The evening is just very beautiful, when it could have been close to perfection for PSG. By equalizing (2-2) on AS Rome’s field in extra time (90th + 6), Bayern Munich player Lea Schüller prevented the Parisian team from carrying out the dream operation: ensuring finish among the first two even before the final day. But for this to happen it would have been necessary for the transalpine team to secure a victory which, coupled with that of Jocelyn Prêcheur’s players, would have validated this qualification.
So, next Tuesday, it will be enough not to lose in Bavaria, against a team which won in the first leg (1-0), to cross the border of the group stage and reach the even more exciting destinations of the knockout matches. In the event of a defeat on Bayern’s field, we would have to add a victory for Ajax over Roma to weave the nightmarish plot of elimination.
Eighth success in a row for the Parisiennes
While waiting for this crucial deadline, the second in D1 can look forward to continuing the year 2024 in steamroller mode. This Wednesday’s success is the eighth in a row, all competitions combined, a picture of an ogre’s march whose teeth scratch the grass. This series is accompanied by a blaze of offensive statistics: with the 3 goals scored on Wednesday, PSG has 25 in just five matches since January 9.
At the heart of this offensive storm blows the talent of Marie-Antoinette Katoto. In the 7th minute, the international striker took in an acrobatic gesture from a cross from Sandy Baltimore, who had just tormented Ashleigh Weerden. Eighteen minutes later, the PSG center forward struck in another register, a face-to-face with the goalkeeper won with a left shot, while Grace Geyoro had just launched it in depth after a high recovery (2-0, 25th).
The Parisian number 9, who before this match remained on a series of seven goals scored in the last six matches in which she had participated, further validated the thesis of her return to form. He will have missed, at his side, an equally realistic Tabitha Chawinga to drive home the victory a little further. But, on three occasions (17th, 49th, 54th), the globe-trotting PSG attacker should have been more skillful against the opposing goalkeeper. It was on one of his many actions, on the other hand, that PSG granted themselves a new two-goal lead, through Grace Geyoro (40th), while Ajax had reduced the score after an individual action by Romée Leuchter (31st). At 3-1, PSG never trembled, saving its stock of thrills for the next meeting, perhaps.