#psg v lyon

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[cvrsedbrains]

I watched the PSG v Lyon match … Someone take all of Elisa de Almeida’s pain and give it to Noah Schnapp.

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not my commentator saying that L’Equipe said Galtier is seeing himself here next season

mate you are lucky to still be here but your days are numbered

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Lyon v Paris Saint-Germain (September 3, 2023)

[footballfangworl]

Since PSG plays today I propose we all play a drinking game!

Take a shot for each tear you shed during the match!!!

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Women’s Champions League: where the semi-finals will be won and lost

This weekend brings the first legs of the Women’s Champions League semi-finals and I am particularly intrigued to see how my old club Chelsea approach their tie against Barcelona. This is the third encounter between the clubs in the space of four seasons and it will be interesting to see what Chelsea’s coaching staff have learned from those previous games – the 2021 final and 2023 semi-final, which both ended in defeat.

To draw on my recollections of playing in those matches, in 2021 we went into the final with a high press and the attitude that ‘we’re going to do our thing’. But we all know how that worked out – within 20 minutes we’d conceded three times and by half-time it was 4-0, which is how that final finished.

Last year, as a consequence, we took a more cautious approach. We changed to a back three and tried to minimise their chances on goal and I think we did it quite well though, in the process, we sacrificed our own attacking game to a degree. In our 1-0 first-leg loss at home, we had an xG of only 0.35. Hopefully, this time Chelsea can find the perfect blend and play their own game while also constricting Barcelona.

Of course, it won’t be easy as Barcelona – like the Spain national team – are going like a train right now. In my first column in February, I spoke about playing against Spain with Sweden and the challenge of stopping their play in the half-spaces between the centre-back and full-back, which they are so good at exploiting through Aitana Bonmatí. This time I’d like to single out another player – namely, the Barcelona right winger Caroline Graham Hansen, who is having an incredible season. She scored in both legs against Chelsea last season and has been even better this year with 17 goals and 16 assists in the Liga F. With Barcelona functioning so well as a team centrally, they can get the ball to her in the wide spaces and give her the one v one situations in which she flourishes. Therefore, Chelsea must keep a player tight to her and also to try to stop the supply line of passes out wide.

As for my old team, just like for last season’s semi-final, they look certain to be without Millie Bright, who has only just returned to training after her knee injury. She will be missed, as will Sam Kerr, the leader of the front line. Yet if you’re looking for positives, one potential upside is that it might not be easy for Barcelona to analyse Chelsea. They have used a lot of players this season with different combinations in the back line and midfield and this unpredictability could be an asset. A case in point is Lauren James, who could play as centre-forward, the No 10 or in the wide areas. Lauren has been injury-free this season and has played at a consistently high level and it’s not easy for opponents to set up to stop her as she can float around and perform in different areas.

Another possible positive for Chelsea is that Barcelona are without their injured centre-back Mapi León. She was very good against us last year, both in stopping attacks and building the play. We had a plan to exploit their high line and get Sam in behind her and Irene Paredes, the other centre-back. However, the pair of them read it well and dropped back to deny Sam the space.

When you look at Barcelona’s unbeaten run in their domestic competitions, it contrasts with Chelsea’s recent domestic form with their defeats in the League Cup final and FA Cup semi-final. I’d argue that, playing in England, Chelsea face bigger tests more often yet Barcelona, to their credit, never seem to let their standards drop and whenever a big test comes around, they show up. If I have to make a prediction, therefore, my head tells me Barcelona are the best club side in the world right now and so will edge it. Of course, my heart is hoping for Chelsea and although they’ve have had those recent setbacks, a huge characteristic of their success under Emma Hayes has been their ability to bounce back from disappointments and produce a performance when it matters most.

As for the other, all-French, semi-final between Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain, I would have made Lyon clear favourites a few months ago but not any longer. I actually scored Bayern’s winner at PSG in the group stage in November but I have been impressed by how they have gelled as a team since then. Watching their quarter-final against Häcken, I saw a settled, solid side who have found a way to really capitalise on the speed of winger Tabitha Chawinga.

Before our two games against them with Bayern, we looked at their threat on the left side with both Chawinga and full-back Sakina Karchaoui, who gets over a lot of crosses. What I like about Chawinga is that she’s a forward who, with her individual quality, speed and strength, can make something out of nothing. At Bayern we experienced that in our 2-2 draw with PSG in Munich in December when with her speed, she intercepted a backpass which our goalkeeper had looked the favourite to reach.

