Gambardella Cup: PSG outperforms Lyon

PSG takes the watch with flying colors. Saturday, Stéphane Roche's team won 5-1 on the lawn of Olympique Lyonnais, his main rival in France in terms of training, in the round of 16 of the Gambardella Cup, the Coupe de France under 19 years old. Paris, which has not won the event since 1991 and has already left the Youth League, is more than ever a candidate for the trophy, led by a generation that is growing in strength.

Parisians made the difference in the space of less than a quarter of an hour of madness, at the heart of the first period. After missing two very frank chances, Jonathan Mutombo caused the opening of the score for a dominating PSG on a shot not on target but countered by Lyonnais Commaret in his own goal (12th).

Paris then responds to Lyon's equalization (1-1, 16th) three minutes later and regains the advantage on a free kick transformed by Kays Ruiz-Atil (1-2, 19th), following a foul synonymous with expulsion for Lukeba. The third goal scored by Ziyad Larkèche on a center of Timothée Pembélé shelters PSG.

Paris, an increasingly well-oiled collective

Kays Ruiz-Atil, the Lyon-born midfielder, who has experienced ups and downs this season, delivered a remarkable performance in the region where he lived until his departure from Barça at the age of 7 years. Involved on the first goal, author of the second, all the balls passed by him, he lit up the game. It was still him who sent a perfect opening to send Kalimuendo to score the fourth goal (70th), just before s collapsed, overcome by cramps. The center forward concluded the game with a double, helped by a good center from Larkèche (84th), also very strong.

Enough to give work to the many recruiters present, like that of Manchester United. The latter, like the 1500 Lyonnais and the professional players (Aouar, Denayer, Dembélé ...) massed around the field, also watched for the local nugget, Rayan Cherki. At 16, he impressed by certain gestures but loved the game of OL too much without being decisive, despite two free kicks just nearby. In numerical superiority for more than an hour, PSG was able to quietly run a collective game that was better and better oiled and very promising for the rest of the competition.

MATCH SHEET

LYON - PSG: 1-5

Half-time: 1-3.

Spectators: 1,500.

Arbitrator: M. Cardon.

Goals. OL: Lega (16th). PSG: Commaret (12th, csc), Ruiz-Atil (19th), Larkèche (25th); Kalimuendo (70th and 84th).

Warnings. OL: Wissa (38th), Thomas (75th). PSG: Ruiz-Atil (32nd), Kamara (35th).

Expulsion. Lyon: Lukeba (18th).

Lyon: Ousmane - Commaret, Felix, Lukeba, Altikulac - Thomas (cap.), Da Silva (Bonnet, 76th) - Lega, Cherki, Barcola (Lomani, 20th) - Wissa (Dib, 65th). Entr. : E. Hély.

PSG: Franchi - Pembélé (cap.), Baldé, Coulibaly, Larkèche - Kamara (Michut, 84th), Ruiz-Atil (Bitumazala, 71st) - Mutombo, Aouchiche, Yousfi (Nagera, 78th) - Kalimuendo. Entr. : S. Roche.