OL were ruthless towards a PSG immersed in the Hamraoui affair on Sunday during the shock of women's D1 (6-1).
The only leader in the championship with three points ahead, the Lyon club is on track to regain its national crown.
A good dynamic illustrated by the contribution of coach Sonia Bompastor and the promising return from injury of Ada Hegerberg.
At Parc OL,
There were tears in Gothenburg (Sweden) on October 5. There are now those, just as touching, of November 14 at Parc OL. For an outstanding scorer of the caliber of Ada Hegerberg (220 goals in 182 games in the Lyon jersey before this season), spending nearly two years without seeing the nets tremble was necessarily a test. A famine only due to serious injuries, and not to a period of doubts.
After five appearances, we felt on Sunday that this OL-PSG very quickly unbalanced (6-1, including 2-0 and a numerical superiority after half an hour of play), four days after the media explosion of the Hamraoui affair , in a rather well-stocked OL Park (13,497 spectators), was a perfect opportunity to see her come in and shine.
Eight minutes after replacing Danielle van de Donk, the Norwegian quite simply offered a brace while opportunism in the box,
what else
?
"Being a goalscorer is an adrenaline rush that is difficult to describe"
“I knew this first goal was only a matter of time,” she says. The feeling of being a goalscorer is exceptional. It's an adrenaline rush that is difficult to describe, especially when we play against PSG at home in front of a fantastic audience. What I experienced with these injuries gave me time to work and think differently. It's like I'm launching another career. I do not reset the counters completely to zero, but I have started afresh on a new basis. "And these are as promising as this
new-look
OL
, with Sonia Bompastor at its head, which has truly changed era compared to its recent European conquests (Bouhaddi, Le Sommer and Marozsan were previously on loan to OL Reign, Kumagai and Bronze have left…).
Even without injured Amel Majri and Wendie Renard, with Griedge Mbock and Ada Hegerberg very far from being 100%, and with Amandine Henry helping out in central defense, this Lyon flies over the start of the season, whether in the Champions League or in D1, where he clearly just took an option for the title on Sunday by knocking out his Parisian rival.
“I believe a lot in our group, admits Ada Hegerberg, the first Golden Ball in the history of women's football in 2018. We've been trying to put something in place for months.
Against PSG, it was a big test for us to find our place.
This is only the beginning, we want to continue our momentum.
"
707 days after his last goal, @AdaStolsmo found his way back to the net 🙌😘🔴🔵 #OLPSG 6-1 pic.twitter.com/jNMyI9FdE9
- OL Féminin (@OLfeminin) November 14, 2021
"Last season was a sporting failure"
Does it smell good the return of the unstoppable Lyonnaises, able to string together 14 titles in a row in D1, and five in the Champions League, before seeing PSG break their hegemony in the two competitions, last spring, when the team broke up with Jean-Luc Vasseur.
Ada Hegerberg, who symbolizes this Lyon turning into a phoenix, analyzes this necessary transition: “Last season was difficult for the team [no title for the first time in 15 years].
It was a sporting failure.
It's important to take a step back and try to understand why it didn't work.
We had to look at ourselves in the mirror and be very honest with ourselves, that allows us to start again on a good basis.
She continues:
Sonia came with Camille [Abily, her assistant] and with freshness and a beautiful game that relies a lot on ball possession. We were able to create a group and a significant dynamic. When we win, that's when we have to be even harder on ourselves so as not to slack off. "
We can count on the Norwegian “warrior” to instill this state of mind in Selma Bacha, Mevine Malard, Catarina Macario and all this young generation making a very good start to the season. "For us, it was important to recreate cohesion in this group, a base of common values," continues Sonia Bompastor after having defeated PSG. This collective strength can make it possible to seek victories, as we saw against Bayern on Wednesday (from 0-1 to 2-1). "And this with an undisguised offensive paw, and which can only convince this workforce rich in technicians.
“Our DNA is to attack matches very strongly and our game model is very ambitious,” explains Sonia Bompastor.
It is made of risks, since we decide to go for the teams very high.
We necessarily expose ourselves, so we can sometimes concede goals, but I take this risk.
"The triumph against PSG is the perfect counter-example, since Christiane Endler, who just bowed on an anecdotal goal from Ilestedt on a corner (4-1, 75th), did not have the slightest stop to make .
Hamraoui affair or not, this OL does not seem destined to leave PSG the slightest hope of offering itself a double.
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