Provisionally relegated to six points behind OL Women, winner on Saturday in Montpellier (3-2), PSG regained three points behind the leader of D1 Arkema this Sunday, winning on the field of Saint-Etienne (5- 0). Good preparation for the reception of the Lyonnaises at Camp des Loges on Saturday, in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France (2:30 p.m.), which will have a strong taste of revenge after the slap received in D1 (6-1), November 14, at the height of the Hamraoui affair.
Katoto’s Triple
Kheira Hamraoui, precisely, made her big comeback at the Salif-Keïta stadium, to try to move forward after the violent attack of which she was the victim in the Yvelines on November 4, receiving blows from an iron bar in the legs. 84 days after his last match, Didier Ollé-Nicolle established the 32-year-old midfielder, and even associated him with Aminata Diallo, while the relationship between the two women has obviously been difficult since the affair. Placed in police custody for nearly 36 hours as part of the investigation, after the suspicions of her teammate, Diallo had been released without any charges being brought against her. She had already played again on January 9 in the Coupe de France against Dijon (0-0, 5-4 on tab), but had not started in the Championship since October.
Diallo and Hamraoui, who were both playing their 100th match with PSG, did not find themselves much in the cold of the Stade Salif-Keïta, nestled at the foot of Geoffroy-Guichard. But they rather dominated their subject, with the impact, the reading of the game and the long game of Hamraoui, sentry, and the races and the availability of Diallo, torchbearer. Marie-Antoinette Katoto, who had not scored since the 7th day, opened the scoring with a very good sequence after a bad recovery from the Vertes (10th). Hamraoui almost scored on his return with a deflected shot for a corner (29th), before Sakina Karchaoui found the bar (35th). It was ultimately Kadidiatou Diani who made the break (45th + 2).
Isolated Hamraoui
Paulina Dudek, with a header from a corner (58th), ensured Parisian success, and Katoto offered herself a double by making her power speak on a start (64th). She even followed up with a hat-trick from a Baltimore corner (68th). “MAK” is the only top scorer in the Championship (11 goals). OL coach Sonia Bompastor, present in the stands, took note of her awakening and the rise of Paris.
Regarding Hamraoui, who played the whole match, the return to sport is successful, but to see the way some teammates have taken care to avoid it, especially in goal celebrations, it seems that the path to peace with all locker room remains long.