Could it be otherwise?
Paris Saint-Germain literally shattered in Lyon on the occasion of the shock at the top of the eighth day of D 1. While Didier Ollé-Nicolle's team had not yet conceded a single goal in ten games in all competitions, Barbora Votíková picked up the ball six times in the back of her net, the scale of the defeat taking us back to the great years of Lyon domination (5-0 in April 2019).
Precisely anxious to take back “their” title of champions of France, the players of Sonia Bompastor took full advantage of the feverishness of the title holders, obviously deprived for this match of Kheira Hamraoui and Aminata Diallo, in full turmoil.
The "distress" of a group
"I'm not going to cry over our fate but, and that's what is a shame, is that this result was not achieved against the real team of PSG", lamented Didier Ollé-Nicolle after the match. Hyper prolix on the heavy context surrounding this match, the Parisian coach was raised against the decision of the Federation to refuse the postponement of the match: "The team has been very surrounded for a few days by an independent psychological cell which had found the group very touched hence the reflection of the club to request the postponement. (...) The French championship has certainly been distorted this evening. "
A few moments later, he drove the point home: "It's incredible that the authorities didn't see that there was a group in distress ... do you realize the noise that made?
(...) When we really want to develop women's football and give a good image, there has to be a show with opposition and suspense ”.
Quickly led 2-0 and reduced to ten after the expulsion of Ashley Lawrence, the Parisians have never been up to shock.
"But look at the facts, we take goals as it does not even happen to us on small games in training, lamented Didier Ollé-Nicolle.
The expulsion was indigestible.
"For the technician," you must not leave Saint-Cyr "to understand that his team," very dejected "," lacked the strength to react ".
In Lyon, coach Sonia Bompastor only half approved: “In this kind of situation, there are two scenarios: the affected group can be overcome by feverishness or weld together in difficulty.
Everyone has been touched by this affair, I myself have been, but we have been able to focus on football.
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In the standings, PSG are now three points less than OL, alone in the lead.
But before thinking of making up for this delay, Didier Ollé-Nicolle hopes to be able to quickly find a fully operational group mentally: “The psychologists had planned to see the girls again after the match.
The case is not over, you know that.
A lot of people are affected.
We must ensure that this group leaves humanely and psychologically as quickly as possible.
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