Four days before their quarter-final return to the Champions League, Parisiennes and Lyonnaises, victorious over Montpellier and Dijon (3-0), have not given up in their fight for the title.
Interlaced between the quarter-final of the Women’s Champions League which brings together the two French representatives (1-0 for OL in the first leg), the 17th day of D1 Arkema offered a distant duel between Paris Saint- Germain and Olympique Lyonnais. The Parisian leader traveled to Montpellier (3-0) while his runner-up from the Rhône went to Dijon (3-0). The two championship locomotives have not ceded ground. Paris remains one point ahead of Lyon and has built up confidence before playing its European future at Décines next Wednesday. The march will be high against the five-time reigning European champions. Lyonnaises that the Parisiennes will also find for the final of the D1 Arkema, whose date remains to be fixed after the postponement of their match counting for the 16th day.
MONTPELLIER HSC – PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN: 0-3
Paredes folds the match
For this meeting, Olivier Echouafni made four changes compared to the starting lineup in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. The Parisian coach had placed Ashley Lawrence, Formiga, Kadidiatou Diani and Marie-Antoinette Katoto on the bench. Positioned in a 4-2-3-1, the Parisians took about ten minutes before gaining the upper hand over Montpellier. Taking advantage of a loss of Hérault ball, Nadia Nadim, served by Grace Geyoro, opened the scoring with a cross strike from the left (1-0, 24th), a few seconds before Saki Kumagai imitates her in Dijon (see below). The attacker narrowly missed the double at the start of the second half (head, 58th). Finally, Captain Inès Paredes (main photo during the reception of Lyon in D1) would take care of everything in five minutes, with help from Sara Däbritz. On two corners struck by the German right side, the Spanish defender placed a header (2-0, 60th) then, in two stages, an unstoppable strike for Lisa Schmitz (3-0, 65th). Note, the entries into play of Katoto (71st) and Lawrence (79th). The MHSC, which had returned to success in Le Havre (4-1, March 13) stalls again and sees Guingamp, author of a draw at Soyaux earlier in the afternoon (0-0), pick up.
The reaction of Irènes Paredes (captain of Paris SG) on Canal + Sport Week-End: “Today, it’s me (who scored), but it’s the work of the whole team. It was not an easy game, there is still a lot of fatigue and a lot of changes in the eleven. It’s not easy to play matches when you’re not used to it. Nadia (Nadim) opened the scoring, I scored in the second half, we held on without conceding a goal, that’s the most important. We stay focused, we continue strong. “
– –
DIJON FCO – OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS: 0-3
Evening of premieres
Like his Parisian counterpart, Jean-Luc Vasseur has set up a significant turnover in order to allow his players to breathe. Thus Ellie Carpenter, Kadeisha Buchanan, Amandine Henry, Amel Majri and Nikita Parris were replacements. On the synthetic pitch of the Stade des Poussots, the Lyonnaises quickly set foot on the ball and imposed intense pressing. Mylène Chavas, the DFCO goalkeeper, made three decisive entry parries, repelling a strike from Delphine Cascarino (14th) and deflecting a header from Catarina Macario (19th) then a second from Eugénie Le Sommer (20th). She would finally bow to an unfortunate sequence. Following a free kick from Dzsenifer Marozsan, very inspired, the Dijonnaise Desiré Oparanozie put the ball back into her own area, Chavas pushed back on Macario then Girardot saved on his line but Saki Kumagai pushed the ball into the net (1- 0, 24th) in the wake of the Parisian opening scoring (see above). OL had the opportunity to double the stake just before half-time on the penalty spot but Wendie Renard, the only scorer in the quarter-final to go to this phase of the game, saw – for once – his attempt slip past the post Chavas right (41st). In the second half, the young American international Macario took advantage of a center back from Marozsan to celebrate her first tenure in D1 Arkema with a goal (2-0, 56th) before Melvine Malard sealed the Rhone advantage with her first achievement. of the season in the Championship (3-0, 79th). With this setback, Dijon gives up its 8th place to Reims, winner of Le Havre (2-1).
Lyonnaise Saki Kumagai during PSG-OL on November 20 in D1 Arkema (photo Gaëtan BARBAT / FFF).
The reaction of Wendie Renard (captain of Lyon) on Canal + Sport Week-End: “It was important to master this game. We would have deserved to score more in the first period, there were some great saves. Overall over 90 minutes, we were pretty good. The missed penalty? It happens, I work several ways of hitting, unfortunately I failed. I blame myself because before half-time it’s an important moment to score. We probably came back in the second half and managed to score the 2nd and 3rd goals. Next time it will be at the bottom! It’s up to us to recover well for the second round against Paris. I think it will be a good match like last Wednesday. “
– – – .