She also scored when PSG drew 1-1 in Lyon in their most recent league meeting in February and with Marie-Antoinette Katoto alongside her, it’s clear PSG have a strong attacking threat. At the same time, though, I consider Lyon a more complete team. It’s true they’ve not yet faced a serious test in the competition but they have more than 11 world-class players. And I can speak from recent personal experience as my Sweden team lost 1-0 last week to a France side including several of Lyon’s best players. At centre-back Wendie Renard was really solid against us and underlined her set-piece threat once again by scoring the winning goal. Alongside her, Griedge Mbock now looks back to her best after injury.

Up front, meanwhile, I faced Kadidiatou Diani, who is the Champions League’s leading scorer with seven goals. Seeing her up close, I could sense she was in good shape. When you play an attacker who’s in form, things just seem to happen for them and I recall one incident in particular where, without producing a fantastic dribble, she was still able to get the ball away from several of our players. She is another player who can create something out of nothing and could have a key role, especially with Eugénie Le Sommer missing after suffering a knee injury in that same game against Sweden.

Like Chelsea and Barcelona, Lyon are unbeaten in this Champions League campaign, they tend to get the better of PSG in their domestic competition and I expect they’ll do so again over these two legs. That said, I really do think any of these four semi-finalists have the quality to go on and win the trophy. Whereas the quarter-final ties each had a clear favourite, this time anything could happen. I hope as many people as possible tune in as we could be in for a treat with two dramatic ties full of twists and turns.

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The first leg of the women's champions league semifinals were played today

Barcelona v Chelsea in Barcelona, Chelsea win 1-0. Chelsea were so defensively solid but also barca didn't show up they missed so many chances, they didn't get even one on target. A mess

PSG v Lyon was wild. PSG was running things and were 2-0 up then at the 80th min Lyon scored 3 times in 6 mins to remind everyone why they've won this competition 8 times.

Potm Jess carter of Chelsea absolutely deserved I think she's so underrated. She absolutely bossed the backline and kept it together.

Potm Melchie Dumournay was a great asset to get Lyon over the line with a goal and assist for the winner.

I feel like either team can win the next game the difference is only one goal in both matches so I'm excited to see what happens next week. It really could be anyone

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now that I'm grown, I'm scared of ghosts (Fleury - Lyon Postgame Thoughts)

Plus side: we won by a comfortable margin.

Downside: literally everything else.

It's impossible to have watched that game and come away with any degree of confidence. It was a win, sure, but it was ugly as fuck and if we're being frank, paints a pretty bleak picture of the future. So let's talk our way through the issues.

Before I rip into the team, we need to talk about the state of the pitch because I am an equal opportunity hater. It was appalling and that Lyon walked away with no (obvious?) longterm injury is quite frankly a miracle. The French Federation cannot be bragging about how they have revamped the league while having teams play on a pitch like Fleury's. By the end it looked closer to a carpet design than actual grass.

Pitches in conditions like that aren't going to encourage players to play in the league and they're not going to encourage broadcasters to broadcast the games. This is something that needs to be fixed, urgently at that. It was ugly to look at and it was ugly to play on. No one, absolutely no one, enjoyed it.

So let's move on to the game itself.

Lyon's mentality, which used to be such a strong defining characteristic of the team, was absolutely shocking this evening. To have conceded in the opening seconds not just in the first half but also in the second half is just unacceptable for a team of this alleged caliber. They have played games before. In what world should they have switched off so easily? This isn't their first time playing in a new league against an unfamiliar opponent. They aren't amateurs even if the beginning of each half begs the contrary.

The defense wasn't ball watching on the goals which actually makes it even worse. If they were ball watching then they were jut being lazy. Instead they were unprepared and disoriented and got rightfully punished for it. People will argue that it's expected since the defense isn't used to playing in a 3-4-3.

Fine. But they shouldn't be playing in a 3-4-3 anyway.

The system doesn't work when you have the outside backs that Lyon does. Svava and Carpenter both like to break forward and be part of the attack because that's simply how Lyon plays. But in order for the 3-4-3 to properly work you need the defense to sit back the entire game. A 3-4-3 with two outside backs like Carpenter becomes more of a 1-2-4-3 and that leaves the goal incredibly exposed.

If Fleury were able to score two quick goals, imagine what teams with a bigger fire power (PSG, Paris FC) will do to that defense. The system just simply doesn't work with the defenders Lyon has.

Well, the remaining players. Gilles shouldn't have played 90 mins considering she missed the entirety of preseason due to injury. While I will celebrate Montemurro protecting my mental health by not starting Sylla and Sangare, we're back to the real problem: Gilles played because the other option was worse, and the other option was worse because Kang/Ponsot/Montemurro collectively decided that losing Mbock was acceptable because they would give academy kids playing time instead.

