG’s “B team” falls apart when we look at the fact that in every French league match this season, they’ve always fielded at least eight starters—and yet they’re still in sixth place in a league that, according to many here, they could win with their U-15 team.

Finally, I really didn't like it when PSG had a couple of games rescheduled to better align their schedule with the UCL, and I really wouldn't want them to do that again, but this discussion about the level of Ligue 1 strikes me as a ridiculous excuse to downplay what Luis Enrique has managed to build with the Parisian team.

Do we take them seriously yet? Asking this because some few years ago they were totally unkown. They were amongst the likes of KuPS, Lincoln Red Imps, KÍ or Tre Fiori (naming random clubs). Well, just suddenly, they beat Roma 6-1 at their stadium, making that is the moment (at least for me) of the first time the club had its bit of international attention, and I thought "It was something super improbable, but okay, it happened".

Turns out that Bodø keeps doing these surprises. They did it to Atético, to City, to Sporting, to Dortmund and to Inter. Yet, I think we just can't believe that this is an "extreme small" and random norwegian club from a random 50.000 habitants town actually scratching this status by pure football - and out of nowhere! This is WTF.

But the question remains: do we treat and is Bodø already a medium/big club or just a "FC Riga" with luck and disguise?

I love the new League Phase format of the Champions League, but one of the things that makes it hard to follow is that it hard to follow is knowing the stakes of each game. Teams can have drastically different remaining strength of schedules, and a match might be more must-win for one club then another even if they are currently tied on points.

I created this visual schedule alongside the standings to quantify the difficulty of each team's remaining fixtures based on current opponent rank (1-36). While the standings only reflect 2 matchdays so far, it still provides a clear heatmap of each clubs remaining path, helping you decide which games to tune in for to each matchday.

I will be posting updates to this as the Champions League campaign progresses. Any feedback or suggestions are appreciated!

Today city and psg are playing and it reminded me of last year when people were calling for them to “save football” and beat us in the prem and ucl respectively. I’m aware that some Arsenal fans can be annoying and post delusional takes on the internet but I feel the same can be said for most big teams with a lot of fans. I simply don’t understand how anyone who has watched football and complains about their could call for either of these teams to “save football”. In a world where people are constantly complaining about big buyers and owners, to look at clubs owned by actual giants (psg are literally owned by the state of Qatar) and ask them specifically to save the game seems absurd

https://strawpoll.com/mpnb1eBMLy5

24 out of 36 clubs advance with the top 8 directly to R16 and the next 16 in knockout playoffs (66.7% advancing)

22 out of 36 advance with the top 10 directly to R16 and the next 12 clubs in knockout playoffs (61.1% advancing)

20 out of 36 advance with the top 12 directly to R16 and the next 8 clubs in knockout playoffs (55.6% advancing)

18 out of 36 advance with the top 14 directly to R16 and the next 4 clubs in knockout playoff ( 50% advancing)

16 out of 36 advancing to R16 (no knockout playoff)

12 out of 36 advancing with the top 4 directly to R8 and the next 8 clubs in knockout playoffs. Next phase for the final 8 clubs will be either 2 legs quarterfinals or 4 clubs group stage

I swear in like 50% of PSG games they get a 3 goal lead and then they start trolling.

It happened against Villa in 24/25, Arsenal in 24/25, Tottenham in 25/26, Nice in 25/26 and now they just did it against Man City.

Both teams played extremely well and scored great goals and there has not been a group game that well for many many years

I can’t decide what to watch - Hate watch this shit of a form Madrid or the star studied psg v city

With about 25-30 minutes till stoppage time for the Champions League matches, I had to make a choice to watch the one with the highest return on investment. There was Roma 3-1 Real Madrid, Man City 1-4 PSG and the Betis-Porto game.

I admit I was surprised to see Roma putting three goals past Real Madrid. But if there's a team that's going to surprise, it's Real Madrid. I tuned in. Mourinho puts in Carrera and Espi, not superstars but plenty of grit to make up for the lack of stardom. Some minutes later, Espi appears with a tap in from a rebound. 3-2. Endrick's individual display was nice to see: dribbles, nutmegs, and just being a constant headache for the Roma players. His stint at Lyon really did wonders for him. Minutes later, corner kick from Guler I believe, and Endrick somehow wins the header against three Roma players who all seem to collide in the same area, 3-3. Roma is shocked. Mourinho celebrates with calm circular strides, while lifting and waving his index finger "told you so...".

Then in stoppage time, Roma players are still seemingly shocked and trying to regain composure in an attempt to move forward. They succeed in reaching Madrid's goal box but can't find a way past the last line of players. Madrid goes on the attack and there's a sense of danger. It's in the air. The comeback seems near. Corner kick for Real Madrid. Guler prepares. Sends the cross to the far post, which lands on Rudiger's right foot who clumsily taps it in while falling back and winning the tussle against Molina's weak challenge. 3-4. The home crowd is stunned and the Roma players are in disbelief. This time Mourinho celebrates while he paces energetically with the same hand motion "told you so...".

Another historic comeback from Real Madrid. Mourinho's return seems to make it more epic.

2024/2025 UCL Group Phase: Beat Manchester City 4-2

2024/2025 UCL Round of 16: Beat Liverpool 1-1, 4-1 on pens on aggregate

2024/2025 UCL Quarterfinals: Beat Aston Villa 5-4 on aggregate

2024/2025 UCL Semi Finals: Beat Arsenal 3-1 on aggregate

2025 Uefa Supercup: Beat Tottenham 2-2, 4-3 on pens

2025/2026 UCL Group Phase: Beat Tottenham 5-3

2025/2026 UCL Group Phase: Drew against Newcastle 1-1

2025/2026 UCL Round of 16: Beat Chelsea 8-2 on aggregate

2025/2026 UCL Quarterfinals: Beat Liverpool 4-0 on aggregate

2025/2026 UCL Final: Beat Arsenal 1-1, 4-3 on pens

2026 Uefa Supercup: Beat Aston Villa 2-1

2026/2027 UCL Group Phase: Beat Man City 4-2

Total Record: 14-2-1

I’m curious how supporters of other Ligue 1 clubs view PSG.

Are they a source of pride for French football, or a state-backed superclub that has distorted the competitive balance of the league? Or something else?

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A tempo controller matters most for teams that want to dominate possession, Madrid have arguably felt this since Kroos left in 2024 even with world class players in other positions without having someone to slow games down effects their game alot, but genuinely what options do they have? the market is thin regarding this position and most elite tempo controllers are at clubs that won't sell.