Monaco Hold PSG To 1-1 Draw

At Fontvieille, Monaco:


In Saturday Ligue 1 action, Mevlut Erding's equalizer at 51 minutes lifted Paris Saint-Germain  to a 1-1 home  draw with AS Monaco.  Adriano scored at 24 points for the hosts.

Monaco Prevent PSG From Moving To Top Of Ligue 1 Standings

At Paris:

Sebastien Puygrenier (32') and Daniel Niculae (88') each tallied once as AS Monaco gained a Saturday 2-2 road draw with Paris Saint-Germian, keeping the hosts from moving atop the Ligue 1 standings.  Anderson Luiz de Carvalho Nene (40', 52') provided both of PSG's goals.

AC Monaco Pull Out Late Win Over PSG

At Monaco:

Chu-Young Park (86') and Nene (89') provided the late scoring as AS Monaco handed Paris Saint Germain their first defeat of the Ligue 1 season, 2-0 at home on Sunday.

Lyon Cap First League/Cup Double On Overtime Tally

At Paris:

Sidney Govou scored the only goal of the match (102') to pace Lyon to a 1-0 Coupe de France final victory over PSG on Saturday to register their first ever domestic league and cup double.

Lyon had to wait for the 102nd minute to see winger Govou collect a Karim Benzema cross and score with a powerful shot from inside the box to give them further cause for celebration a week after they sealed their seventh successive league title. PSG, chasing a double of their own after winning the French League Cup, had the better chances in the game at the Stade de France but failed to lift the trophy for the eighth time.

Lyon, who looked rusty and short of ideas until Govou gave them victory, had been waiting for a Cup triumph since winning the competition for the third time in 1973.

"We're ever so happy because it's been such a long season and we had waiting for this for years," Govou told reporters.

Lyon won their seventh straight Ligue 1 crown last week, while PSG, who earlier this year won the League Cup crown, barely avoided relegation again this season.

PSG Soap Opera: In The Top Flight For Another Year

At Sochaux, France:

Amara Diane's double (22', 83') enabled PSG to defeat hosts FC Sochaux 2-1 to secure another season in Ligue 1:

Diane opened the scoring in the 22nd minute and a battling performance from the capital club kept Sochaux at bay until Guirane N'Daw headed home in the 73rd minute.

But Diane fired home his second to ensure PSG escaped the drop by the skin of their teeth for a second successive season.

Pedro Pauleta should have signed off from Ligue 1 in style as he came close to firing his side into the lead with a well worked free-kick, but his effort hit the wall.

The folks at PSG had better be sure not to get into still another relegation battle next season or it may come back and bite them in the posterior section. Congratulations.

PSG Soap Opera: Out Of Relegation Zone

At Paris:

Johnny Clement's equalizer on 59 minutes lifted PSG to a 1-1 home draw with St. Etienne to climb to 16th place in Ligue 1 on Saturday:

Clement's strike cancelled out Loic Perrin's opener for the visitors on the stroke of half-time.

With relegation rivals Lens and Toulouse both losing, PSG vault above them out of the bottom three and are now a point clear of the drop zone heading into their last game, against Sochaux next Saturday.

The result means St Etienne drop to sixth, a point behind Lille in the race for the final UEFA Cup place.

Should PSG drop down from the top flight, Paris would be left as the only major European capital city without a top-flight soccer club.

PSG Soap Opera: A Spot In The Coupe de France---And Teargas

At Amiens, France:

Relegation-threatened PSG needed a late goal on the road advance on Tuesday to the French Cup final.

And that's not all that happened:

he match was interrupted after just over 30 minutes when teargas was sprayed from a section of the stands filled with PSG fans. It resumed after a 10-minute break.

PSG, which is currently going through a tough relegation battle again this season will play the winner of Wednesday semifinal between defending Ligue 1 champs Lyon and Ligue 2 club Sedan.

The final will be played in Paris on May 24.

PSG Soap Opera: Banned From Next Season's League Cup

More problems for Paris Saint Germain:

PSG, already in the Ligue 1 relegation zone, could have been punished with a points deduction. Instead, they remain on 38 points and 18th in the 20-team top flight.
The banner was briefly unfolded after the interval of the final on March 29, which PSG won 2-1 against northern club Racing Lens. It referred to a film about the life of the Ch'tis, a nickname for the people of northern France, which is breaking box offices records in France.
It read: 'Paedophiles, unemployed, inbred: welcome chez les Ch'tis.'

PSG Soap Opera Continues

Right, pal, blame everyone but yourself....

'If we have reached that point, it's perhaps because of the chairman, it's perhaps because of the coach, it's a lot because of the players,' he told a news conference a day after announcing his resignation.
'I'm angry with the players because they played the first part of the season gripped by fear.
'It's hard to play in Paris because of the pressure but when you play in Paris you are not allowed to be scared,' he added.
'I told them so on Monday. I also told them that nobody is asking them to love each other but that I ask them to present a united front because today the destiny of the club is at their feet.'

Anyhow, this relegation-threatened club named a new president on Wednesday.

PSG Soap Opera Continues

More proplems for PSG:

'Alain Cayzac has decided to hand his resignation to the board of directors, who will meet in the next few weeks,' the club said in a statement.
'Paul Le Guen, whose motivation and energy are intact, has been confirmed in his duties,' it said of the coach.

As mentioned on this blog, PSG lost this past weekend 3-0 to Caen