Libourne (France) (AFP)

PSG, winner 2-1 in the pain of Bordeaux on Sunday night in Libourne, qualified for the final of the Women's French Cup where they will face Olympique Lyonnais, who fell in the afternoon of Guingamp 1-0 .

Olivier Echouafni's daughters will meet Lyon on Sunday August 9 in Auxerre, before perhaps a new reunion at the end of August in the semi-finals of the Champions League in Bilbao, if the two teams pass the quarter-finals .

The two flagship clubs of French women's football have already faced each other four times in the final of the national event. OL have won it three times, PSG one, the last, in 2018 in Strasbourg.

The experience of the major meetings of PSG, as well as its bench, made the difference against Bordeaux, in this recovery match generally dominated by the vice-champions of France but who had difficulty in breaking through the Girondin lock, supported by 2,000 supporters.

The Bordelaises believed in it, especially after the opener of the opportunist Katia Snoeijs, their Dutch rookie intercepting an uncertain pass from the Canadian Ashley Lawrence before going to win her duel with the Chilean goalkeeper Christiane Endler (1-0, 23rd).

- The Parisian bench -

Until then, the Parisian players, under the eyes of sports director Leonardo, had been the most dangerous but Marie-Antoinette Katoto (5th) and Kadidiatou Dinai (10th) could not find the frame.

More comfortable in the construction, they found salvation on the restart, not on the free kick of Nadia Nadim on the post (47th), but eight minutes later on a corner of the latter, taken from the Headed by captain Irene Paredes (1-1).

The Bordelaises, on a rare weak Parisian time, almost doubled the bet but the volley of Khadija Shaw ended on the post (77th).

The returns of Sandy Baltimore and Signe Brunn on the visiting side bore fruit against the then tired Girondines who ended up giving in on an opening of the first for the Danish striker, who scored the goal of qualification (84th).

"We're coming back a bit from a distance, we really went looking for it". recognized Echouafni. "It is ultimately the bench that made the difference, rejoiced the coach of PSG. The four players who returned brought freshness, they were decisive."

In the afternoon, OL had to wait for the hour mark to rule out the Guingampaises, thanks to a header from Nikita Parris on a cross from captain Wendy Renard (65).

The Lyonnaises largely dominated, but the attackers were inefficient, stumbling several times on Solène Durant, the Breton goalkeeper and captain.

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