Do you think PSG would still win the League with Dani Alves as goalie every single match?

Alfred Yip

Since July 2017, MVW in 18 topics, Quora's No. 1 Arsenal fan

3w ago

No.

Dani Alves went in goal against Sochaux because Kevin Trapp was sent off in the closing minutes of the Coupe de France match.

Luckily, he didn't concede goals when performing his duties. But still, it doesn’t mean that he’s good at goalkeeping.

Alves is an outfield player who plays as a right-back. If he becomes a goalkeeper, PSG will eventually lose these fixtures as he’s not trained to do so.

And I still don’t understand why he was assigned the task. Emery should have asked a player who’s taller than the Brazilian to do so, as height is his disadvantage (he’s 1.72m only).

All in all, Alves can be a goalkeeper when Emery is out of goalkeeping options (like what happened this time). But if the Spaniard decided to develop him as a regular, it would turn out to be something wrong and cost the team points.

Alfred

James Cook Ródenas

Half American + Half Spaniard = 100% Lost

3w ago

Obviously the idea is that PSG would receive more goals, and teammates would be less confident of their keeper.

But who knows, what if Alves is actually a good keeper, just that he is a far better RB?

Maybe Emery plays with 5 defenders instead, etc.

Anyways… I’d still bet that PSG would win the league. :P

William Reid

Played 11 a side football since 1992

3w ago

The best way to judge this is how many shots on target to opposition teams get against PSG?

I’m basing this answer on Bayern last season, essentially they still would have won the league even if they conceded all the shots they had on target against them.

Unable to find those stats but if you look at their goalkeeper Alphonse Aréola:

He makes on average 1.41 saves per game this season:

Therefore, with Dani Alves in goal you reckon he wouldn’t make the majority of those saves, so PSG would concede at least one additional goal every game.

So far this season PSG have drawn two league games and won 5 games by a one goal margin.

PSG would have dropped 16 points if these conceded an additional goal in these games.

Losing those points would mean the current league table would be as follows:

Marseille 51pts

Monaco 50pts

Lyon 48pts

PSG 46pts

So PSG would only be 5 points behind, there is a good chance they could still win the league, but it would be a tough ask….

TL:DR PSG would concede at least an extra goal every game but could still have a good chance of winning the league

Dale Turley

Database Administrator (2005-present)

3w ago

PSG in Ligue 1 is the equivalent of Manchester United playing in League One in the UK. Every year. So, probably yes.

If you look at PSG’s most recent matches their opposition has had either 3 or 4 shots on target to their 12+.

Alexandru Mihai

studied at Colegiul National "Alexandru D. Ghica"

3w ago

Andreas Simamora

Theology enthusiast, history lover, football gamer

3w ago

Of course. As long they’re using posession tactic.