Twist and turn it all you want, but academy kids are not on par with Mbock. If only we had a third experienced CB who could have perhaps stepped up and played instead ...

I've ripped on Marozsan so much in the past. I still think we should sell her and I still think she's unnecessary expensive dead weight. BUT I am also not to proud to give credit where credit is due. She has been playing well lately and seems to have remembered that cardio will not, in fact, actually kill her. I'm not sure who was more surprised when Marozsan ran back and did a good defensive slide tackle, myself or the Fleury player. I don't think Marozsan's defensive efforts were necessary in a scouting report. Canal Plus also had interesting speculations about why Marozsan sat on the bench so much last season but that's something we can discuss privately.

The midfield overall was pretty meh. Van de Donk didn't play well but didn't play badly either, but definitely could have done better. I am perplexed at her fucking nutcase stans on Instagram who do not seem to understand that a player can be subbed around the 60th minute for rotation purposes and not because of injury. She is a player who wasn't playing an outstanding game and has openly spoken about burnout. There is nothing shocking or concerning about her being subbed around the 60th minute unless you a deranged parasocial freak.

Horan actually played better than I was expecting. I'm a bit like ??? at some people's willingness to vilify her. Like, she's not in my list of Top 20 players I like, but there seems to be a real interest in putting her down lately while conveniently forgetting both what she has accomplished on the field and other players who have made much more controversial decisions but seem to get a pass because of a bunch of reasons (association with Love Island FC being one of them). Anyway, it's fine, beef with whomever you want, not gonna tell you not to, but is Horan really the most unlikeable player in the world? Like, really?

Damaris was a bit meh at the beginning, was sloppy and careless for Fleury's first goal, but actually got into the game more and seemed to become more interested in the outcome of the game as it went on. Her assist was really good. Just sucks we're going to lose her for several weeks/months at one point in the season as is tradition.

Dumornay has got to learn to control her frustration better. It's frustrating as a fan because when Dumornay keeps her head down and does her job, she's really good at it and is fun to watch. But then she starts being fouled or calls going against her or whatever and she starts committing unnecessary fouls. I'm not fond of the argument "she's young and is still learning." No. Cut that shit out and focus on your job. Which she did in this game.

Canal Plus ripped into Chawinga a fair amount as well and some I think was a bit out of line and some I agree with. Is Lyon a more "technical" team than PSG? I'm not super convinced about that. I think in terms of passing and ball possession, they're not that different from each other. So I don't buy the argument she struggled because she isn't used to being on a technical team. PSG has very good technical players, this isn't the first time she would have been around quick passing.

I do agree she was making sloppy mistakes. There was a moment when she was trying to control the ball and then just kicked out of bounds from 20 cms away for a Fleury throw. She also didn't really have a go at the Fleury defense which we know from her PSG days she can do. Now again, I'll concede she is playing with a new team, but she has played in the league before and she has played against Fleury before. There wasn't really a whole lot of new if you think about it.

Diani woke up as the game went on. Scored, could have done better, have seen her ghost so I know what that looks like and this wasn't it. It'll be interesting to see what her form looks like as the season progresses.

And going back to Endler - I expected better from her. I know she is probably used to sleep watching her way through league games so she is going to be in for a rude awakening if Montemurro continues with this 3-4-3 formation. Before Endler had a stellar backline in front of her. Now she doesn't really have one at all.

Tl:dr version: this game did nothing to make me feel better about how the rest of the season is going to go.

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PSG vs Dortmund Champions League 2nd Leg Live Online

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PSG host Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League semi-final second leg on Tuesday evening, with the French side needing to overturn a 1-0 deficit.

Luis Enrique's men lost in Germany last week, with Niclas Füllkrug's impressive strike proving the difference between the two sides as they battle it out for a place in the final against either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.

PSG, who also have the French Cup final against Lyon later this month, have already been crowned Ligue 1 champions - and they're all in on winning the Champions League for the first time in the club's history.

Dortmund, who won the competition back in 1997 after beating Juventus 3-1, are looking to reach the Champions League final for the first time since 2013.

Edin Terzić's side had the perfect preparation for Tuesday's clash as they hammered Augsburg 5-1 to keep the pressure on RB Leipzig in their battle to finish in the top four.

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Dang it. I just checked the score for psg v lyon and there was an own goal from Elisa?!

[magdasabs]

Do you have a link for the Lyon v. PSG today? Thanks for any help you can provide.

I don't but if anyone would like to send one in, that'd be awesome :)

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Playing like this PSG really doesn’t deserve to win even the farmers league which speaks volumes

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mutuals, how is the psg v lyon game??? im still watching wrestlemania but i need to check in on the nonsense

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Coupe de France : Côtes et conseils paris de ce week-end !

