[kOZAK]

Poor season start of PSG blamed to Olympic Games

With the last two friendlies:
CSKA Sofia - Paris-SG 1-3
Paris-SG - Galatasaray (2nd div) 0-1

The first league game was against promoted German side Hamburger SV. It was the 2nd match for them after a 2-2 against Dales' Djurgardens. Before the match there were big problems for Kozak to get a decent team between the lines. The next important players were missing:
Bonera (injury during Olympics)
Kapo (capped for Olympics, Quarter final with France)
Badiane (capped for Olympics, Quarter final with France)
Kalu (capped for Olympics, Quarter final with Nigeria)
Also 2 other players banned (Ogbeche & ???.
So big problems had to play me Trojan (a left winger) as left full back. Branko Boskovic took in the place from Trojan on the midfield. Cruz & Pauleta (hasnt scored for 6 months :o) were the two strikers with Oskarsson in an attacking role at the midfield. Eric Carriére who impressed in pre-season was the playmaker. The game started very well for PSG with a great Carriére. An 8 minute attack ended at Cruz and he made it 1-0. PSG got some chances for 2-0 but spoiled them. But after 25 mins it went wrong. First it was star midfielder Carriére injured. Later it was Oskarrson just before HT. PSG lost posession with 8 starters not in the team. HSV got some small chances and made it 1-1 halfway the 2nd half. At the end it was a chance for PSG but it was spoiled. So 1-1 at the end.
Manager Kozak is very afraid for a bad league start with a game against top formed and talented Lyon coming soon. Also the league cup 1st round against Porto will be extremely hard with 8 players missing. With the high pressure at Paris-SG Kozak got it very difficult finding a right defender.

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[Catenaccio]

R.C.D.Mallorca

Altas:
R.Kaluzny (Leverkusen) - free transfer
K.Kosowsky (Kaiserslauten) - £220k
S.Nonda (Monaco) - free transfer
M.Santana (Chievo Verona)- £2.2m
Lussenhoff (Tenerife) - £700k

Bajas:
A.Bruggink - £1.2m
C.Diaz - £300k
M.Nadal - retired
J.Olaizola - retired
M.Marcos - retired
F.Soler - retired
Serrizuela - awaiting work permit for move to Djurgardens

Transferibles:
J.Stankovic

Board Update:
Want Mallorca to be 2nd Division Champions

Pre-Season:
Pre-season saw Pavle struggle to control Mallorca's wage bill. Fans favorite Bruggink was sacrificed due to his 22k per week wages with Stankovic (20k) set to follow.
Mallorca started the season with just 5 defenders in the entire team. Despite bids for Yobo, Albrechtsen, Franz, Domizzi and Daniel (Bahia) Pavle had failed to sign any due to either excessive demands from either the clubs or the players. However with a new look midfield, anchored by the agressive Kaluzny, Pavle hopes to protect the defense until he can find the right players. In attack Pavle has gambled by selling Bruggink and replacing him with Nonda. Critics see this as a gamble as Nonda failed to play a game last season due to a serious knee injury sustained in pre-season.

Gala v Mallorca:

The season started with a tough trip to the Ali Sami Yen to take on former 1st division Galatasary. Despite Mallorca starting brightly poor control of a back pass by keeper Leo Franco gifted Gala the only goal of the game. In the second half the game opened up as Mallarca pressed for an equaliser but all the real chances fell to Gala who were unlucky not to add a second from the pen spot.

Villarreal v Mallorca:

Next was a trip to El Madrigal to take on a Vallarreal side boasting the talents of Coloccini, Riquelme and young striker Guayre. This was a different Mallorca to the one that surrendered so easdily to Gala. Totally controlling the game Mallorca crused to a 4-1 victory. Importantly for Pavle the game saw new signings Nonda and Santana grab their first league goals.

