Paris Saint-Germain winger Angel di Maria admits that he missed playing in the Champions League last season.
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After Argentinian compatriot Javier Pastore opened the scoring with a clinical finish in the 18th minute, Di Maria, who moved to the capital club from Manchester United over the summer, doubled PSG’s lead with a quarter of an hour remaining.
Real Madrid will travel to France for their October 21st first leg Champions League meeting against PSG.
Blanc’s side are back in action against Nantes on Saturday afternoon.
Di Maria made a blazing start to his career at Old Trafford, but as the season progressed his form dipped and he eventually lost his place in the starting eleven during the last few months of the 2014/15 campaign.
We had opportunities in the first half.
“As for Ibrahimovic, just like the rest of the team, he was full of intent and was much better with the ball in the second half”.
“So hopefully we’ll get along well, because I think he has a lot of quality and a lot to bring to this team”.
Reims extended its unbeaten run in the French league to four matches with a dour 0-0 draw at Angers on Tuesday.
“Edinson is a player that scores 30-odd goals every season”, Blanc said of Cavani.
You only have to look at Bayern Munich’s 5-1 win over Wolfsburg on Tuesday to see the difference in attitudes. “We will try to contain PSG and why not try to make the most of our chances”.
“I was never anxious about not scoring goals – the goals will come”.
From a mental point of view, it is hard to expect players to raise their game to another level every other week.
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One problem for Blanc is that there are a number of players whose position in the starting XI is untouchable when fit.
