Uefa Champions League 2012/13 Season Match Press Kit
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT GNK Dinamo Zagreb Paris Saint-Germain FC Group A - Matchday 3 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Wednesday 24 October 2012 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Match facts........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................5 Head coach.......................................................................................................................7 Match officials....................................................................................................................8 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................9 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................11 Group Standings.............................................................................................................13 Competition facts.............................................................................................................15 Team facts.......................................................................................................................16 Legend............................................................................................................................18 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Paris Saint-Germain FC Wednesday 24 October 2012 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Previous meetings Head to Head None GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/11 GS GNK Dinamo Zagreb - 1-7 Zagreb Mateo Kovačić 40; Gomis 45, 48, 52, Olympique Lyonnais 70, Gonalons 47, Lisandro 64, Briand 75 27/09/11 GS Olympique Lyonnais - 2-0 Lyon Gomis 23, B. Koné 42 GNK Dinamo Zagreb UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/12/07 GS Stade Rennais FC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 Rennes Mbia 88; Vukojević 57 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 28/09/06 R1 AJ Auxerre - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 Auxerre Jeleń 35, 41, Mathis 70; Eduardo 61(p) agg: 5-2 14/09/06 R1 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - AJ Auxerre 1-2 Zagreb Eduardo 69; Jeleń 43, D.Niculae 72 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/99 GS Olympique de Marseille - 2-2 Marseille Bakayoko 53, Diawara 89; Mujčin 42, GNK Dinamo Zagreb Mikić 78 22/09/99 GS GNK Dinamo Zagreb - 1-2 Zagreb Šokota 64; Bakayoko 5, Pérez 77 Olympique de Marseille UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/94 R1 AJ Auxerre - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 Auxerre Diomède 40, Mahe 74, Lamouchi 89 agg: 4-3 15/09/94 R1 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - AJ Auxerre 3-1 Zagreb Jelicic 1, Soldo 39, Pamić 64; Diomède 20 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/08/89 PR GNK Dinamo Zagreb - AJ Auxerre 1-3 Zagreb Panadic 55; Kovács 32, Negble-Otokore agg: 2-3 36, 57 09/08/89 PR AJ Auxerre - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Auxerre Šuker 79 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/11/69 R2 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - 2-0 Zagreb Novak 52, 89 Olympique de Marseille agg: 3-1 12/11/69 R2 Olympique de Marseille - 1-1 Marseille Loubet 28; Čerček 80 GNK Dinamo Zagreb Paris Saint-Germain FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA GNK Dinamo Zagreb 6 2 0 4 7 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 13 3 3 7 15 27 Paris Saint-Germain FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Last updated 22/10/12 15:54:45CET 2 Previous meetings GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Paris Saint-Germain FC Wednesday 24 October 2012 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Match background GNK Dinamo Zagreb are looking to put a losing UEFA Champions League run behind them when Paris Saint-Germain FC visit Croatia on matchday three. • Defeats at home to FC Porto and at FC Dynamo Kyiv, both 2-0, extended Dinamo's losing group stage streak to eight matches. PSG, meanwhile, need a revival of their own after losing 1-0 in Porto last time out having opened Group A with a 4-1 home victory over Dynamo. Match background • The teams have never met before. Indeed, this is the first time PSG have faced opponents from Croatia. • Dinamo's last taste of Ligue 1 opposition was a 7-1 home defeat by Olympique Lyonnais on 7 December 2011, their biggest loss in UEFA competition and a third successive home reverse against a French team. • Dinamo have lost four of their six home games against Ligue 1 opposition with victory in the other two matches. They