Their UEFA Champions League campaign too was forgivable as they had overcome Chelsea in the Round-of-16 and bowed out to an unstoppable Barcelona in the quarterfinals wherein they had missed key players like Thiago Silva, Marco Verratti in each of the legs. While the attack is through the centre, the midfield trio stays compact and denies any space for the opposition to be able to penetrate through the middle. At the same time, however, uncompetitive a league could be, it is also important to understand how a team inside France hasn’t been able to defeat Les Parisiens for the entire season thus far. It is no secret that Ibrahimovic is one of the best finishers in the game but Blanc has been able to deploy him as the referral point in the attack by utilizing his strong physical presence, ability to hold the ball under pressure, spreading the play in midfield and even create chances.   Â. PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain fired coach Laurent Blanc on Monday, only months after he signed a new two-year contract. They got married eventually, together they have three amazing children, Davy, Alex and Clement, their youngest is 12, the eldest is now 21. PSG boss Laurent Blanc says the transfer bans to both Real Madrid and Atletico will shock him if the clubs' respective appeals to FIFA should fail. They are responsible for ball distribution/switching the play, screening the defence on the counter and playing out from the back along with the center backs while under pressure. Without giving details, PSG said talks led to an agreement, … The below picture allows us to compare how the team has transformed over the course of the 2 seasons:Â, Having played alongside the likes of Luis Enrique and Pep Guardiola, there seems to be an evident influence of the two in the Frenchman. The midfield trio of Verratti, Motta and Matuidi tend to sit deep and dictate play than creating chances (due to the nature of the central midfielders in the team, system demands making plays from front three who are more diligent in that). Paris Saint-Germain have parted company with their manager Laurent Blanc.. Blanc, 50, failed to guide PSG past the quarter-final of the Champions League last season and has paid the … The 50-year-old has overseen back-to-back Ligue 1 titles at PSG, with the club on course to win again. While Verratti stays ahead of the final third, provides occasional long balls to runs made by front three and acts as the ball holder of the team, the role Matuidi is box-to-box. Blanc has unleashed Di Maria’s creative masterclass by allowing him to tuck in from the right wing into pockets of space in the central area of the final third. Unai Emery tells Sevilla he wants to leave amid rumours of PSG move … Il grandit à Rousson, petit village du Gard au pied des Cévennes où Gilbert est salarié de Rhône-Poulenc, à dix kilomètres d'Alès. Bordeaux won the final 11 league matches of the 2008–09 Ligue 1 season, setting a new French record for consecutive wins, to clinch the Ligue 1 title three points clear of Olympique de Marseille. With the way things have shaped up for Les Parisians, there is no doubt that a lot of planning has gone into the project and the team has been built gradually with a long-term objective which is to become a European superpower. What has gone unnoticed under Laurent Blanc is everything but the financial strength that the French Capital possesses. PSG's Champions League quarter-final exit to Manchester City paved the way for Blanc's eventual departure, Unai Emery, who has won three Europa League titles with Sevilla, is set to succeed Blanc in the French capital. Laurent Blanc’s agent has confirmed that the Paris Saint-Germain coach will leave the club by the end of the week. An in-depth look into how Laurent Blanc has transformed PSG. Blanc has deployed the traditional 4-3-3 formation which is very similar to that of Barcelona under Pep as well as Enrique. The former French World Cup winner is going through the final discussions over his departure from the Parc des Princes, his agent Jean Pierre Bernes confirmed on Monday. Le père est fan de football et joue pendant seize ans à l'Olympique alésien en tant qu'amateur de deuxième division. Â. Forget gut instinct, clubs can now use ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE to identify the perfect transfer... and it... Sam Allardyce set to be handed six-month contract at West Brom with a mission to keep them up as Slaven... Harry Kane must be 'FRUSTRATED' with his new role in Tottenham's attack, claims Michael Owen as former... 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He also leads the assists chart in the 2015-16 Ligue 1 with 11 to his tally while Ibrahimovic is at far second in the chart with 8 assists.      Players in: Angel Di Maria (Winger), Kevin Trapp (Goalkeeper), Stambouli (Central midfielder),      Players out: Ezequiel Lavezzi (Winger), Mory Diaw (Goalkeeper), Mike Maignan (Goalkeeper) Yohan Cabaye (Central midfielder)Â, Angel Di Maria was the marquee signing for the summer and it has already proven to be one of the best signings for PSG in the last 4 years. 4. Kevin Trapp has been a superb signing thus far and in truth, Sirigu has been ousted out of the starting eleven.While Digne has been sent out on loan and they have brought in Kurzawa as the cover for Maxwell at left back.Â, So to summarise, Blanc has not just addressed reinforcements to build a star-studded lineup but the signings have made the squad much stronger, younger and motivated. 