The View From France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset rounds up the second leg from the French teams competing in the last 32 of UEFA Women’s Champions League.

OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS 3-0 JUVENTUS

Olympique Lyonnais win 6-2 on aggregate.

Before the game started, there was a tribute to Gérard Houiller who was part of the staff of Olympique Lyonnais since 2016. All our deep condolences go to his family.

Lyon won against Juventus (3-0) at home, finishing the job and qualifying for the next round. After a first quarter, things were a little bit difficult and Lyon had a few problems keeping the ball.

It was a combination of a bad clearance by the Juventus goalkeeper and a defender which allowed Dzsenifer Marozsan to open the scoring after 21 minutes.

After this goal, Lyon took the game to Juventus and dominated without being able to score more goals. At half time Lyon lead 1-0. Despite Lyon domination, we had to wait until the 88th minute for Melvine Malard to score the second goal after an unstoppable “one-two” with Marozsan. Janice Cayman entered in the game on the 72^nd minute finished the job by scoring at 90+1 on a pass from Marozsan who was elected woman of the match. Jodie Taylor entered at the end of the game for her last match with Lyon; she goes back to USA as her contract with the club finishes on December 31^st, 2020.

A special focus on Selma Bacha who played 92 minutes (she had played only 15 minutes at the end of the game in the first leg) and who did a pretty good game as a left back – 50 balls played: 37 passes (81% successful), 1 cross, 12 balls recovery; no errors.

Highlights of the game:

2^nd: Yellow card for Saki Kumagai (Lyon)

12^nd: Yellow card for Amandine Henry (Lyon)

21^st: 1 – 0, Dzsenifer Marozsan (Lyon)

46^th: Barbara Bonansea (Juventus) replaced Cristiana Girelli

58^th: Maria Alves (Juventus) replaced Sara Gama

64^th: Melvine Malard (Lyon) replaced Nikita Parris

72^nd: Janice Cayman (Lyon) replaced Delphine Cascarino

73^rd: Yellow card for Dzsenifer Marozsan (Lyon)

76^th: Andrea Staskova (Juventus) replaced Lina Hurtig

77^th: Annahita Zamanian (Juventus) replaced Aurora Galli

88^th: 2 – 0, Melvine Malard (Lyon)

90^th+1: 3 – 0, Janice Cayman (Lyon)

90^th+2: Vicky Becho (Lyon) replaced Selma Bacha

90^th+2: Sally Julini (Lyon) replaced Amel Majri

90^th+2: Jodie Taylor (Lyon) replaced Dzsenifer Marozsan

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN 6-1 GORNIK LECZNA

Paris St. Germain win 8-1 on aggregate.

Paris St. Germain won easily at home against Gornik Leczna 6-1 to finish the job and qualify for the next round. By scoring three goals in the first 30 minutes, there was not a lot of suspense to guess which team would qualify at the end. At half time it was already 4-0 and according to how Paris St Germain dominated the game and the number of opportunities they add, it is a miracle that they did not score even more goals.

Highlights of the game:

21^st: 1 – 0, Nadia Nadim (Paris)

24^th: 2 – 0, Jordyn Huitema (Paris)

32^nd: 3 – 0, Irene Parades (Paris)

43^rd: 4 – 0, Marie-Antoinette Katoto (Paris)

46^th: Roksana Ratajczyk (Leczna) replaced Jolanta Siwinska

51^st: 5 – 0, Kadidiatou Diani (Paris)

57^th: Yellow card for Roksana Ratajczyk (Leczna)

57^th: Jade Le Guilly (Paris) replaced Ashley Elizabeth Lawrence

57^th: Signe Brun (Paris) replaced Marie-Antoinette Katoto

57^th: Lorina Fazer (Paris) replaced Sara Dabritz

62^nd: 5 – 1, Ewelina Kamczyk (Leczna)

70^th: Oceane Hurtre (Paris) replaced Nadia Nadim

71^st: Ramona Bachmann (Paris) replaced Kadidiatou Diani

76^th: Oliwia Rapacka (Leczna) replaced Patricia Hmirova

89^th: 6 – 1, Irene Paredes (Paris)