Honor to the ladies, even more so than usual. Fifteen days after Neymar and his band went off the road at Real Madrid (3-1), a week after the elimination of Zoumana Camara’s U19s by the same score by Salzburg, Didier Ollé-Nicolle’s players have , they carried the colors of PSG high on the European scene. This Tuesday evening, Grace Geyoro and her partners perfectly negotiated the first chapter of their Champions League quarter-final by going to win on the lawn of Bayern Munich (1-2).
A victory from which it is difficult not to extract the performance of the top scorer in the history of the club, Marie-Antoinette Katoto (135 goals). Faced with a German formation which had until then conceded only three goals in the competition, the native of Colombes found the net twice.
“It’s a lot of satisfaction, slipped the heroine of the evening, an away victory in this beautiful stadium, with many supporters, it’s not easy to get. I don’t know if we played well, but we gave it our all and we remember this great victory. We are really very happy because Bayern is one of the best teams in Europe. »
Katoto scored for the first time by propelling an attempt by Diani returned by the bar out of reach of Leitzig, the German goalkeeper (19th). A second time on a perfectly uncrossed whim which will end its race under the bar (71st). A double (his fourth and fifth goals in the Champions League) which allows, despite the reduction of Bühl’s score with a powerful wrapped free kick (84th), to approach the return on favorable waivers.
“We score twice from set pieces, but especially in their highlights. I think it hurt them a lot, said the Parisian who scored twice. We will see what needs to be corrected but, opposite, they had a good match. We were surgical, outside it is important. We stay focused because if we managed to win away, they can also do it (Editor’s note: on the way back). We will prepare slowly. We can’t wait to get back to the Park with the atmosphere of our supporters to push us. »
Return on March 30 to the Parc des Princes
Four days before the semi-final of the Coupe de France, which they will play in Fleury (2:15 p.m.) on Saturday March 26, it is with a small lead and the confidence of a team which has conceded only one goal since the start. he opening of his continental campaign, which the Parisiennes will meet their opponents on Wednesday March 30, 9 p.m., at the Parc des Princes.
A quarter-final return during which the players of Ollé-Nicolle will aim to make history stutter, they who had already won their ticket to the last four against Bayern (4-0) four years ago. The motivation will be all the more exacerbated in the event of qualification, the semi-finalists of the last exercise will compete for their ticket for the final against the winner of the opposition between Juventus Turin and… Olympique Lyonnais. The opportunity, perhaps, to take revenge on the Rhodaniennes who had kicked them out of the competition in the half two years ago.
“We have the satisfaction of having put ourselves in a good situation for the return, assured the Parisian coach, Didier Ollé-Nicolle. I didn’t want us to be wait-and-see for the return. The idea was to make a real game. We did it in solidarity, in the game, we did it in sequence. I am launching a real appeal to the people for the return to the Park, I hope that there will be more than 20,000 people. It is a real challenge, against Bayern, to reach the semi-finals. We need our supporters to be behind the team to reach the last four because we know it will be tight and difficult. »
The game sheet
BAYERN MUNICH – PSG 1-2 (0-1)
Referee: Ms. Huerta De Aza (Spain).
Buts. Bavaria : Bühl (79e) ; PSG : Katoto (19e, 71e).
Bayern : Leitzig – Glas, Wenninger, Vighosdottir, Gwinn (Simon, 85e) – Magull (cap.) (Dallmann, 74e), Zadrazil (Lohmann, 63e), Kumagaï – Schüller (Damjanonovic, 74e), Bühl, Asseyi (Rall, 63e) . Entr. : scouring.
PSG: Votikova – Lawrence, De Almeida, Ilestedt, Karchaoui – Geyoro (cap.) (Luana, 85e), Hamraoui, Däbritz (Diallo, 41e) – Diani, Katoto (Huitema, 85e), Baltimore (Bachmann, 75e). Enter. : Ollé-Nicolle.