User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers 4/@comment-74.110.108.150-20141121191505/@comment-1359322-20141122002650

Actually i believe Euclid purposely lost to Issei. I mean everything that happens after Euclid's capture is too convenient. Euclid revealing the base of Qlippoth, his replica Boosted Gear gets destroyed etc. It's like its to make people believe that Euclid is completely harmless already.