2. Laurent Blanc indicates that he won’t coach professionally again Speaking in an interview with TF1, ex-PSG and France boss Laurent Blanc appeared to indicate that he would not be coaching professionally again, having held his last position four years ago when he exited the Paris club … While an invincible season in Ligue 1 is also on the cards, the UEFA Champions league tie is still absolutely open despite the 2-1 victory at home against Chelsea. Laurent Robert Blanc - Paris Saint-Germain, Girondins Bordeaux, Manchester United, Inter, Olympique Marseille, FC Barcelona, AJ Auxerre, AS Saint-Étienne, Nîmes Olympique, SSC Napoli, Montpellier … His second Ligue 1 season was extremely successful. Players who had come in were direct replacements for players who had left in terms of position and were also younger, better quality and thus were of a much-needed rejuvenation to the squad. Without giving details, PSG said talks led to an agreement, … As the trio becomes more compact, the wingers then go a bit wider than their original positions for minimum protection. Akin to Di Maria, Cavani also is allowed to drift towards the centre and he plays to his strengths by trying to run in behind the defence and being available in dangerous areas inside the box. Motta positions himself in between the centre-backs to form a back three (similar to Busquets in Barcelona). Laurent Blanc. Champions League: Who have the English teams drawn in Round of 16? Blanc’s men have a 4-5-1 defending shape with Ibrahimovic being the lone forward up front and the midfield trio generally staying deep to protect the back four. For his first season on the bench, he led the club to second place in Ligue 1 and won the Manager of the Year award. Bordeaux also won the 2008–09 Coupe de la … PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain fired coach Laurent Blanc on Monday, only months after he signed a new two-year contract. Every department of PSG seems to have undergone a revelation and they look nothing less than a formidable side in Europe today. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Note that these are figures similar to that of players like Sergio Busquets, Toni Kroos or say, Xabi Alonso. PARIS -- Paris Saint-Germain fired coach Laurent Blanc on Monday, only months after he signed a new two-year contract. Laurent Blanc expresses his satisfaction with Paris Saint-Germain's 4-0 crushing of Lorient. PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain fired coach Laurent Blanc on Monday, only months after he signed a new two-year contract. You can find Laurent on Facebook here. Providing width while on the attack, totally depends on the fullbacks and they always remain an outlet for crosses from the wings into the danger area to connect with Ibrahimovic and Cavani, being the serious aerial threats they are. While the 2013-14 season turned out to be a much successful one winning 3 trophies out of the 5 they competed, let us look at some the transfers for the 2014-15 season:      Players in: David Luiz(Centre-back) and Serge Aurier (Right-back) loaned in and eventually made permanent in 2015-16,       Players out: Alex (Centre-back) and Jallet (Right-back). Menez too was allowed to leave as they had enough options up front in Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Lavezzi, Lucas and Pastore (occasionally played up front). As we speak today, it is of no doubt that PSG have absolutely conquered French football and their next milestone would only be the UEFA Champions League. Trois mois après son licenciement du PSG, Le Parisien-Aujourd’hui-en-France fait le point sur la situation de Laurent Blanc. Without Club Last position: Manager Paris Saint-Germain Date left: Jun 22, 2016 Former player: Last club : … Blanc's departure from the Parisian giants has seemed inevitable since he failed to secure a passage for his team past the quarter-finals of the Champions League. This forces the opposition to go out wide to try unlocking PSG’s defense while once the ball goes out wide, the full backs are again supported by their corresponding central midfielders.Â, All said and done, PSG’s season is likely to be judged only based on their performance in Europe as they have already achieved a quadruple last season and on course to achieve yet another one this campaign. PSG manager Laurent Blanc is arguably the most underrated manager in Europe. The move seems to have worked wonders for Blanc’s men as the Argentine has been the creator, racking up almost 65 chances in 20 appearances in the league competition. An aging Ezequiel Lavezzi and the lack of creativity in the final third were probably the reasons behind this signing and there is no doubt that the Argentine has arguably been the best player of the season thus far for PSG. The above picture is from the game against Monaco where the Parisians triumphed 0-3 and this shows how Ibrahimovic drops deep to help the central midfielders as the Swede completed a staggering 65 passes at a pass completion rate of 89%. The match winner scored by Cavani against Chelsea in the first leg of the Round-of-16 tie in the UEFA Champions League is arguably the best example that showed how the front three combine to destroy the opposition defense.Â, Les Parisians have really strengthened their defensive system in the current campaign, conceding merely 12 goals in 26 games in the league and just 2 goals in the UEFA Champions League thus far. The most recent stories being Manchester United, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Leicester City; that have given us enough evidence that a coach has a role to play irrespective of the team’s financial power.Â, So firstly let us begin by looking at the planning that has gone behind this transformation project:         Â, Players in: Cavani (Striker), Marquinhos (Centre-back), Cabaye (Central midfield) and Digne (Left-back), Players out: Gameiro (Striker), Sakho (Centre-back), Chantome (Central midfield) and Sylvian Armand (Left-back).

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