Too quickly the Parisians made it clear that it would be impossible for Jérôme Bonnet’s players to express themselves. On a bad recovery from the Saint-Etienne defense, PSG did not ask for more to offer themselves their first clear chance and open the scoring thanks to Marie-Antoinette Katoto. (ASSE 0-1 PSG, 10th). Attentive to the onslaught of the Parisian armada, Maryne Gignoux distinguished herself several times during the first period. Despite everything, the Parisians will find the opportunity to take the break in the additional time of this first act, following a mess in the Saint-Etienne area, Diani widens the gap before returning to the locker room. (ASSE 0-2 PSG, 45th + 2.)
Il y a un écart athlétique, il faut être clair.
On returning from the locker room, in a sold-out atmosphere at the Salif-Keita Stadium, the public was able to give voice to encourage their team. Unfortunately, the Paris block did not leave an ounce of hope. The Vertes will cash in three times, first on a corner by Dudek (ASSE 0-5 PSG, 58th), then twice by Katoto who will offer himself a double, on a breakthrough in the area (ASSE 0-4 PSG, 64th) then a hat-trick from a corner (ASSE 0-5 PSG, 68th).
Coach’s words: “What can be learned from a match like this? The first thing is that there is too much of a gap between this PSG and AS Saint-Étienne, notes with lucidity the Loire coach. We knew it and we weren’t able to raise our level from a technical point of view and even from a tactical point of view, we had worked on things… There is an athletic gap, we have to be clear. We can compete with desire and determination, but when it goes faster… When it goes harder… When we don’t give goals, they know how to create them. The second just before halftime hurts us. From 3-0, 4-0, the legs get heavier. The Parisians took us seriously and respected us by playing and trying to hurt us until the end. We cannot say that we are going to base ourselves on this match, there are things to cross out. We have to keep working.”
D1 Arkema – 13th day
Sunday 23 January – Salif-Keita pitch
ASSE 0-5 PSG
Half time: 0-2.
Goals: Katoto (10th, 64th, 68th), Diani (45+2nd), Dudek (58th) for PSG.
ASSE: Gignoux – Bornes, Antoine, Multari, Bonet (then Sakaki, 68th) – Uffren (then Bataillard, 85th), Debbache, Pantelic (then Condon, 68th) – Storti (c) (then Chaumette, 76th) – Jesus (then Coquard, 76th), Okoronkwo.
Trainer: Jerome Bonnet.