French Ligue 1

FT Friday, August 8, 2014
Paris Saint-Germain WDLWW 2
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Stade de Reims LLWLL 2
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PSG112
REIM202
Stade Auguste-Delaune II · 18,540 att.

Match Report

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic hero and villain

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice but also missed from the penalty spot and in front of an open goal as reigning Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain were held to a 2-2 draw by Reims in the opening match of their title defence.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
4
67.7
Possession
32.3
16
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
640
Accurate Passes
262
702
Passes
337
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
1
22
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.1
23
Long Balls
57
15
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
12
8
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
31
14
Clearances
31

Head to Head

PSG leads series 3-1

Lineups

REIM · 4-5-1

  1. 30Johny PlacideG
  2. 5Gregory BourillonCD-L
  3. 22Mickaël TacalfredCD-R
  4. 3Franck SignorinoLB
  5. 23Aïssa MandiRB
  6. 6Antoine DevauxCM-L
  7. 8Prince OnianguéCM-R
  8. 17Mads AlbækAM
  9. 11DiegoLM
  10. 7Odaïr FortesRM
  11. 10Gaetan CharbonnierF

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 30Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 2Thiago SilvaCD-L
  3. 5MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 21Lucas DigneLB
  5. 23Gregory van der WielRB
  6. 8Thiago MottaCM
  7. 27Javier PastoreLM
  8. 24Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 10Zlatan IbrahimovicF
  10. 9Edinson CavaniLF
  11. 7Lucas MouraRF

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Reims 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Javier Pastore with a through ball.
  2. 19' Penalty saved! Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  3. 22' Goal! Reims 1, Paris Saint Germain 1. Prince Oniangué (Reims) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Diego with a cross following a set piece situation.
  4. 34' Goal! Reims 2, Paris Saint Germain 1. Antoine Devaux (Reims) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gaëtan Charbonnier following a fast break.
  5. 63' Goal! Reims 2, Paris Saint Germain 2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Javier Pastore.
  6. 67' Substitution, Reims. Gaëtan Courtet replaces Gaëtan Charbonnier.
  7. 68' Substitution, Reims. Bocundji Ca replaces Mads Albæk.
  8. 72' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Jean-Christophe Bahebeck replaces Lucas Moura.
  9. 73' Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 83' Substitution, Reims. Christopher Glombard replaces Diego.
  11. 87' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Clément Chantôme replaces Marco Verratti.
  12. 88' Jean-Christophe Bahebeck (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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