The perfect hold-up: PSG strikes a blow by winning in Lyon (0-1) and takes the lead in the championship

Paris Saint-Germain is relaunching everything! This Sunday evening, the Parisiennes won on the lawn of Olympique Lyonnais (0-1), during the eleventh day of Women’s Division 1. At Groupama Stadium, Kadidiatou Diani released his team at the very end of the game (87th). Thanks to this unique achievement, PSG, with 29 points (against 28), passed OL in the standings, and even won the title of autumn champion, since this meeting marked the end of the first leg.

This season, PSG must do without its star Marie-Antoinette Katoto, who seriously injured her knee last summer. But in the absence of the top scorer in its history, the capital club is not devoid of talent. And in attack, since the start of this exercise, Kadidiatou Diani has responded. The French international even took advantage of this meeting to consolidate her place as top scorer in the elite, with a ninth achievement.

Endler hadn’t had much to do

On a corner, the attacker was able to take a deflection from Elisa De Almeida to find the fault (87th, 0-1). A goal but above all a victory in the form of a hold-up. Because, in this meeting, Christiane Endler had not had much to do before. Only Kheira Hamraoui (44th) then Ramona Bachmann (83rd) had requested it.

And for good reason, this meeting was dominated by Olympique Lyonnais, under the leadership of Delphine Cascarino in particular, in all good moves and dangerous on each of its accelerations. In the Parisian cage, Sarah Bouhaddi, who comes out of thirteen years spent between Rhône and Saône, did not miss anything. However, the Fenottes spared no effort.

OL remained in 95 games without defeat at home in D1

But neither Eugénie Le Sommer (9th, 77th), nor Danielle van de Donk (19th, 25th) or even Lindsey Horan (26th) were able to take the experienced 36-year-old goalkeeper by default. The former international, however, had a good scare, completely missing an outing on an opposing free kick. And if the ball then sailed into the penalty area, Melvine Malard was countered at close range by Sakina Karchaoui, before Vanessa Gilles saw her header go wide (23rd).

Sonia Bompastor’s proteges never found the solution, despite their mastery in the game and a technical quality superior to their opponents of the day. But this quality did not allow them to go to the end of their actions, with real difficulties in the last gesture. If everything is relaunched in the elite, this final result also puts an end to an incredible series of 95 games without defeat for OL in their den, in the first division. To retain their title, the Fenottes will now have to rely on a misstep from their best enemy … or to return the favor in the capital.