On a second look, Vicario played a nonnegligible part in this actually. Kva was clearly baiting him to pass it to Romero and he gladly took the bait, instead of a lob pass to Porro where the margin of error was large enough considering how open Porro was. But then that's the norm with him: Either passes the buck to somebody else or hoofs it up.
A simple half turn to his right would've given Romero a clear angle to make a routine pass to Porro. He instead did an unnatural turn to the centre to allow Kva to cover the passing lane to Porro, which had been the pass all along.
Look how open his right side was. Just turn there.
.. Did this instead. The pass to Porro was still on mind you, especially for a player of his ball playing ability. Just slightly more difficult due to Kva being in a better angle to defend it, and the PSG player running at him.
Started panicking, and eventually decided to pass the buck to Sarr who was smothered before the ball even got to him.
Yeah I know, infinitely easier to sit on your chair and call players out on the decisions that they have to make in real time under mitigating circumstances. But then, like I said, that turn is so unnatural that I cannot get my head around it.
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