Week 5 of the Champions League ended with all its flair and excitement resulting in happiness and extreme delight for some teams while other teams saw their European dreams fade away
Week 5 of the 2012/2013 Champions League campaign brought another positive result for Paris Saint-Germain, who have been phenomenal in Europe this season. Lille registered their first win of the competition but sadly, it was too little too late for the club
from Northern http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899. While reigning French champions, Montpellier, saw their debut European campaign come to an end with another defeat on the road.
Dynamo Kyiv 0-2 Paris Saint-Germain
Carlo Ancelotti’s side proved too strong for the Ukrainian champions as they cruised past them with a convincing 2-0 victory in Kyiv. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ezequiel-Lavezzi-c13073 returned from injury in stunning fashion as he scored both goals for his side on Wednesday.
PSG needed to win this game following the shock defeat in their last league games against Rennes, and the Parisiens just proved why they are to be feared in Europe this season.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti is pleased with his players’ response and is hoping to build on from here. The coach is pleased with Paris Saint-Germain performance against Dynamo Kyiv and has expressed his delight over his side’s progress to the next round of the
2012/2013 Champions League campaign.
“The objective was to qualify for the last 16, and we did it. If we end up topping the group, we'll play the return leg of our last-16 tie at home: that's our objective now,” said the 53-year-old.
BATE Borisov 0-2 LOSC Lille
It was the same Lille side that we saw couple of seasons ago but the shame is that they have find their best form too late. Les Dogues are already out of the competition but a place in the Europa League is still up for grab, and that is what the Ligue 1
outfit is now vying for.
Rudi Garcia’s side registered first win of the Champions League, but is still at the bottom of Group F. However, it was an impressive performance from the 2010/2011 champions of France on the road and many are wondering why didn’t they play like that in
the previous games.
The win will help Lille to great extent in their upcoming matches in the league especially in their upcoming match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127. The coach has praised his youngster for the way they played against Borisov on Tuesday and is looking forward
to the upcoming games.
“It was important to score our first Champions League points. On Matchday 1, BATE gave us a hiding and we wanted to strike back. And it was the best possible preparation for our match against Marseille this weekend."
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 2-0 Montpellier
The reigning French champions tried their best but were no match for Arsenal. Montpellier haven’t been in good form this season and the fact that they were playing in their first ever Champions League, they can be forgiven for such a disastrous campaign.
Coach, Rene Girard is disappointed with the result but has stated that he is proud of his players nonetheless.
"We lacked consistency over the 90 minutes. We had a good first half in terms of the football we played and in our aggression even though we lacked a bit if impact in attack but I'm very proud of my players.”
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