Marseille 1-1 Paris SG, the classico videos….

Hands down the best first fourty-five minutes of the season. Of any game. Both teams offered us great displays of initiative and enthusiasm. Samir Nasri played his worst game of the season, still not physically fit. Let’s see if his preparation with the Bleus will help him be better. He showed skills but was not able to outplay people because his leg apparently still hurts. Karim Ziani is still not playing like he was in Sochaux. But Lorik Cana showed he can be both the captain of the team, the most booed player on the pitch (Cana has been a youth player for Paris and left after a bitter divorce) and play like a world-class player. Steve Mandanda seems to be able to remain ice cold under pressure. He just doesn’t seem to panic. He’s so calm and collected even his teammates are astonished. Raymond Domenech was here and seemed pleased to see that Landreau is in top shape for the Italy game next week. Djibril Cissé was good enough to embarass the national team manager. So was Jérome Rothen. Mamadou Niang was not kept on the pitch long enough to have much more impact than he has already, but his left leg seems to be a concern for us still. Modeste Mbami had no business playing tonight and Benoit Cheyrou’s spot must now be garanteed in Albert Emon’s mind. Let’s just hope the disappointment of the failed Birmingham move was the reason for his phantomatic performance.
What we can take from this game is that both Marseille and Paris are not where they should be. These two teams showed everyone that once their internal problems are taken care of, they’ll be forces to be reckoned with. I thought the game would be closed and claustrophobic but I couldn’t have been further from the truth. A very pleasant opposition that surely had Frédéric Thiriez (The president of the french professional league now renegociating for the rights of the Ligue 1 with longtime partners Canal+) curling his signature moustache.
Matt Moussilou didn’t prove us wrong nor right. The guy is still an enigma. We don’t know how good he can be alongside Djibril Cissé. We’ll have to wait some more. He seemed a little too cocky yesterday morning saying he wanted to become the second offensive solution of the team after Djibril Cissé. Overlooking Salim Arrache is fine but Mamadou Niang showed how much we needed him when he came back against Caen.
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Category: French Ligue 1

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