The 2012/2013 season will be a milestone in the history of ASSE, which by winning the League Cup had finally offered a trophy to an entire generation of supporters. In the championship, after a difficult start punctuated by two defeats, the Greens managed to turn things around and occupy eighth place before going to the capital where ASSE has only won twice.
The Parisians also had a difficult start with three draws conceded, but they are undefeated after ten days and they are leading the championship. The Qataris who have owned the club since the previous season did not really appreciate seeing, despite the hundred million euros invested in transfers, Louis Nicollin’s unexpected Montpellier team steal the championship title from them. They therefore took out the checkbook to hire, among others, Thiago Silva, Lavezzi, Verratti and Ibrahimovic, excuse me.
This Saturday, November 3, 2012, unsurprisingly the meeting is dominated by the Parisians, but not in an outrageous way as one might have feared. The two teams are tied at the break. Christophe Galtier then decided, shortly after the restart, to replace Hamouma with Aubameyang, returning from injury and left on the bench. Capital decision. Three minutes later, the Gabonese served on a plate by Lemoine, saw his cross diverted into the goal of his goalkeeper Sirigu by the Parisian defender and captain Mamadou Sakho. Second twist, Ancelotti’s team will play the last twenty minutes with ten players, after the exclusion of Ibrahimovic who, in the center forward position, does not control himself and dries Stéphane Ruffier by crushing his crampons on the thorax of the Saint-Etienne goalkeeper. A taekwondo action, a discipline that the Swede had practiced in his youth. Some will claim that the red card was undeserved, it remains to be seen whether they would have said the same thing if they had been in the green goalkeeper’s place. Mr. Duhamel, the match referee, did not hesitate for a second.
More is needed to debunk the Basque goalkeeper who will take his place again, after having suffered the blow (editor’s note, logically, “Ibra” will then receive a two-match suspension). Despite the numerical inferiority, the Parisians attack at all costs to get back to the score, when the Stéphanois midfielder, Alonso, after a judicious interception in the center of the field, ideally serves Aubameyang, who does not hesitate to double the lead. Mass is said! Guillaume Hoarau’s goal which reduced the score at the end of the match will not change anything. ASSE finally triumphs over PSG at the Parc. This hasn’t happened since.
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