La Coupe de France reprend ses droits à partir de ce soir avec l'entrée en lice du PSG. Nous vous proposons les conseils paris et les côtes des principaux matchs des pensionnaires de Ligue 1. Nantes a remporté la dernière édition après avoir battu Nice en finale. C'est la quatrième fois de leur histoire que les Canaris remportent cette coupe. Le champion en titre sera à nouveau en course en 2023 pour tenter de conserver son titre. Nantes devra faire face à des concurrents de taille s'il veut être sacré champion de la Coupe de France pour la cinquième fois. Coupe de France : Châteauroux vs PSG Ce soir, 21h00 Conseil de pari : plus de 2.5 buts Cotes : 1.27 Le PSG est grand favori pour remporter ce match par une large différence de buts. Il n'est plus à rappeler qu'ils sont comme chaque année le plus sérieux candidat pour le titre en Coupe de France. Les Parisiens ont marqué plus de 2,5 buts lors de ses huit derniers matchs, toutes compétitions confondues. Ils ont soit marqué, soit encaissé un but lors de six de leurs huit derniers matchs. Châteauroux a également marqué plus de trois buts lors de trois de ses quatre derniers matchs. Nous nous attendons à une avalanche de buts dans cette rencontre. Le spectacle sera au rendez-vous. Il est à noter que Christophe Galtier n'envisage pas d'aligner son trio magique Mbappé-Messi-Neymar. Cela ne devrait pas avoir d'impact sur le rendement offensif de l'équipe. Lire aussi : Coupe de France : Dernières nouvelles et compo probable de la finale Cotes : ESA Linas-Montlhery vs Lens Demain, 15h30 Conseil de pari : plus de 3.5 buts Cotes : 1.53 Lens a affiché une forme incroyable lors de ses cinq derniers matchs. Ils restent sur quatre victoires toutes compétitions confondues sur cette période. Les Lensois ont dernièrement battu le PSG, leader du championnat, lors de leur dernier match de Ligue 1. Quatre de leurs matchs précédents ont produit trois buts ou plus, tandis que les matchs précédents de l'ESA Linas-Montlhery ont produit deux buts chacun lors de leurs cinq derniers matchs toutes compétitions confondues. Ici encore, les attaquants seront à la fête, on s'attendra à voir beaucoup de buts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJqR1C8cY9k Coupe de France : Lyon vs Metz Demain, 15h30 Conseil de pari : Victoire de Lyon Cotes : 1.28 Les cinq dernières rencontres entre les deux équipes ont été riches en rebondissement. Lyon compte trois victoires contre deux pour Metz. La forme récente de Lyon à domicile n'est pas extraordinaire. Les hommes de Laurent Blanc restent sur une seule victoire lors de ses cinq derniers matchs. En face, Metz se porte bien à l'extérieur après avoir gagné quatre de ses derniers matchs à l'extérieur en Ligue 2. Cependant, il s'agit d'une compétition de coupe et avec la qualité que Lyon possède dans ses rangs, nous nous attendons à ce que les Gones remportent ce match. Lire aussi : Quel est l'avenir de l'équipe de France après la finale perdue ? Conseil de pari : Hyères vs Marseille Demain, 15h30 Conseil de pari : plus de 3,5 buts Cotes : 1.52 Marseille est en forme ces derniers temps et a remporté quatre de ses cinq derniers matchs à l'extérieur, toutes compétitions confondues. Les hommes de Tudor ont marqué trois buts ou plus lors de deux de leurs quatre dernières rencontres. Hyères connait une période plus compliquée en ce moment. Pourtant, ils ont marqué au moins deux buts lors de quatre de leurs cinq derniers matchs, toutes compétitions confondues. Marseille devrait gagner le match. Conseil de pari  : Monaco vs Rodez Aveyron Football Demain, 18h00 Conseil de pari : plus de 2.5 buts Cotes : 1.38 Monaco a renoué avec la victoire ce week-end et espère poursuivre sur cette lancée contre Rodez Aveyron Football. Quatre des cinq derniers matchs de Monaco ont produit au moins deux buts. Tandis que Rodez Aveyron Football a marqué deux buts lors de trois de ses six derniers matchs. Monaco ne devrait pas avoir de mal à se défaire de son adversaire, on s'attend à un large turnover de l'effectif. Lire aussi : Noel Le Graet envisage de démissionner de la FFF ! ________ Pour retrouver tous nos pronostics football, rendez-vous sur notre site web ou sur notre page Twitter. Read the full article

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