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Youth Quality Shines Through in PSG’s 4-0 Win over Leicester City
- Updated: August 1, 2016
It was one of the biggest issues of Laurent Blanc’s tenure as boss of Paris Saint-Germain. All too often he ignored the talented young players the club are producing, and they either left to find more minutes or were farmed out around France.
Unai Emery has only been in charge for four matches, but there are definite signs that he is much more willing to give the younger players a chance, and so far, they haven’t let him down.
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— Int Champions Cup (@IntChampionsCup) July 31, 2016
Against Leicester City on Sunday night, goals from Edinson Cavani, Jonathan Ikone, Lucas Moura and Odsonne Edouard sealed a convincing 4-0 victory over the English champions at a packed StubHub Center in Los Angeles, California. The Spanish boss was delighted with his team’s progress.
“We have played three matches against Inter, Real Madrid and Leicester, all great teams,” he told the club’s official website. He continued:
I’m very happy for the players and happy with the results, even though they weren’t the most important thing. Winning is important for the confidence, to make progress and to create a team. We have done some good tactical, psychological and physical work. And it showed out on the pitch. We played some good football. I’m very happy with the four matches we’ve played in the pre-season. The season begins next week with very important match. We played with experience even though we fielded quite a few young players. With the new recruits, we’re going to have a good team.
Although Kevin Trapp goes into the new campaign as Emery’s No.1, he will be under even greater pressure to perform this season as he will have the very talented Alphonse Areola pushing him all the way.
Still only 23 years old, the Paris-born goalkeeper has been part of the club’s setup since 2009, and this finally looks like the year he will get a chance in the starting XI.
Clean sheet for Alphonse and two goals from our little Ikone and Edouard. Oh they grow up so fast.
— Jeanette Kurzawa (@JeanetteL93) July 31, 2016
He was named as man of the match by the club’s website on Sunday and is very happy with the way pre-season preparations have gone so far. The young ‘keeper said:
We had a really huge training camp, with three good matches. We ended on a high, so we’re really happy with what we’ve achieved here in the USA. We’ll head home to Paris very happy. We worked very hard all week, with Nicolas …
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