PSG in the USA & Canada (International Champions Cup)

Discussion in 'Paris Saint Germain' started by SportBoy333, Apr 28, 2015.

  1. Pandore

    Pandore Member+

    Jun 24, 2014
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    To be fair, the real disrespect towards PSG fans would be to play the international players before they're ready and have them get injured before the season starts.

    If anything, I'd feel disrespected if Blanc played all the superstars in a meaningless friendly instead of giving time to our young players who need time to prove themselves.

    But at the same time, I would be annoyed too if for some reason it seemed as if all the big players would participate. That's not the club's fault though.
     
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  2. Vulpinous

    Vulpinous Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 15, 2007
    Jersey Shore
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Anyone have the times of their next couple practices?
     
  3. Vulpinous

    Vulpinous Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 15, 2007
    Jersey Shore
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    I met Gregory! image.jpg
     
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  4. guignol

    guignol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 28, 2005
    mermoz-les-boss
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    i doubt they could have just come back on thursday - except for copa america players everyone in every club in france was in camp in week 28. the trophée des champions is in 2 weeks and the season starts in 3!

    well, usually there's at least a token representation of the stars but in matches like this it's usually the others that are more interesting to watch. i went to chelsea-club america at stanford a few years ago and the first half (with chelsea's stars) was as dull as dishwater, just horrible. the second half was flo malouda's first appearance for CFC and he lit it up.

    the fans at games like this consist of three layers - on top those who follow the clubs playing and know all the players, on the bottom the subcasual soccer likers who know none of the players. for these two groups a better show is put on by the players who have something to prove... that's even kind of true for the middle layer who knows the stars and only the stars.

    i was at OL-AC Milan saturday; lyon played grosso modo their best lineup for 60 minutes, but only because it was in our own stadium, the one "gala" pre-season match. i doubt the people in london next week will see the same.

    the fans in the stadium saturday were an irregular mishmash: numerous people in my section were surprised not to sit in the exact seats on their ticket, and moreso by the fact that they wouldn't be sitting at all, that they'd have to stand all game. some instantly got into synch (even if they didn't know the words _ there were a lot of tourists), others remained grumpy and probably wished they'd sold their tickets. lots of jerseys you'd otherwise NEVER see - some milan but also brazil, MU, bayern... even inter and juve! people who just wanted to see a game while on vacation and didn't care who it was.
     
  5. Pandore

    Pandore Member+

    Jun 24, 2014
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Monday 20 July 2015 - Pingry High School - New Jersey (USA)
    16:30 (22:30 CET): Press Conference with Laurent Blanc and a player
    17:30 (23:30 CET): Training closed to public and media

    Tuesday 21 July 2015 - Harrison - New Jersey (USA)
    20:30 (02:30 CET): Paris Saint-Germain vs Fiorentina
    Red Bull Arena
    International Champions Cup 2015 - Matchday 2

    Wednesday 22 July 2015 - Pingry High School - New Jersey (USA)
    Training closed to public and media

    Thursday 23 July 2015 - Pingry High School - New Jersey (USA)
    17:00 (23:00 CET): Training open to the media

    Friday 24 July 2015 - Pingry High School - New Jersey (USA)
    16:30 (22:30 CET): Press Conference with Laurent Blanc and a player
    17:30 (23:30 CET): Training closed to public and media

    Saturday 25 July 2015 - Charlotte - North Carolina (USA)
    18:00 (00:00 CET): Chelsea vs Paris Saint-Germain
    Bank of America Stadium
    International Champions Cup 2015 - Matchday 3

    Sunday 26 July 2015 - Pingry High School - New Jersey (USA)
    10:30 (16:30 CET): Training open to the media
     
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  6. Pandore

    Pandore Member+

    Jun 24, 2014
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    @guignol, the internationals did just come back on wednesday...
     
  7. LKSisSexy

    LKSisSexy Member

    Mar 19, 2010
    Silva and Marquinhos returned today
     
  8. LKSisSexy

    LKSisSexy Member

    Mar 19, 2010
    2-0 HT. Team is playing good. Ibra is dropping deep and distributing. I guess he'll be doing more of that this season since Cavani will play CF. Augustin keeps scoring
     
  9. Pandore

    Pandore Member+

    Jun 24, 2014
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Augustin has done wonderfully so far this preseason.

    Nothing Trapp could do about the goal from a few minutes ago
     
  10. Pandore

    Pandore Member+

    Jun 24, 2014
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
  11. LKSisSexy

    LKSisSexy Member

    Mar 19, 2010
    4-2 FT. Good game I thought. The youngsters impresses
     
  12. lefutur

    lefutur Member+

    Sep 2, 2004
    Brooklyn, NY US
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    I was at the game with my friend who got me a free ticket due to the season passes he has at Red Bull Arena. Entertaining game I thought although almost all the goals were scored at the opposite end from where we were sitting, except for Ibra's score.

    Here's Sirigu lounging around before he came on in the second half.
    image.jpg
     
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  13. guignol

    guignol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 28, 2005
    mermoz-les-boss
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    say, are you going to the trophée des champions? montreal's not that far!
     
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  14. Dom. FC

    Dom. FC Member+

    May 10, 2004
    Central US
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  15. lefutur

    lefutur Member+

    Sep 2, 2004
    Brooklyn, NY US
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    I'd like to but I dont really have the time or the budget at the moment.
     
  16. Dom. FC

    Dom. FC Member+

    May 10, 2004
    Central US
    Next stop Charlotte North Carolina on Saturday, Chelsea just got a 4 - 2 haircut in New York, PSG fans need to sing/hum the Champions' League theme song.
     
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  17. Pandore

    Pandore Member+

    Jun 24, 2014
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Seeing the Chelsea players say hello to Zlatan in the tunnel is hilarious. :laugh:

    Such fake pricks.
     
  18. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Aurier as a CB? Why?

    Stambouli starting in Mottas natural position, DM. Lol

    Augustine is a really promising player, juked Terry out his chiropractic shoes.
     
  19. Pandore

    Pandore Member+

    Jun 24, 2014
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Apparently Blanc is still traumatized by the reaction to him playing TS during that friendly last summer.

    I'm sure TS and/or Marqui will come on at some point
     
  20. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Need more of that from Lucas this season. Hopefully he can stay healthy.
     
  21. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Lol Lucas and Marco fishing for PK calls.

    Stambouli with a nice cross into Marco.
     
  22. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Augustine already better than Ongenda :D
     
  23. LKSisSexy

    LKSisSexy Member

    Mar 19, 2010
    Very nice half. Lucas running riot
     
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  24. Pandore

    Pandore Member+

    Jun 24, 2014
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    So happy to see Lucas playing so well
     
  25. Pandore

    Pandore Member+

    Jun 24, 2014
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    I really can't stand Rabiot's attitude
     

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