[dogs]

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[Martin Buchan]

After the second placed finish in the 1st Division, the Liverpool board gave Martin Buchan £8 million to spend and here are the transfers:

IN:
Martin Palermo-FREE
Oliver Nueville-FREE
Jospeh Dierdre Job (Or whatever)-FREE
Ariel Ortega-£2 million
Sebastien Frey-£5 million

OUT:
Stephen Warnock
Bruno Cheyrou
Patrice Luzi
Markus Babbell

The friendlies for Liverpool were also played and the tresults are:

Liverpool v Udinese 1-1
Liverpool v Real Madrid 1-0
Liverpool v Mallorca 1-0

[kOZAK]

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Awefull start for French Paris-SG:

With a huge miss of important players (selected players for Olympic games) PSG had to start the season with a very poor form after a bad friendly campaign. Especially defense and the extremely poor keeper were the huge problems for manager Kozakov. Also signing Trojan debuted with a red card that caused him a 3 match ban. After starting with a draw at Germany against HSV things had to improve. It only didn't.
League Cup 1st round:
Paris-SG vs FC Porto 0-2
No chance for a weak PSG. Without 8 players (including lots of defenders) the team played bad and made crucial errors. Especially Argentinian international Gabriel Heinze looked to enjoy walking under the ball. PSG also got some decent chances, but the Porto keeper seemed to be in good form and PSG had to play a winger as fullback.

Paris-SG vs Anderlecht (0-2) 2-2
Another home blow for a struggling french side. Important players like Bonera & Kapo were still at the Olympic Games. Also Mendy & Trojan were banned. Best young player of last year Iketchu Kalú was back in the team. PSG started quite well but it was Elber twice on the counter that headed the ball behind the very poor Bulgarian international goalkeeper Ivankov. Just before the 0-2 it was Kalú that knocked doen his opponent and was send off. The 3rd red card of the season, while the team isn't playing hard at all. In the second half it was manager Kozakov who send his team in a 3-4-2 formation to fight back. The poor Pauleta (got a 4 again :eek was substituted and Julio Ricardo Cruz came on. Also a keeper substiting when Ivankov played so poor. PSG got the better play in the second half and created some chances. From the corner it was the small Pablo Niño who made the 2-1. With about 15 mins to go another corner ended at the head of poor playing Gabriel Heinze 2-2. At least another point for a poor defending team.

Paris-SG vs Basel (0-0) 1-0
However PSG tried everything with Bonera and Kapo on their PSG debut. Unlucky Kapo got injured. Lots of chances were screwed by the PSG attack. Basel keeper Zubi seemed to be God. However a very late 1-0 by Pauleta saved PSG. It was finally a goal in 2004 for a struggling Pauleta.

Lyon vs Paris-SG (0-1) 4-1
Another blow for Paris-SG against high talented league leaders Lyon. With some flat play till 33rd minute PSG kept the 0 quite easily. 2nd keeper Alonzo was only the goal again. The bans of Trojan, Mendy & Kalu were still there. Lyon was the better team but didnt create a lot in first half till Heinze walked under the ball again. Kozakov saw his defender hold the Lyon striker. A penalty and Heinze got another red card. Nr 4 of the season. Juninho missed the penalty and from a counter it was Oskarsson who gave PSG a surprisely lead at Half Time. In second half Lyon won thanks to another penaly and a lack of quality and men of the PSG team. Well done Tom.

Paris-SG vs Blackburn (0-1) 1-1
Another bad game for Pauleta. Blackburn took a deserved lead in the first half. In second half some chances in the PSG team gave them many chances for even a win. But with missing all these chances there was only a draw. A poor season start for Kozakov can mean he can be sacked soon with the board expecting the championship. All the bad behaviour from the players is killing me, however I will fight. The next games are very difficult especially in the current form. I'm still searching for a fullback, but the other teams ask too much money. A player like Patrice Evra from Monaco would be a great player for this team but Monaco isn't willing to let him go. Further there was a deal with Inter about Coco. But Coco didn't want to join the french side.

[Catenaccio]

R.C.D.Mallorca:

Mallorca 3 - 0 Benfica

Carignano, back from Argentina's Olympic Games Squad, looked sharp as he hit 2 goals inside the first 20 mins as Mallorca easily beat a disappointing Benfica 3-0. However it was Kosowsky not Carignano who was the real star. Kosowsky rediscovered last seasons amazing form providing two assists and causing Benfica constant problems down the left side of midfield. After the high tempo start Mallorca sat back but added a third 3 mins from the end. A corner hit deep towards Santana caused panic in the Benfica defense and Armand headed into his own net.