have not beaten a French side in eight attempts, home or away, since overcoming AJ Auxerre 3-1 in the 1994/95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg in Zagreb; even then they lost the return 3-0. • Champions of Croatia for the seventh year in succession in 2011/12, when they completed the domestic double, Dinamo are taking part in the group stage for the second season running and the fourth time in all. • As in 2011, Dinamo came through three qualifying rounds, overcoming PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 4-3 on aggregate before seeing off FC Sheriff 4-0 overall in the third qualifying round. Tonel's first-half goal at NK Maribor confirmed Dinamo's progress in the play-offs after they had won 2-1 in Zagreb. • Dinamo lost all six group games last season, going down 1-0 at home to Real Madrid CF and 2-0 against AFC Ajax before that 7-1 Lyon loss. They conceded 22 goals, a UEFA Champions League group stage record. • Runners-up in Ligue 1 last season, PSG are in the UEFA Champions League for the fifth time. In their last campaign, 2004/05, they drew 0-0 at Porto and Chelsea FC, losing 2-0 at PFC CSKA Moskva and finishing fourth in the group. • PSG also failed to score an away goal in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage, going down 2-0 at Athletic Club and FC Salzburg, and drawing 0-0 at ŠK Slovan Bratislava. They ended third in Group F. Team ties • Zlatan Ibrahimović's mother was born in Croatia and the striker returned to her home country, and Dinamo's Stadion Maksimir, for Sweden's 3-1 friendly victory on 2 February. He scored a penalty and created another goal. • Thiago Motta played for Italy in a 1-1 UEFA EURO 2012 draw against Croatia in Poznan on 14 June. Josip Šimunić, Domagoj Vida, Šime Vrsaljko and Ivan Kelava were all on the bench for Croatia, as was Salvatore Sirigu for Italy. • Šimunić and Vida played for Croatia in a goalless friendly draw against France in Paris on 29 March 2011. Blaise Matuidi and Jérémy Ménez started for the home side and Kevin Gameiro came on as a substitute. • Šimunić also played against France at UEFA EURO 2004, Croatia's group match in Leiria ending 2-2. FARE Action Week • Matchday three of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League will contribute to the fight against all forms of discrimination in football stadiums as UEFA gives its full support to Europe's biggest anti-discrimination campaign – the FARE Action Week. Forty matches across the competitions on 23, 24 and 25 October will restate UEFA's commitment to ensuring that European football is free of racism, intolerance and xenophobia. Last updated 22/10/12 15:54:45CET 3 Match background GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Paris Saint-Germain FC Wednesday 24 October 2012 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Match facts Dinamo Zagreb UEFA Champions League statistics • Ivan Kelava, Tonel and Domagoj Vida have played all 720 minutes of Dinamo's UEFA Champions League campaign, qualifying included. • Dinamo have committed just 16 fouls, fewer than any other team in the group stage. • Dinamo's 2-0 loss to FC Porto on matchday one was their first defeat in 34 games since Ante Čačić took the reins on 23 December 2011, winning 24. • The matchday two reverse at FC Dynamo Kyiv took Dinamo's losing streak in the UEFA Champions League proper to eight matches. RSC Anderlecht have suffered the most successive defeats in the competition's history with 12, with SK Rapid Wien in second place on nine. International duty • Four Dinamo players were on senior duty during the international break: Josip Šimunić, Vida, Sammir (Croatia) and Fatos Beqiraj (Montenegro). • Brazilian-born midfielder Sammir made his debut for Croatia in their 2-1 FIFA World Cup qualifying victory against the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 12 October. Miscellaneous • Ante Puljić scored his first goal for Dinamo in Saturday's 2-0 win against NK Inter Zaprešić. • Alen Halilović became the youngest scorer in Prva Liga history, aged 16 years and 111 days, when he capped a late cameo with the final goal in his side's 4-1 win at NK Slaven Koprivnica on 7 October. Eight days earlier the midfielder had broken the equivalent appearance record with a substitute outing against HNK Hajduk Split. • Four days after losing to Porto, Dinamo suffered a 3-0 reverse at HNK Rijeka – their first top-flight defeat since 14 October last year. They had not been beaten by three goals in the league since a 5-2 loss to Slaven Koprivnica on 8 December 2007. • Dinamo were held by Inter Zaprešić on the opening day of the First League season,