It will have missed a goalscorer at Paris Saint-Germain not to see OL lift the Champions Trophy before their eyes, for the second time.
At the Marcel-Tribut stadium in Dunkirk, PSG, winners of the Coupe de France, and OL, champions of D1 Arkema, played a match full of intensity... But in the end, it was OL who triumph.
The Parisiennes nevertheless set the pace and created play on the lawn, jostling, almost dominating, the European champion in the first period.
But OL are effective and, on one of their first breakthroughs, opened the scoring.
After good work from Delphine Cascarino in her right lane, Van de Donk only had to push the ball into the back of the net (13′, 1-0).
PSG first avoided the correction thanks to a saving whistle from the referee for a foul by Ada Hegerberg on Williams, while at the same time Melvine Malard thought of scoring the goal of the break with a magnificent acrobatic return (15′).
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Then Paris reacted.
The centers did not find a taker (1′, 12′).
Baltimore's strikes did not find the nets (30′, 35′, 38′).
Gérard Prêcheur's players returned to the locker room led, even if they showed a beautiful face.
They are the ones who offered the most play. But their opponents who knew how to concretize.
After the break, the Parisian desire was still there, but the precision was still missing.
Dudek is too short to adjust with a header from a free kick (50′), Bachmann crushes his volley (52′), Diani shoots over (66′).
Without Marie-Antoinette Katoto injured at the Euro, and her 32 goals in all competitions last season, the Parisiennes struggled.
On the contrary, when Lyon accelerates, shivers invade the packed stadium (4,472 spectators).
Williams must work every time, whether on the head of Malard (59 ') or the strike of Cascarino (73 ').
OL resisted and won by the narrowest of margins, already winning their first trophy of the season, the 34th in their history.
Next duel on December 10 in Lyon to close the first phase of the championship.