Comments on: PSG defeats Bordeaux 1-0, match review

By: Super Pibe #7

Super Pibe #7 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:58:37 +0000

Sessegnon on his debut showed that he really could be the spark in midfield which PSG have needed for the past couple of seasons. Hoarau i don’t know what to make of yet. He is clumsy,poor first touch and always seems off balance, but his finishing does look pretty lethal. Must be if he scored 28 goals in 38 games for Le Havre last season in Ligue 2, but really it doesn’t look like he has the strength to succeed in the top flight.

After the last game some PSG fans probably thought ‘ here we go again’, but with livewires like Sessegnon,Chantome,Giuly,Makelele helping the defence and the great combination of Rothen and Armand on the left it does look like they might have a good season. Hopefully Kezman actually shows up for once and they sign another CB(Basa looks unlikely) since Sakho who although is a great youngster makes some costly mistakes. But then again without games Sakho won’t improve, so it’s up to Le Guen to decide whether to have a great CB in the future who at the moment will make mistakes or bring in an experienced CB who will add experience to the defence.

Anyways, this victory will give PSG a lot of confidence.

By: Marco Pantanella

Marco Pantanella — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:29:27 +0000

For anyone interested, I went to the Parc des Princes on Saturday evening and chronicled the impressions I got from the match in post below.
http://www.mcalcio.com/paris-sg-1-0-bordeaux-or-a-tale-on-how-i-went-to-the-parc-des-princes/

By: j

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:50:58 +0000

I appreciate your passion for the teams of your homeland and have been to a number of Partizan and Red Star matches myself. I watch the league on a regular basis online and enjoy the quality of play, the intensity it is played as well as respect for the people of the region. I guess we’ll have to find a way to get some people talking of Serbian Football here now : )

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:13:24 +0000

To be honest, Serbian football is in total decline. If I tried to explain all the reasons and aspects of this decline, I probably wouldn’t suceed. We have quality players, a very solid NT, and a very good potential in our two superpowers, that is Partizan and Red Star. But the reality? Chaos in the NT, horrible infrastructure, horrible football government, abysmal club performances and very very few supporters (there are no more than 3000 supporters at the 55.000 capacity Red Star or 35.000 capacity Partizan stadium at the domestic matches). And whenever there is a glimmer of hope, a talented generation or an ambitious management, it usually blows to pieces before it brings any result. The lack of funds could be the reason, but I would blame the whole football system which is lagging far behind the European standard. Our hope? I’m not really sure. Perhaps the club privatisation would do much. Perhaps, as lame it may sound, succes would come by itself. With all the club debts, player sales, management changes and crime accusations, I assure you that here in Serbia nobody knows for sure what the hell is going on!

About the Superliga, I follow it as much as I can, but the problem is that our national television (which has the rigts to broadcast Superliga and EPL) would rather broadcast an EPL match than any of the Superliga matches. The difference in quality is huge, of course, but if the spectators refuse to watch domestic football both live and on TV because of a multi-million foreign league which WE pay (we all pay for our national television, so we pay the EPL as well), how could we expect our football to stand up ever again?

I’m sorry for the lenght of this comment, I guess I get carried away by my own thoughts and just can’t help it. Anyway, I’ll perhaps be writing at the Serbia WCB, so I hope you’ll be stopping by. And one other thing: you said you follow our football. Now, after this truthfull comment of a disgruntled fan, tell me what do you actually like about it and what do you find interesting to watch?

By: j

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:49:16 +0000

Ahh…Serbia – do you follow much of the Superliga? I try to catch Partizan and Red Star matches online and have even got to a few. I’ve wondered if more people who follow Serbia Football are interested in reading of it in english.

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:22:31 +0000

Well, since I’m a fan and follower of Ligue 1, I’m happy whenever a quality player comes (or comes back, like in the cases of Makelele and Guily), and since I’m also Serbian, of course I’m satisfied whenever a Serbian player comes to Ligue 1 (and at the moment – there are many). I really don’t know what to tell you about Kežman, he is capable of both memorable hights and unthinkable lows in his career. He was stellar at PSV, mediocre with Atletico and now pretty decent with Fenerbahce. He was our hero at the 2006 WC qualifiers, and after that debacle at the tournament itself, he was banished from the national side. I hope he will do good at PSG, it’s a good, ambitious team, and Paris is, oh well, Paris. After living in London and Madrid, he probably misses Western European metropoles – coming to France and Paris might do good for him…

By: j

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:00:11 +0000

Nicolas – thank you for joining-in. Yes, I’ve read that as well, I’m just waiting for confirmation from the clubs. Where would you prefer him to play?

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:12:21 +0000

Congratulations on your first victory!

You might be interested to hear that the Serbian media are claiming Kežman has already arrived in Paris and that his transfer to PSG is a done deal. The price should be around 5 million. I suppose you have already heard about this, but I’d like to be a good news bearer anyway…