After their poor start in the competition, the two French clubs are expected.
Defeated in their first group stage match of the Women’s Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyonnais must pull themselves together this week, respectively against Real Madrid on Wednesday (6:45 p.m.) and against Juventus Turin on Thursday ( 6:45 p.m.).
In Pool A, PSG proved to be too inoffensive during their defeat against Chelsea (1-0) last Thursday. In Spain, the Parisiennes will challenge an opponent who took three points against the Albanians of Vllaznia Shkodër (2-0).
«We have a little pressure before going to Madrid, we must not hide it, we will see how we will be able to manage it“, summed up Gérard Prêcheur, the Parisian coach, after the setback against the Blues, who host Vllaznia Shkodër on Wednesday (9:00 p.m.).
In Madrid, Paris will face a young and ambitious women’s section, created in 2020. Real accelerated its growth this summer thanks to high-level recruitment symbolized by the arrivals of Paris native Naomie Feller and Sandie Toletti, two internationals French.
Similar situation for OL, although more alarming: deprived of many executives, the Lyonnaises had been corrected by Arsenal (5-1) when they entered the running.
Sonia Bompastor’s players can relaunch in Turin against Juve, victorious over Zurich (2-0) last week. Especially since Arsenal will have the opportunity to slip alone at the top of Group C against the Swiss on Thursday (9:00 p.m.).
Lyon eliminated the Turinoises in the quarter-finals of the last edition of the Champions League before winning the title for the eighth time.
During this second day, Barça, still deprived of the double Ballon d’Or (2021, 2022) Alexia Putellas, injured, will travel to Sweden to face Rosengård on Thursday (6:45 p.m.) after having dynamited the defense of Benfica (9- 0) last week.
Schedule of matches for the second day of the Women’s Champions League played on Wednesday October 26 and Thursday October 27
Wednesday October 26
Group A
(18h45) Real Madrid (ESP) – Paris SG (FRA)
(21:00) Chelsea (ENG) – Vllaznia Shkodër (ALB)
Group B
SKN Sankt Pölten (AUT) – AS Roma (ITA)
(21:00) Slavia Prague (CZE) – Wolfsburg (GER)
Thursday, October 27
Group C
(18h45) Juventus Turin (ITA) – Lyon (FRA)
(21h00) Arsenal (ENG) – FC Zurich (SUI)
Group D
(18h45) FC Rosengård (SWE) – FC Barcelone (ESP)
(21h00) Benfica (POR) – Bayern Munich (GER)