Six minutes to turn the situation around: trailing by two goals, OL Women, supported by Groupama Stadium, overthrew PSG (3-2) at the very end of the match on Saturday in the Champions League semi-final first leg. While PSG controlled everything and led easily thanks to a double from Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Jocelyn Prêcheur’s players collapsed at the very end of the match and in six minutes. This seventh confrontation between the two rival clubs in the Champions League (four qualifications or two victories for OL) will leave an impression, and promises a return match full of suspense.
Saturday at Groupama Stadium in Lyon, in front of 35,000 people, including current OL boss Michelle Kang and former Jean-Michel Aulas, the Lyonnaises punished their best enemies, who had done everything well – until the last ten minutes. Serious in defense until then, and thanks to French goalkeeper Constance Picaud, solid and who saved hers several times (24th, 29th, 39th, 60th), they collapsed in six minutes. Conversely, the Lyonnaises sounded the revolt first thanks to the former Parisian Kadidiatou Diani following a good phase of play (2-1, 80th), before Melchie Dumornay equalized with a powerful strike (2-2, 84th) and Amel Majri, just returned, knocks out PSG (3-2, 86th).
Before collapsing in the face of the Lyon rebellion and public pressure, the Parisiennes opened the scoring thanks to Marie-Antoinette Katoto (43rd). Leggy and technically efficient, particularly on his ball protection with his back to the goal, the French star “MAK” doubled the lead after returning from the locker room (48th). These are the 6th and 7th goals in the Champions League this season for Katoto, who is returning to form at the perfect time after she admitted at the end of March “a big physical setback” following her serious knee injury last year . As a symbol, PSG sank following the exit of Katoto (74th), real leader until then.
Still in the running to achieve a triple championship, Coupe de France, Champions League – like their male counterparts – the Parisiennes gave up in the face of the experience of the Lyonnaises, eight times European champions and currently leading the D1 before the play -off, but deprived of their leaders Eugénie Le Sommer and Ada Hegerberg, injured. The road to Bilbao for the final goes back to the Parc des Princes next Sunday (4 p.m.).