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Claude Makélélé is not retiring
By: j |Following the Toulouse loss Claude Makélélé made his way across the Pyrénées to Madrid for a few days off with the approval of Paul Le Guen. During the time he spoke with Spanish news source AS resulting in a number of controversial comments. Per the article the Parisian captain was quoted as saying he plans [...]
Guillaume Hoarau stands for Les Bleus with pride
By: j |With Nicolas Anelka out Guillaume Hoarau has finally received his long overdue call-up to Raymond Domenech’s Les Bleus. The twenty-five year-old striker joins André-Pierre Gignac, Cédric Carrasso and Adil Rami in their introduction to representing France in international competition.
Reflecting on a day trip to Disneyland® Paris with former Le Havre team-mates Lassana Diarra and Steve [...]
Defending problems for Paris Saint-Germain
By: j |Following two successive losses the international break couldn’t come at a better time for Paris Saint-Germain. Exhausted from the demands of play, the lack of bench depth has been a telling story for les Rouge et Bleu and as evidenced by this past weekends loss to Toulouse, they are becoming prone to mental errors.
While Le [...]
Paris Saint-Germain breaks down losing 4-1 to Toulouse
By: j |In a complete break down, Paris Saint-Germain showed little of the form they have played with this year and effectively channeled last years relegation threatened side as they fell 4-1 to Toulouse. The loss sends les Rouge et Bleu free-falling to sixth in the packed Ligue 1 table.
While the celebratory mood is naturally overflowing in [...]
Paris Saint-Germain v Toulouse match preview
By: j |With the top spot of Ligue 1 up for grabs, Paris Saint-Germain travel south-west to face Toulouse Sunday evening. For the Parisians the remarkable campaign that started with an eye towards honour and restoring pride for la Ville-Lumière’s team has turned to thoughts of hoisting trophies. On the European front although les Rouge et Bleu [...]
Paris Saint-Germain advance to face Dynamo Kyiv
By: j |With an efficient 1-0 victory over SC Braga, Paris Saint-Germain advance to the next stage of the UEFA Cup and will face Dynamo Kyiv. Should les Rouge et Bleu advance past the Ukraine powerhouse they could end up facing l’OM who have drawn Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Parisians visit to Portugal followed an uneasy scoreless draw at [...]
a painful loss for Parisians
By: j |Possibly the most accurate commentary of the match came early Monday morning at the little newsstand that I buy the daily’s from. Just off the Champs-Élysées, the same gentleman has been working their long before these flecks of grey made there way across my temples and his own animated way he talked of how the [...]
SC Braga holds PSG to scoreless draw
By: j |With an eye towards Le Classique against l’OM this Sunday at Parc des Prince, Paris Saint-Germain gave up an important advantage in the UEFA Cup as they played Sporting Clube de Braga to scoreless draw at Parc des Princes.
Paul Le Guen was able to field a top-shelf starting eleven that included Claude Makélélé and Stéphane [...]
classico
By: j |Looking back now, some eight months ago when I started writing this blog on Paris Saint-Germain, things were quite different weren’t they. While political leaders around the world who were gridlocked without foresight referred to a possible “economic slowdown” in the future, supporters of les Rouge et Bleu never would have imagined that the March [...]
PSG welcomes Sporting Clube de Braga
By: j |It seems rather secondary now but with la Ville-Lumière brimming with excitement for Sunday evenings classico against l’OM, they additionally welcome Sporting Clube de Braga in UEFA Cup action later today.
There is no reason to deny it but given Paris Saint-Germain’s laissez-faire approach in advancing in the UEFA Cup they are very fortunate to be [...]






