On November 4, the 31-year-old French international, brought home by her teammate Aminata Diallo after a team dinner, was extracted from the vehicle by two masked men who beat her on the legs before killing her. to escape.

Diallo, witness of the scene, was heard for two days by the police before leaving free without charge against her.

Neither of the two players, who occupy the same position in the middle, was present in Lyon.

Tuesday, after the assault but before the hearing of Diallo by the police, the Parisiennes seemed to have overcome the emotional shock linked to this case, winning against Real Madrid (4-0) in the Champions League while the Lyonnaises beat Bayern Munich (2-1).

On Sunday, on the other hand, PSG, which had suppressed its media activities on Saturday after asking the Federation to postpone the match on Friday, did not exist, after having, perhaps, abandoned mental forces in this episode, leaving OL, largely dominating, take the advantage in the title race.

Les Rhodaniennes are three points ahead of the French champions who captured the title from OL last spring after 14 consecutive coronations, with the added bonus of a better goal difference (+37 against +18).

The result is not decisive but Lyon nevertheless already takes an option by inflicting their first defeat of the season to Paris Saint-Germain, who also conceded their first six goals.

Double for Hegerberg

Catarina Macario opened the scoring by converting a penalty awarded for a foul committed on herself by Amanda Ilested (15) before Danielle Van de Donk quickly brought the score to 2-0 by taking back a cross delivered from the left wing by Selma Bacha (18).

Additional twist: Paris Saint-Germain compromised its chances of a return to the mark after the exclusion of Ashley Lawrence, guilty of a fault in the position of last defender on Melvine Malard in the 27th minute.

Canadian Paris Saint-Germain defender Ashley Lawrence grapples with Lyon's Japanese midfielder Saki Kumagai and striker Melvine Malard in their Champions League quarter-final on April 18, 2021 at Groupama Stadium in Décines-Charpieu JEFF PACHOUD AFP / Archives

The latter was then very close to 3-0 with a recovery of the head passing very little to side after a cross from Delphine Cascarino (30).

But Malard nevertheless scored the third goal by heading a corner played from the right by Bacha (53) just like the Spaniard Damarris Egurrola, on a similar action, coming from the left, to bring the score to 4-0 (60).

PSG saved the honor on a goal scored, again, on a corner by Ilested who headed Christiane Endler on a poorly controlled exit (4-1, 75).

But the end of the game also allowed the Norwegian Ada Hegerberg, 2018 Golden Ball, to score her first two goals (78, 82) since her return to competition on October 5, after 20 months of absence in due to two injuries to the right knee and left tibia.

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