Every summer, the expectation about the actions of Paris Saint-Germain in Paris and almost always fall flat on his face, if victory against Bordeaux at the meeting Sunday night show certainly a way to justify the hype surrounding the Prince Park vintage best.
An opening day victory over Saint-Etienne has been brutal and deserved, while last weekend's 0-0 draw against a good team that seems Lille Antoine Kombouare men have much in the spine and will not easy to ride.
Although largely controlled the Champions League encounter against Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday evening Kombouare men can not push off the track a winner. Only a handful of first team on a permanent place in the starting XI, PSG cruise to victory. Peguy Luyindula, who is currently the active leading scorer in Ligue 1 after Mamadou Niang leaving Fenerbahce, and Guillaume Hoarau made of paint.
With a perfect record in competitive football at home on defense, the PSG will be assured of collection points, even if Kombouare may minimize their chances in the media.
Poor Vintage
Bordeaux have not had occasion to consider the European football this term, still irritated by a miserable end of last season that saw the fight on four fronts to fail miserably at each. The shape of the League Girondins was the essential aspect of their campaign to suffer, and the club still feels benefit now.
At Christmas 2009, seemed certainties to claim the title of Ligue 1, the candle immediately clear miles tracker Lille, Montpellier and Marseille, where the impact was so great that eventually settle for a good disappointing sixth - a result unthinkable five months earlier.
No Champions League for financially supporting the team, Jean Tigana has been working mostly with a cracked shell of what was left of Laurent Blanc. A lack of confidence, the players are struggling desperately to find his best form, as the former Monaco and Fulham manager has already recognized.
“Bordeaux haven't got rid of their bad habits of last season. I wasn't there at the time but I've inherited a difficult situation,” Tigana has lamented. “This is a psychological problem.”
If les Girondins are to pinch anything from this encounter, they have to rapidly shed such issues as PSG are presently on the other end of the confidence spectrum.