Women's Champions League: "Far from being a bad result" for PSG against Barça

Finally, PSG and Barça leave with a smile.

The two teams know that they could have lost in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, this Sunday at the Loges camp in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines).

For Olivier Echouafni, coach of the Parisiennes, the draw (1-1) seems fair.

But the technician already knows what needs to be improved to reach the final after the return leg, scheduled for next Sunday in Barcelona.

Are you satisfied with the result?

OLIVIER ECHOUAFNI.

The feeling is a bit mixed.

It was a very high level match in which we had opportunities, Barça as well.

We know the quality of this team.

But 1-1, it seems balanced to me.

It was hard physically, sometimes.

There was intensity, rhythm, the girls went after themselves.

It's already better than the defeat against Lyon in the first leg.

This is far from a bad result.

We will do everything to qualify there.

What will need to be improved?

Efficiency, already.

Because we had a lot of chances.

And it will be more compact defensively against a team that moves a lot.

Let us be more precise in our movements.

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How do you explain the inaccuracies of your team?

By the quality of the opponent, fatigue too.

A bit of both.

We had unusual bullet losses.

We had decided to go higher to avoid the opposing pressure.

It worked two or three times and quite well.

It will have to be repeated in the second leg.

How do you judge the performance of Chris Endler, guilty on goal but then decisive?

She assures us of staying in the race for qualifying.

We are no longer surprised by what she achieves.

It was not easy because there was wind, difficult raises.

But Barça will have to have fewer situations on the return and we will have to be able to go and score.

Why this choice of Ashley Lawrence to replace Kadidiatou Diani on the right side of the attack?

She has played this role in the past. It was necessary to put Barça in difficulty in depth. She has percussion skills that she knew how to use. We hope to be able to find Kadi on the return because he is an important offensive asset.