Articles by: Ross

Paris Saint-Germain v Valencia: Champions League Preview

Paris Saint-Germain v Valencia: Champions League Preview

Paris Saint-Germain are on the cusp of their first Champions League quarter-final in 18 years as they host Spanish stalwarts Valencia at the Parc des Princes this evening. Leading 2-1 on aggregate, Carlo Ancelotti will be fully aware that the emphasis will be on Los Che to attack, needing at [...]

Salivating over record-breaking Salvatore

Salivating over record-breaking Salvatore

Paris Saint-Germain’s Italian stalwart Salvatore Sirigu made history on Sunday night by exceeding Bernard Lama’s club record for minutes without conceding a goal. The Italian needed just 12 more minutes to keep the ball out of the onion bag at the start of play, and with his peers bossing the [...]

Dynamite PSG Blow Zagreb Out Of The Water

Dynamite PSG Blow Zagreb Out Of The Water

Paris Saint-Germain are now just a point away from qualifying for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League after drubbing Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 thanks to an inspired Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Goals from Alex, Blaise Matuidi, Jeremy Menez and Guillaume Hoarau sealed the points in game of two halves [...]

Dynamic PSG too much for Dinamo in Zagreb

Dynamic PSG too much for Dinamo in Zagreb

Paris Saint-Germain ended their away-day blues in Europe with a more than comfortable 2-0 win away to Dinamo Zagreb. Goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jeremy Menez in the first half were enough to end a 10-game winless streak away from home in European competition and consolidate second place in Group [...]

Marco Verratti an indispensable part of the PSG puzzle

Marco Verratti an indispensable part of the PSG puzzle

After an eight year absence from Europe’s top competition Paris Saint-Germain’s win against Kyiv made it look like they had never been away. One player pulling the strings this season has been 19-year old Marco Veratti, the Italian has impressed everyone and continued to excel on his Champions League debut. [...]

Could Bordeaux be dark horses for the top three?

Could Bordeaux be dark horses for the top three?

Bordeaux are tipped by many people to be the dark horses this season at getting into that elusive top-three and they are already consolidating that belief after a fantastic start to the season. Holding Paris Saint-Germain to a goalless draw in the capital at the weekend has received appraisal all [...]

France v England – The Preview

France v England – The Preview

by Ross Mackiewicz Tomorrow afternoon Les Bleus kick-off their Euro 2012 assault with a rendezvous with Roy Hodgson’s England in a repeat of the Group B clash eight years ago in Lisbon. On that night, Zinedine Zidane inspired Les Bleus in the dyeing embers of the game to snatch the [...]

Whole Motta Love needed for Italy in Group C

Whole Motta Love needed for Italy in Group C

We continue our look at some of the Ligue 1 stars hoping to make an impact this summer. PSG fan Ross Mackiewicz gives us the inside scoop on midfield general Thiago Motta and where he fits into the Azzuri’s plans. Thiago Motta may not be one of the more spectacular [...]