Paris SG have opened up a path to claim their first French women’s football title after reducing a 0-0 draw from their trip to Lyon on Sunday May 30, a result in the form of a transfer of power between the two. clubs.
The meeting which was to be disputed initially on March 13 had been postponed due to cases of Covid-19 in the Paris workforce.
The Parisiennes, who remain at the head of the D1 with one point ahead of the Lyonnaises (2e), will however still have to win Friday at home against Dijon on the last day to be crowned, while OL will host FC Fleury at the same time. These two opponents are very affordable for both clubs and the positions should not move with the consequence of losing the title for Lyon after fourteen years of hegemony.
During the season, Paris proved to be the best team in France. PSG had beaten OL on November 20 at the Parc des Princes (1-0) and, on this occasion, seemed able to undermine the supremacy of Olympique Lyonnais who will thus remain on a white season, a first since 2006.
The Parisian team also eliminated Lyon in the quarter-final of the Champions League in April (0-1, 2-1) before losing in the semi-final against Barcelona, future winner of the event. And for the whole of the Rhone club, which dominated French football among boys, seven times champion from 2002 to 2008 and winner of the Coupe de la Ligue (2001), it is also the first time in twenty years that no reward does not come to garnish the trophy cabinet.
A harmless Lyon
On the meeting, PSG, who controlled the match, created the best opportunities in the first period with actions from Kadidiatou Diani (5, 38), Sandy Baltimore (11), Ramona Bachman (28) or even Signe Bruun after half-time (63).
For its part, the replacement on April 27 of coach Jean-Luc Vasseur by Sonia Bompastor, head of the Academy and former emblematic player of the club, has not yet brought the expected effects. The collective game remains as weak as ever.
Against PSG, the Lyonnaises, still deprived of Griedge M’Bock in defense, Ada Hegerberg in attack, absences to which was added the last minute package of Eugénie Le Sommer, were dominated in the midfield.
Slow in the offensive animation, they were not able to sufficiently carry the danger on the goal of the goalkeeper Christiane Endler, announced in Lyon.
The Chilean had a fairly quiet evening with only two chances for Lyon, a recovery from the head of Amandine Henry (36) and a shot above Sakina Karchaoui (40).
And the entries of Melvine Malard (70), Saki Kumagaï (70) or Janice Cayman (70) did not upset the balance of the meeting.
A very disappointing assessment which proves the president of OL, Jean-Michel Aulas, who had mentioned, at the time of the enthronement of Bompastor, “A disintegration of the game for several seasons”, which the PSG benefited from this year.