It’s simply capital against capital of Gaul on Saturday at the Parc des Princes, as Paris Saint-Germain try to turn the tide after their 3-2 defeat at Lyon in the semi-final first leg of the UEFA Women’s Champions League .

Paris opened the scoring on Sunday at Décines through Marie-Antoinette Katoto, but Wendie Renard – who became the first player to 100 UEFA Women’s Champions League appearances – equalized from a penalty.

A double from Catarina Macario gave Lyon the break before Paulina Dudek reduced the score on another penalty.

The return therefore promises to be very open for a place in the final in Turin. The winner will return to Barcelona or Wolfsburg in Italy.

Damaris Egurrola is back from suspension for Lyon, who are aiming for a tenth final and an eighth title. But since 2014/15, Paris are the only team that have been able to eliminate OL, including last season, in the quarter-finals, on away goals.

The game streaming

Paris, meanwhile, reached the final in 2015 (after beating Lyon in the round of 16) and in 2017 (losing to OL in Cardiff). Didier Ollé-Nicolle’s players are in a much better position than the last time they were welcomed to Lyon at the Parc des Princes for a semi-final second leg. They were then adapted 7-0 after the first leg.

RECORD IN THE AIR – For this meeting, the attendance record for a women’s match in France could be beaten.

Series

Paris
Last six matches : DVNNVV
Last match : Lyon 3-2 Paris, 24/04 (UEFA Women’s Champions League, half leg)
Championship : second in Women’s Division 1, Paris is also qualified for the final of the Coupe de France

Lyons
Last six matches : VVVVVDV
Last match : Lyon 3-2 Paris, 24/04 (UEFA Women’s Champions League, half leg)
Championship : 1^resolution in Women’s Division 1

Possible compositions

Paris : Votikova; Lawrence, Ilestedt, Dudek, Karchaoui; Fazer, Geyoro, Däbritz; Diani, Katoto, Baltimore

Lyons : Endler; Charpentier, Buchanan, Renard, Bacha; Horan, Egurrola, Macario; D Cascarino, Hegerberg, Malard

The words of the coaches

Didier Ollé-Nicolle, Paris
We will be at the Parc des Princes for the second leg, where we provided magnificent support from the public. It is therefore a real appeal to the red and blue people that I am making: we will need everyone to overturn this match and seek qualification.

Sonia Bompastor, Lyon
We would have liked to keep these two goals in advance. We had to fight to keep this advantage. We will have to analyze and learn the right lessons from this meeting for the return match. We lacked balance, we projected ourselves a lot, maybe a little too much. The details are important and are expensive at this level. One week before the return match; we will have to recover well and be ready.