FRANCE: Paris St Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti pleased with PSG but warns Porto are next

Record ID: 860509

  • Title: FRANCE: Paris St Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti pleased with PSG but warns Porto are next
  • Date: 18th September 2012
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (SEPTEMBER 18, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF NEWS CONFERENCE DYNAMO KIEV MANAGER YURIY SYOMIN ARRIVING JOURNALISTS SYOMIN (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) DYNAMO KIEV MANAGER YURIY SYOMIN SAYING: "Of course, Paris Saint Germain is a very good and from now, it's probably the best team we will play against. We didn't do our best, what we could show. I would like to underline the fact we conceded goals on set pieces." JOURNALISTS SYOMIN LEAVING PARIS ST GERMAIN MANAGER CARLO ANCELOTTI ARRIVING ANCELOTTI AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) PSG MANAGER CARLO ANCELOTTI SAYING: "It was important to win this game to stay at the top of this group but we cannot say nothing more because we have to play against Porto next game, it will not be easy." ANCELOTTI ANCELOTTI LEAVING
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  • Country: France
  • Topics: Sports
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  • Story Text: Paris St Germain made a dream start to their Champions League campaign by outclassing visitors Dynamo Kiev 4-1 in Group A on Tuesday (September 18) with Zlatan Ibrahimovic again on the scoresheet.
    The Swede opened the scoring from the penalty spot, Thiago Silva netted on his debut, Alex made it 3-0 just past the half-hour mark and Javier Pastore wrapped up the victory with a fourth in stoppage time to delight the home fans.
    The French club, who have spent over 200 million euros ($261.11 million) on players since being taken over by Qatari investors over a year ago, were never really threatened by the visitors who got a late consolation through Miguel Veloso.
    PSG next visit Porto, who won 2-0 at Dinamo Zagreb, in tow weeks' time and if they put on a similar display Ancelotti's side will be a tough nut to crack, but the Italian was downbeat in his assessment.

    "It was important to win this game to stay at the top of this group but we cannot say nothing more because we have to play against Porto next game, it will not be easy," Ancelotti told a news conference.
    His Kiev counterpart Yuri Semin, who was fuming, added: "Of course, Paris Saint Germain is a very good and from now, it's probably the best team we will play against. We didn't do our best. I would like to underline the fact we conceded goals on set pieces."
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