Mallorca 3 - 1 Perugia

Again Mallorca took the game to their opponents and once again took an early lead. The first goal came as a result of great link up play down the left between Carignano and Kosowski with the latter finishing with a low placed shot past the keeper. Also on the score sheet was Nonda who despite grabbing 2 will be disappointed he didnt get his hat trick after hitting the post. A Perugia goal midway through the second half was nothing more than a consolation as Mallorca sat back in total control.

Sevilla 0 - 3 Mallorca

Before the match Pavle spoke of the great threat posed by Sevilla wonderkid Reyes and in form Dario Silva. However it was Mallorca's Argentines who proved the real threat as Mallorca hit Sevilla on the break. Carignano got two and Lussenhoff grabbed a late goal from a long throw. After the game Pavle praised Santana who was the architect behind every Mallorca attack, proving a steal at £2.2m.

Transferibles:

Stankovic

[This message was edited by Catenaccio on 11 January 2004 at 19:38.]

[Kuky]

Udinese started their premiership adventure with a home draw against Dortmund. Udinese dominted the entire match just a great Nihats intuition saved the germans.Nomvete was on score 1-1.The next mach was a home win against Valenca ,udinese showing the best football ever hammering the spanish side 2-0 before half time (a double from nomvete) ,Valecia came back with a great Aimars solo action but Pizzaro made it 3-1 at the end.3rd match was against Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena. Udinese went on with a great Nomvetes goal (who else?) after that Ajax started hammering with an impressive costantcy to 3-1 with Wesley Sonck in a scoring spree. Nomvete just made a consloation 3-2 goal.

Udinese playing against all odds, they are phisicaly well prepaird but mentaly manager Kuk have to work a little bit more, not letting make mistakes like against Ajax.Anyway Udinese manager told that he would be happy with the 17th place at the end with such great teams in the league.
With the games displayed till now Media speculation told that realistically (with Torrys and Favas better contibution) they can reach 15-12 place.

Udinese-Dortmund 1-1 (Nomvete,Nihat)
Udinese-Valencia 3-1 (Nomvete,Nomvete,Aimar,Pizarro)
Ajax-Udinese(Nomvete,Sonck,Sonck,Bukhari,Nomvete)

Nomvete currently top scorer in the Premier league.

[Catenaccio]

R.C.D.Mallorca:

Rangers 1 v 1 Mallorca

Assistant manages the match due to Pavle darts match.

Mallorca 1 v 3 Lyon (After Extra Time)

Assistant manages the match against top of the First Division Lyon managed by Tom due to Pavle darts match.

Mallorca 1 v 0 Southampton

After a good start to the season Southampton dropped to 4th after successive league defeats against Auxerre and Kaiserslautern. With £2.2m winger Santana injured for 2 months against Lyon, Norwegian Dagfinn Enerly started on the right of midfield.
Southampton made the better start with a freekick from Prutton going just over the bar. Soon after Carignano was denied what seemed a certain goal by an athletic stop from Niemi just before half-time. However his disappointment was short lived as he powerfully headed home Nonda's far post cross 10 mins later.

Tottenham 2 v 1 Mallorca

Despite having enough opportunities to win, Mallorca squandered their chances and conceded 1st place to Malaga. Hurried finishing together with poor marking gave bottom of the table Tottenham (Nadessico) their first win of the season. After the game Pavles anger towards Nadessico's 'brutal' tactics was clear. Tottenham adopted an agressive attitude against the league leaders kicking 4 players injured - Nonda, Kaluzny, Carignano & Balaban

Position: 2nd (2nd Division)

Board:

Pleased with Pavles performance as manager,
Unhappy with league position,
Feels wages too high,
Pleased with current financial situation.

Transferibles:

Marcus Stewart (12k per week)
Jovan Stankovic (20k per week) - damn assistant offering contracts

Other News:

Everton defender Yobo rejects Mallorca in favour of much losing First Division team PSG (Kozak). Pavle refused to rule out another bid for the player in the summer 'should PSG relegate' as many expect.

[kOZAK]

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