Europe 1 with AFP 00:19, October 21, 2022
France 0 - 2 England.
After OL, beaten 5-1 the day before by Arsenal, the women of Paris SG lost 1-0 against Chelsea on Thursday, a bad start to the Champions League at home that will have to be erased next week.
A bad start in the European Cup for the semi-finalists of the last edition.
The day after the more than surprising defeat of the Lyonnaises in the Champions League against the English Arsenal, the Parisiennes suffered the same fate.
In Jean-Bouin, under the eyes of Neymar, Presnel Kimpembe and Nuno Mendes, the Parisians seemed less organized, less dangerous and less inspired than the "Blues" led by Millie Bright, the evening scorer (27th).
Starting the group stage with a defeat, against the finalists of the 2021 edition, is neither infamous nor unacceptable.
But this is already increasing the pressure before the next deadline, from Wednesday in Madrid against Real, joint leaders after their 2-0 victory at the Albanians of Vllaznia Shkodër.
"With zero points, we are having a bad start to this mini-league of four teams and six matches. We have a little pressure before going to Madrid, we must not hide it, we will see how we will be able to manage it. ", commented coach Gérard Prêcheur.
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A disputed game
PSG did not sink into the great widths like defending champions Lyon, tormented on Wednesday by Beth Mead and company.
However, the club owned by QSI almost never seemed able to thwart the opponent's plan.
The Paris one sometimes seemed quite unreadable, by the way.
Prêcheur found himself deprived of Dutch winger Lieke Martens, weakened by "a flu, a bad cold", and without the former FC Barcelona player, recruited this summer for this type of shock, the team seemed very harmless and often disoriented.
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Hamraoui on the bench
The left lane of the attack could have been surveyed by Sandy Baltimore, holder last season in this position, but the coach hinted in the post-match conference that his horizon was largely blocked in Paris.
In her place, it was the young central midfielder Laurina Fazer, who made a rare attempt on goal (49th), who took over.
And in this organization, the Parisiennes sometimes stepped on each other's feet or had trouble finding each other, in addition to displaying waste in their passes.
Offensively, the semi-finalists of the last three editions have shown almost nothing.
Behind, they suffered the activity and finesse of striker Sam Kerr, untenable in pivot.
The Parisian midfielder, quite overwhelmed in the commitment, did not benefit from the reinforcement of Kheira Hamaraoui.
The 32-year-old sentinel was back in the squad for the first time since being sidelined in mid-April after a falling out in training, but Prêcheur kept her on the bench.