2024-01-27 19:32:38
The Parisiennes passed, but within a few minutes, they would have found themselves on penalties. In the first round of 16 of the weekend, Jocelyn Prêcheur’s players logically got the better of Saint-Etienne, 7th in D1 Arkema, at the PSG Campus in Poissy, but only at the last minute.
An easy success loomed thanks to the efficiency of Marie-Antoinette Katoto, whose talent and good disposition did not take ten minutes to manifest (1-0, 10th). But the game was complicated after the break by the equalization of the Greens, thanks to the Canadian Pierre-Louis, following a hand fault from Picaud, the Parisian goalkeeper (1-1, 49th).
Ultimately, the Parisiennes only avoided the penalty shootout thanks to a sensational return from Sandy Baltimore, repelled but transformed into the winning goal by Martens at the last minute (2-1, 88th).
When Katoto was subtly found full axis by Martens in the opposing area, she hooked the Saint-Etienne goalkeeper Gignoux and pushed the ball into the back of the net (1-0, 10th).
Already very prominent with a double against Ajax Amsterdam in the Champions League on Wednesday (3-1), the Parisian striker confirmed her sparkling current form.
Katoto, De Almeida and Geyoro replaced at halftime
Kept away from the field between July 2022 and September 2023 due to a right knee injury, notably deprived of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the Katoto machine is running at full speed again.
She scored her 13th goal of the season this Saturday – 8 in D1, 4 in the Champions League and 1 in the Coupe de France. The Francilienne, who scored 12 times in twelve matches, shook the nets in each of her last eight outings.
With a header, Marie-Antoinette could have made the break, but her attempt, uncrossed, on a corner from the right from Geyoro, razed the right upright of Gignoux (40th).
In view of the next deadline, the trip to Munich against Bayern on Wednesday evening (9 p.m.), with a view to qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Jocelyn Prêcheur replaced three key players at the break , Katoto, De Almeida and Geyoro – Karchaoui, Bachman and Baltimore came into play. Then, Chawinga, the other PSG scorer, was launched on the hour mark, but it was from Baltimore that came the Hi.
The other Ile-de-France clubs easily qualified for the quarter-finals: Fleury dominated Dijon (4-1) while the PFC won 2-0 on the Le Havre pitch.
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