PSG started the season with a lot of optimism, but they soon stopped to see that anything more than the middle of the standings is a success for this team. Weak play in Paris are the reason for weak status because the Saints are the best guests in the league. Still, the things are improving. Le Guen seems to have managed to recover the team and they started to win at home. They won twice in a row and it immediately reflected on the standings. They leapfrogged to 12th place only three points adrift of the dangerous zone and they must continue playing good at Parc des Princes.
They have the reasons for optimism. Defense is flawless and they haven’t conceded a single goal in the last five matches which is not typical of them. The attack finally started working. Three goals scored in the each of the last two matches in Paris and excellent play of Rothen, Luyindula signal the continuation of PSG’s positive series.
They weren’t brilliant in the last round but defense did their work excellently and took a valuable point from Lens.
They won’t be able to count on Pauleta and Digardo but it seems that have a lot of inspired players that can be quality replacements.
Le Mans managed to take points after four successive losses. Monaco were the losers. They managed to score early , by the middle of the first half and managed to keep the lead till the very end. It was only a matter of time when they will end the series and start marking positive results. Due to the African Cup of Nations they are without some important players: Kouassi, Ndri and Kieta and on the other hand they have several injured ones. Bassa, Loriot, Pele and the best scorer of the team fourth in the league, De Melo are still out of the team.
Very important points were picked up against Monaco and they can continue good play. They need not worry about their status because the players are coming back from Africa and when they are complete they will easily breach to the top. They are a quality team and it takes a miracle for them to be in the dangerous zone.