Paris Saint-Germain Vs http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valenciennes-FC-c40865 – French Ligue 1 2011/2012 Preview
Les Galactiques de http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899, Paris Saint-Germain will host Valenciennes FC in a Ligue 1 encounter at the Parc des Princes in a game that has to be a must-win for Antoine Kombouare’s men.
Les Parisiens are still waiting for their first Ligue 1 win of the season after failing to win in the first two weeks of the 2011/2012 Championelle. Last week, PSG drew 1-1 with Stade Rennais and Antoine Kombouare would be looking to turn things around for
the capital club this time when he takes on his former employers.
Pastore to feature
On Thursday, PSG travelled to Luxembourg to play FC Differdange in the first leg of the Europa League playoff. Record Ligue 1 signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Pastore-c18082 made his debut for PSG and was playing in his first professional game since featuring for South American
giants http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390.
The 22-year-old was in great form on his debut and supplied to assists to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jeremy-Menez-c18345 as PSG won 4-0. The young playmaker is likely to make his Ligue 1 debut which is good news for Antoine Kombouare who is desperate to return PSG back to
winning ways.
While talking to the media, Pastore said, “I managed to play full 90 minutes and that was important. But I’ve only been back in training for ten days. I don’t know if I’ll play on Sunday as that’s a decision for the coach to make. I would like to play and
discover my new home stadium.”
With the exception of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130, none of the pre-season favourites have hit the ground running with Lille level on points (one points) with PSG and Marseille with just two points after two games.
Valenciennes
Like PSG, Valenciennes are also on a single point after two games that included a draw at home to Brest and then defeat at the hands of Caen. The 0-0 draw against Stade Brestois was the club’s inaugural game at their new home stadium, Stade http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Du-c11689 Hainaut.
New coach http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-Sanchez-c10062 knows that his side needs to become more of a threat while going forward. Les Athéniens
are the only team in Ligue 1 that have not managed to score a single goal and Sanchez would be desperate to score at least one goal away from home against a PSG side that would definitely give them a few chances to test goalkeeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Salvatore-Sirigu-c32282.
Team News
Paris Saint-Germain
Summer signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luxembourg-c2945 because of an ankle injury. However, Antoine Kombouare has explain that the Brazilian was left behind
following his outburst after being left on the bench in PSG’s 1-1 draw with Stade Rennais last week.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Momo-c26769 Sissoko (match fitness) all miss out the home game.
Valenciennes
And abdominal injury has ruled out striker Vincent Aboubakar while defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rafael-Schmitz-c30387 also misses out due to a back injury.
Predictions
With the return of Javier Pastore to first-team actions, PSG might have a great chance of winning against a Valenciennes side that is still to taste what it feels like to score a goal.
Predicted final score: PSG 2-0 Valenciennes
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