Lorient 1-1 PSG

By: Thomas | September 28th, 2009

Well, I guess it’s a positive that Hoarau finally scored, that Sessegnon is back, and that we didn’t drop in the table thanks to Monaco’s awfulness. But apart from that, I’m hardly pleased. Take a look at the highlights:

(Nice video, no?)
Yeah, so basically we drew Lorient. And we were outplayed and deserved to draw, unlike last week. Now I don’t want to seem all pessimistic, but am I noticing a deterioration in play? It’s obvious why. Mevlut Erding did wonders for the attack. In our first four games, we scored 10 goals. Since he’s been out, or the last three games, we’ve scored two. Which is pathetic, but it does have an easy solution. Get Mevlut back in action as soon as possible. Than I think we’ll be okay.

This match annoyed me so much (and the streams were bad) that I ended up not paying much attention to it and watching Valenciennes-Marseille, but I still have a few observations. Luyindula better get back into his groove fast or he might not see a single minute when Erding gets back. He was dreadful on Saturday. Missed tons of very easy chances, tried to dribble with his poor ball control, and clearly disappointed is strike partner throughout the evening. Hoarau is definitely improving, Giuly continues to be spectacular, Sessegnon needs to get back into form, and I want Zoumana Camara to come back soon.

To conclude, let’s have some interviews:

Antoine Kombouaré (PSG coach)

“Given the way match unfolded, I think we can be satisfied with the result. It’s a good away point. We didn’t impose our game plan and we suffered a lot in the first half. We made it to half-time 1-1 thanks to a fair slice of good fortune. Our second-half display was very good and we could have won it. We finished the match better than we started it.”

Mamadou Sakho (PSG defender)

“It’s a good point, but we can’t be happy with the way we played. Lorient caused us a lot of problems and we can’t let that happen again. But it’s still a positive result and as of Monday, we’ll be concentrating on next weekend’s visit of Nancy. On Sunday at midday I’ll be at the Jardin d’acclimatation in Paris for the Virades de l’Espoir, to raise awareness about the fight against mucoviscidose. I’d like to invite all our supporters to come and support the cause.”

Guillaume Hoarau (PSG forward)

“I think it’s a good result. But we’ve only got two points from our last three games and that isn’t good – we didn’t play well. There was too big a difference between our performance tonight and that of last weekend against Lyon. We need to claim all three points in this sort of match. We were up against a very good side and we couldn’t get into the game. We still have a long way to go. Lorient caused us big problems in the first half even though we managed to equalise. It’s good for the confidence to have scored, even if I would have preferred not to score and get all three points. We’ve got a bad taste in the mouth about how we played.”

What did you guys think of the match?