European affairs resume for PSG. After the international break and a winning comeback last weekend against Limoges, Raul Gonzalez’s men will try this Wednesday (6:45 p.m.) to continue their winning streak in the Champions League. Destination Romania and Dinamo Bucharest, an opponent within their reach.
Stay in contact with Veszprém. It is even the only objective of the Parisian group, which remains on five rank victories in all competitions. In twelve games since September 3, PSG have only lost twice: in Toulouse (which ended a series of… 35 victories) in the league, and in Veszprém at the start of the Champions League. In this competition, the capital’s players recovered well afterwards, beating successively Plock (37-33), Magdeburg (29-22) and Zagreb (40-31). A fourth success would even allow them to temporarily take the lead in the standings, the Hungarians of Veszprém only playing this Thursday against the Germans of Magdeburg. What to put balm in the heart before finding the championship, next Saturday in Dunkirk. “We are going to have several games at home in November, but before that, we have a few trips left, including Bucharest, where it will be difficult,” says Yoann Gibelin.
Bucharest, two good memories. Strangely, the history of confrontations between the two opponents of the day is not very thick: only two matches! It was last year, of course in the Champions League, and Paris had given the lesson each time (41-30 and 39-31 in the Romanian capital). In the meantime, Dinamo has been reinforced with five new recruits who have joined a workforce in which a certain Cédric Sorhaindo (Olympic champion, four times World Championship title with the Blues) plays, and who is coached by the legendary Catalan coach Xavi Pascual, also transferred from Barcelona. “We feel good, notes Raul Gonzalez. We had little time to prepare for the next game in Bucharest. We also want to impose ourselves there, but it will be complicated. “Last detail: Dinamo is at the top of its championship with seven victories in seven games.
A whole group. That’s the good news. A little less than two months after the start of the competitions, the Parisians’ organizations are holding up. The Spanish coach will be able to count on his entire group in Romania. Kamil Syprzak, the Polish striker who has extended his lease, is still in good shape and will be the main asset to break through Dinamo’s defense. Not always regular, Luc Steins, the Dutch playmaker, was a hit last Friday against Limoges, just like Elohim Prandi, in very good shape. Only Dominik Mathé, the rookie from Elverum, is still missing. Injured in the knee, the Hungarian resumed the exercises but remains unavailable until the beginning of next February.