Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) lost for the fourth time in as many matches, against Bayern Munich 3-1, Thursday 20 November at the Parc des Princes, for 4 matches.e Women’s Champions League day, seriously jeopardizing their chances of qualifying for the last 16.
Parisiennes still opened the scoring in the 16th minutee minutes, thanks to their captain Sakina Karchaoui, who was served well by Nigeria’s Rasheedat Ajibade, after a breakthrough from compatriot Jennifer Echegini (1-0). But in his first action after the throw-in, the German player took advantage of a bad red card from Griedge Mbock to immediately equalize through Linda Dallmann (1-1, 17e).
Too easily beating Elisa De Almeida in the Paris area, Japan’s Momoko Tanikawa responded to her teammate’s dominance with a shot under the crossbar (2-1, 34e).
Hoping for a miracle
Bayern maintained the pressure on Paris in the second half and took a definite advantage after a goal from Jovana Damnjanovic, who came on for Italian Arianna Caruso (3-1, 89e). And the Parisiennes were unable to catch up in the second half, despite a fine effort from Vitória Yaya (69e).
The only team without points after four days, PSG, 18e and last place, mathematically not yet out of the Champions League, but must beat OH Louvain and Benfica, two affordable opponents, in the last two meetings of the league phase to hope for a miracle.
Bayern, despite suffering a severe opening setback against Barcelona (7-1) have nine points and occupy fourth place in the standings, behind giants Barca, Lyon and Wolfsburg (10 points).
