Frederic Hantz has a lot of defensive problems to deal with as the Corsican side look to host Carlo Ancelotti’s stars in their sixth Ligue 1 game of the season at Stade Armand Cesari
The way they are playing, not many teams would be relishing the prospect of taking the field against Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain. After a few hiccups early on in the Championnat, Les Parisiens have started showing their true colours.
After effectively defeating LOSC Lille just before the international break, PSG beat Troyes and then returned to Champions League in style after defeating Ukrainian giants, Dinamo Kiev 4-1 at home.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the league’s most expensive player, has already racked up five goals in the league which means that the Swede might be making a few more records before the season ends.
And, the prospect of facing one of the most in-form teams in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 is not something Bastia coach, Frederic Hantz is relishing. The Corsicans are not talking about the game with much confidence at all.
12th in the Championnat with six points from five games, Sporting Club de Bastia have made quite a decent start to the campaign after gaining promotion last season.
On paper, everything looks good for the Corsican side. However, things are far more complicated than they appear. The Furiani residents won their opening two games of the Championnat but since then, a string of disappointing results has followed and the
defence is ailing.
After losing to Rennais and AS Saint-Etienne 3-2 and 3-0 respectively, they succumbed to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Evian Thonon-Gaillard. The series of three consecutive defeats saw Bastia concede nine goals which is a disturbing figure that shows that
there is a vast difference between them and the elite of Ligue 1.
And, on Saturday, they play host to a resurgent Paris Saint-Germain side which is aiming to take Ligue 1 by storm this season. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029 but Frederic
Hantz, the coach is not relishing the prospect of marking a man who can change games on his own.
The Frenchman predicts that PSG can score between 3 to 10 goals if Bastia defence plays the way it has done in recent weeks.
“If this is so, it will between three and ten against Paris.”
In the columns of Corse Matin, the coach says that the way his players have defended in their last three games, it won’t be a surprise if they conceded 10 goals.
“I do not see how it can be shocking? We let in three against Rennais, three at home to Saint-Etienne, five against Arles, another three against Evian. So logically, if it’s like that, we can let in between three and ten against Paris. Now I said that and
I hope, of course that this will not be the case.”
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