Paris Saint-Germain advance to face Dynamo Kyiv
By: j | March 20th, 2009With 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 Parc des Princes and with a challenging domestic schedule ahead Paul Le Guen faced a number of difficult lineup decisions. With a crucial match against Toulouse this Sunday, Claude Makélélé, Guillaume Hoarau, Ceará and Jérôme Rothen were out of the starting eleven and Mateja Kežman and Péguy Luyindula were paired up top for PSG. However the overwhelming run of play came from the home side who will rue their many missed opportunities and should have come out with the victory if finishing wasn’t lacking. After forcing Mickaël Landreau into a number of top-self saves the match was decided with nine minutes remaining as Clément Chantôme’s free-kick was headed into the net by Guillaume Hoarau, who had entered the match four minutes earlier, to give Paris Saint-Germain the lone goal of the two legs. Yet the match was far from decided as Braga threatened to bring the match level on a number of occasions as time would down including César Peixoto and Luis Aguiar’s notable efforts. However “close” was as good as it would get and PSG would return home with the 1-0 triumph.
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Damn j, you seem to cover every other club here at The Offside!
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Yevy, also don’t forget the NT’s…
I find it interesting that one of the finalists will come from England/Germany/Italy, and the other finalist from France/Ukraine. That means I’ll definetely have a finalist to support, whether it would be PSG, Marseille, Dynamo or Shahtar. An excellent draw, really.
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lol @ Yevy’s comment
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