Intro:

PSG and Monaco news conferences ahead of Ligue 1 clash.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (French) PSG coach Laurent Blanc (about Monaco's performance against Arsenal in the Champions League)

"Defensively, they were very solid, and they had this ability to launch the counter-attack with an incredible speed. I dare say that it's the physical condition of that team that impressed me most, because physically they were really very good. They left very little space to the Arsenal team, and once they had the possession of the ball, they counter attacked at a speed of 2000 kilometres an hour. And they took profit of the gaps that Arsenal left them, even until the last minute."

SOUNDBITE: (French) PSG coach Laurent Blanc

"Thiago (Silva) and Yohan (Cabaye) will not be part of the group. Neither will Serge Aurier. Neither will Ibra(himovic). I forget one, Lucas of course won't be either, that makes five players less."

SOUNDBITE: (French) Leonardo Jardim, AS Monaco coach: (What do you think about the absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the next match against you ?)

"(Zlatan) Ibrahimovic is a very important player. Paris has the top two, three players in the world. I think that Paris has many solutions, qualities, high level international players and in all the positions. The substitutes also."

SOUNDBITE: (French) Layvin Kurzawa, AS Monaco:

"We are going to try to get the best result. We are going to try to win especially because we are at home. We are going to try to stay on this good dynamic (run) after Nice, Arsenal and now Paris in the championship. We are going to play to win."