PSG cant find winning strike against Man City
By: j | December 3rd, 2008
In a superb showing, PSG, fought Man City to a nil draw at Eastlands. While the Parisian opening lineup was without Ludovic Giuly, Guillaume Hoarau, Stéphane Sessegnon and Clément Chantôme they showed extraordinary resolve and in-truth were clearly the dominant side with the English foes lucky to escape with draw.
Mark Hughes side started as the aggressor but squandered a number of glorious opportunities with either inefficient finishing or the match-saving work of PSG ‘keeper Mickaël Landreau. England U21 Daniel Sturridge created a number of openings but failed with the final touch twice in the first fifteen minutes and Darius Vassell had a perfect scoring chance drift wide, although he was called curiously offside. As Man City’s efforts fell short the Parisians grew in confidence with Serbian veteran Mateja Kežman in a brilliant display of leadership that defies simple statistics. Following the break, PSG kept the opposition on the back heels with the final twenty-five minutes a story of a perplexing inability not to finish the match off and the work of Joe Hart saving the day for Man City.
PSG’s hopes for continuing in the UEFA Cup will come down to the final match as the club is tied with Racing Santander at two points. They will need to defeat Twente with the Spanish side not victorious against Man City.
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This was one of the games that was simultaneously heartening and heartbreaking. Heartening because PSG had a fantastic second half and played with heart against a City side that seemed to be just going through the motions. Heartbreaking because they really deserved the win. Next time Luyindula needs to bring his accuracy boots — I think they must have been lost by the airline.
And I was also very impressed by Kezman, starting about the time stared down somebody (Dunne?) and showed that he couldn’t be pushed around. How long is he in Paris on loan? Are they looking to buy him?
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Laurie, thank you for dropping by and I’m glad you were able to watch the match.
I agree with you, PSG played with heart and were in position to win. Although disappointing that they couldn’t get the winning strike, it is something to build up.
As far as Mateja, I hope that Paul Le Guen realizes what he has and uses him appropriately. I think half of my previews and have mentioned him and he should be a fixture in the lineup. Regarding his loan, it is to the end of the year and there has been no comments yet on whether they will ante up after.
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