http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 and Tito Vilanova, both praised the Parisians for their ensemble cast of footballing superstars, which should propel them to sporting success.
La Blaugrana took on the challenge of Paris Saint Germain in a pre-season friendly fixture. The Catalans had to wait until penalty shootout to claim the bragging rights, as the score read 2-2 at full time.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029 from AC Milan.
The experienced defender shared that PSG will become a force to contend with not only in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899, but also in UEFA Champions League.
"Our opponents should soon rise to power with their new arrivals. The team is capable of doing something in Ligue 1 and also in the Champions League," the defender remarked on his return to first team duties after recovering from a niggling knee injury.
Tito Vilanova had similar views to cast about the Parisians upstarts, who are enjoying the finely brewed footballing wines with the millions of petro-dollars backing them.
Pep Guardiola’s long time assistant opined that PSG only need better team chemistry to earn the titles they crave in the French capital after investing heavily in player acquisitions in the last two transfer windows.
Quizzed about the importance of the match, Vilanova stated that it was a crunch fixture for them as it gave the youngsters to play with the first team. He also hailed the pedigree of PSG, stating that playing against a European rival is always great in pre-season.
"It was an important game for us, because we are in the middle of the pre-season with plenty of young players having joined us," the 42-year-old head coach shared while responding to questions posed by reporters at the post-match press conference.
"The match was also important because we played against a team which will have a great role in Europe. They currently only lack a little cohesion between the players.”
"PSG are not far from success after greatly investing in the last two years."
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