2023-09-10 23:31:48
Four weeks after Les Bleues’ exit in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, the 2023-2024 season began this Sunday, September 10. If all goes well, she will lead the French Internationals to the Olympic final. The season began with the Trophée des champions which pits the two best teams from last season against each other. As for around ten years now, these two best teams are still the same: Olympique Lyonnais and PSG. It was in Troyes in Aube that the reunion took place. This is the third time in three editions – those of 2020 and 2021 were canceled due to the pandemic – that the two teams have competed for this trophy. The first two meetings in 2019 and 2022 were won by Lyon.
It’s the same in 2023. French champions Lyon returned home with the first trophy of the season on the line, as usual. OL built their success without much worry. Parisiennes were rarely dangerous. Conversely, Wendie Renard’s partners pushed and found a first reward on a cross from the right side and initiated by Eugénie Le Sommer for the head of Melchie Dumornay after half an hour of play (35th).
Although deprived before the kick-off of Ada Hegerberg who felt a little discomfort just before kick-off, the Rhodaniennes did not relax their embrace. As they gained strength, they continued to push the Parisiennes into their camp. They were rightly rewarded after the hour mark (68th) with a shot from the outside of the right foot by Eugénie Le Sommer. End of the suspense: PSG failed to make up for this delay. Small downside for Lyon, the injury exit of the former Parisian Kadidiatou Diani who, for her reunion with the club in which she had just spent 6 years, seemed to suffer from her left knee. We do not yet know if she will be able to hold her place for the resumption of the championship next Friday against Le Havre. “It’s a first trophy and we’re off to a good start to the season,” says Eugénie Le Sommer at the Canal + microphone. Of course, we have other objectives to achieve but it’s off to a good start. When you are at OL you want to win everything. »
Grace Geyoro: “A lot of positives”
Of course, this champions’ trophy does not bode well for the season ahead. The Lyonnaises have not yet won a 17th French champion title. It still seems far away. But by winning the first trophy at stake, the 37th in the history of the club, by dominating Parisians who were a little overwhelmed from the start, they show that it is not necessary to look elsewhere for the favorite of the season who starts. It’s Olympique Lyonnais, as usual and Paris, too harmless, will have to show something else for it to be otherwise. “There is disappointment but I don’t know if OL were stronger,” analyzes Grace Geyoro on Canal +. We showed some very good things all the same. We have new players, a new system and there are a lot of positives. We have to keep it because the season is still long. »
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