Both Coaches Praised Their Players

04. 12. 2006 |  

The head-coach of Paris, Guy Lacombe, did not spare smiles and tried to give the impression of a satisfied man at the official press conference after the match, however when remembering his times of an active forward, we can doubt seriously that he liked the match without goals. "I am satisfied with the result as we remain in the qualification game but I am also satisfied with my players who created more chances than the opponent even if they played one man short. Their performance against the opponent with aggressive playing style was almost heroic in the second half," said the French coach and branded the forwards of Mladá Boleslav as the best in the league which the French journalists took, with smiles on their faces, as a diplomatic reply to a praise of defending activity of Paris SG.
The head-coach of Mladá Boleslav Dušan Uhrin emphasized traditionally that his team had wanted to win and complained untraditionally about lack of good luck. "The match was interesting for the spectators, we played actively for the complete match but it was very difficult for us as the opponent players defended very well. The fact that we did not manage to score from any chance decided. In spite of this, I praise the players for struggling till the end even if three of them played with injuries and completed the match with self-repression. We have missed good luck in termination recently as we continue to create chances but we do not manage to score from them." Uhrin, similarly like his colleague from Paris, did not hide his pleasure in the fact that Mladá Boleslav still remains among the candidates of qualifying. "The positive fact is that we did not concede any goal and that we still can play for qualifying," added Uhrin. Certainly with the awareness that his team must win (in Tel Aviv) after two draws (in Bucharest and against Paris SG) at last in order to qualify.
What are the possibilities of future development in the group G of the UEFA Cup?
Rapid Bucharest has already played all matches and obtained four points for four draws. The team from Bucharest cannot improve anything on its point score and will wait for the results of the final two matches after two weeks. Hapoel Tel Aviv against Mladá Boleslav and Paris Saint Germain against Panathinaikos Athens will play in them. The Greek team has already secured participation in the spring stage of the UEFA Cup with seven points. There are four candidates for the remaining two places. Rapid Bucharest has a chance only if both Mladá Boleslav and Paris Saint Germain lose their last matches.
Mladá Boleslav will qualify only if the team beats Hapoel Tel Aviv. Paris Saint Germain is in the same situation. The strikers in the services of both Mladá Boleslav and Paris Saint Germain must wake up and start scoring in order both teams could fulfil this goal as the scoring balance of Paris Saint Germain and Mladá Boleslav is the worst of the five participants of the group G of the UEFA Cup. It would be sufficient for us if at least the forwards in the Boleslav shirts would start scoring and we will leave the worries about Paris scoring ability to the Paris supporters.