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PSG coach Laurent Blanc looks ahead to busy week

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SOUNDBITE: (French) PSG coach Laurent Blanc (about why PSG's form has improved)

"PSG have improved because, amongst other things, the return of the injured (players). The fact that little by little everyone is getting into the season, digesting what had to be digested. They are physically feeling better and better and the injured (players) who were absent are returning. They bring with them their individual qualities and provide them to the team. All this puts us, I believe, on the right path."

SOUNDBITE: (French) PSG coach Laurent Blanc (about Zlatan Ibrahimovic)

"It's going much better. Not enough so that he could train with us. Not enough to be in the squad tomorrow, but there are some positive signs."
(Question : so he can play next week?)
"We hope so, we hope so. Yesterday and the day before yesterday were some of the rare days where he did not feel any pain, none at all."

SOUNDBITE: (French) PSG coach Laurent Blanc (about why PSG did not start the season well)

"The season after the World Cup is always a difficult one, first of all for the players, and also for the clubs who have a lot of players playing in the World Cup. PSG is one of those clubs, but I talked to other coaches in the same kind of situation, it's the same elsewhere. Don't believe it's unique to Paris Saint-Germain. The German players for instance - I spoke about them with (Bayern Munich coach) Pep Guardiola - have enormous difficulties in getting into their season well , because there has been a World Cup and, on top of that, they won it."