With five goals in two games, Marie-Antoinette Katoto is PSG’s number one offensive asset. This Saturday again, the club was able to rely on its star striker to extricate itself from the Champagne quagmire (1-2). The French international scored twice with a header. A not ordinary performance for a match which was not so for Fabrice Abriel’s players, very happy to leave with the three points.
Reims, one of the three red lanterns in the championship, quickly caused trouble in this part. Confident in the tradition of their first victory last weekend in Le Havre (0-3), the hosts scored in the 6th minute of play. A goal offered on a plate by the young Eva Gaetino (21 years old) who, by missing a harmless check on the restart, offered a perfect counter to Lucie Calba and her teammates.
The reaction was sluggish but there. By returning to three in midfield, PSG gradually regained their senses and regained their impact on recovery. Enough to give themselves some air, without shining… until that first helmet hit from Marie-Antoinette Katoto from a corner before the break (38th).
The break did not really change the appearance of this lackluster match. Reims even had the opportunity to do it again, but Anaële Le Moguédec came up against goalkeeper Mary Earps in a one-on-one (56th). This immense scare will be the last of the game. Twelve minutes later, this time it is the opposing door which flinches and completely misses its exit. A boon for the Blue scorer, who has now scored six goals this season.
Laborious. This is how we could summarize this very small performance of the Parisiennes, who temporarily regain the lead of the First League, but still display signs of technical and tactical fragility, two weeks after their logical defeat against OL (1-0). The Lyonnaises face Saint-Étienne this Saturday evening in a derby at the Groupama Training Center in front of 2,500 spectators. On the Ile-de-France side, Fleury and Paris FC respectively won against Le Havre (2-0) and Strasbourg (4-1) and are placed in 3rd and 5th place in the ranking.
