His mistake has already gone around the world and social networks. It is an understatement to say that the goalkeeper of Paris Saint-Germain was not very inspired, Sunday afternoon, at Groupama Stadium, against OL. Barbora Votikova lived a real ordeal. It’s very simple, she is involved in the three Rhone goals.
A provoked penalty and a “video gag” goal
The Parisiennes can harbor regrets, because the match had started well with the superb opener of the essential Marie Antoinette Katoto. But Votikova, not on a great day, first provoked a penalty after misclearing Malard’s shot. The second goal is the consequence of a missed six meters, recovered by the Lyonnaises, then a too soft hand on the strike of the Brazilian Macario.
At last, what about Lyon’s third goal? On a blocked ball in the penalty area, the Czech inexplicably tangles with her teammate Paulina Dudek, saves the ball on her line, but does not clear and offers the 3-1 to Macario.
Olle-Nicole and Lawrence to the rescue of their babysitter
Paris is hara-kiri, but limits the breakage thanks to Dudek on penalty. Three to two, PSG remain alive before receiving on April 30, at the Parc des Princes, a dominating Lyon team but unable to kill the match.
At the end of the match, coach Didier Olle-Nicolle came to the rescue of the goalkeeper. “Errors are part of the game. I love my players, we have a feeling of frustration, helplessness, but we are all behind our goalkeeper and she will qualify us next week“, thus declared the Parisian coach.
“Today it could be the keeper, but tomorrow it could be the middle, it could be me“, recalled defender Ashley Lawrence. “We are human beings, we can make mistakes. On the ground, we said to ourselves “it’s going to be fine”, and we projected ourselves towards the next action, it helped everyone, not just our goalkeeper.”
The essential is elsewhere, Paris Saint-Germain still has its destiny in its hands before the reception of Lyon, next April 30 in a Parc des Princes which should still beat its attendance record for a match in the women’s section, plus, the presence of the Ultra Paris Collective to encourage a team that can still dream of a third European final.