A victory "by experience", some will say.
Faced with a more aggressive, more enterprising PSG, OL left the Parc des Princes with a precious victory (1-0) in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League.
All thanks to a penalty awarded for a hand from Formiga at the end of the second period (86th), transformed by Wendie Renard.
The advantage for Lyonnaises, regrets for Parisiennes.
“I think the 0-0 was the minimum for us, blows Olivier Echouafni at a press conference.
We are undergoing an important gambling event.
But I want to highlight the great performance of the girls.
They were incredible and we should have been rewarded in the first period ”.
Intensity, incessant pressing against the Lyonnaises taken by the throat ... PSG tried to apply the winning recipes from the match won in the league in the fall (1-0).
But realism was lacking.
“We were up to the event, congratulates the Parisiennes coach.
Maybe we lacked clairvoyance and lucidity in the last gesture.
We must be able to be more of a killer ”.
“We gave them the weapons to be beaten, abounds the striker and Lyon captain Wendie Renard.
We knew how to make the back round.
We are not going to be choosy, this victory is important ”.
"The girls have gone after themselves"
Neither Diani, nor Katoto, nor Bachmann, the attacking trio aligned on the Parisian side, could not find the fault.
But the opportunities were there, proof that the isolation imposed a week after several cases of Covid-19 did not weigh during the majority of the meeting.
“We knew we would have freshness and also a drop in pace,” explains Echouafni.
The girls went after themselves.
In a week, we will have more physical capacities ”.
This is the most important: Paris still has a chance to eliminate Lyon and reach the semi-finals.
"We already have the head on the return, swears Perle Morroni, left side.
We have seen in recent years that 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, it was catchable.
We will go to Lyon with the rage to score and qualify ”.
See you on Wednesday March 31 to prove it.