Les Rouge et Bleu quest for the championship heads to Lyon
By: j | April 24th, 2009Paris Saint-Germain’s quest to win the Lique 1 championship continues as Paul Le Guen and company venture to Stade Gerland Friday evening.
Trailing the perennial champion a victory would catapult les Rouge et Bleu to within two points of first-place l’OM and put them in the driver seat for European competition. However for Lyonnais the situation is quite different as the brisk winds of early spring have brought a series of performances below their pedigree. With six matches remaining in the campaign Claude Puel’s side is not only fighting to continue its dominance in the decade but equally avoid falling out of European competition that would have a devastating financial impact on his club.
Paul Le Guen will be without the services of Serbia’s Mateja Kežman, Clément Chantôme and veteran defender Sammy Traoré whist Sidney Govou and César Delgado will miss for l’OL. To be successful in Lyon, PSG’s attack of hometown hero Jérôme Rothen, Stéphane Sessegnon, Ludovic Giuly and Guillaume Hoarau will need to press their hosts without tactical guile whist Claude Makélélé, in what is appearing more and more like his final year playing, will need to keep Karim Benzema under-wraps.
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Good result for PSG, it’s something to build upon. Could be even more important if both Marseille and Bordeaux drop points this week.
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