Champions League (F): Paris FC loses heavily against Chelsea

Nightmare evening at Stamford Bridge. The Paris FC players lost heavily against Chelsea on Thursday evening for the second day of the Women's Champions League (4-1).

Defeated by a hat-trick from Australian Sam Kerr, Gaëtane Thiney's teammates suffered a second defeat in a row in the competition. They are in last place in group D with 0 points.

The Parisiennes faced an immense challenge on Thursday evening. Faced with the recent semi-finalists of the competition, in the legendary enclosure of Stamford Bridge, and with little experience of European campaigns, they nevertheless held off their opponents. They were helped a lot by James, who completely missed his face-to-face with the Parisian goalkeeper (21st).

A few minutes earlier, Bourdieu had lit the first fuse by tripping over the Chelsea goalkeeper. But in the 30th minute of play, Australian star Sam Kerr finally gave his team the lead. To do this, she benefited from a superb deep pass from James, which she extended with the tip of her foot to deceive Nnadozie. This avoided the goal of the break a few minutes later (34th) thanks to an exit at the feet of Kaneryd. And from a corner, it was ultimately the Parisiennes who scored the second goal of the game (38th). On a good ball from Thiney, Greboval managed to head home to put his team back on the right track. A goal which rewarded a first serious act on the part of Paris FC.

Bourdieu may have regrets. While the score was still only one goal, the Parisian scorer lost her face-to-face with Berger, returning from the locker room (47th). Sam Kerr did not have this leniency. The captain of the Blues concluded a superb collective action, initiated in the Chelsea half. She benefited from a perfect serve from Kaneryd to shake the nets.

And to end her evening in apotheosis, she scored a sumptuous hat-trick with a 25-metre strike. Sissoko was lobbed by Berger's clearance, and Kerr took the opportunity to lob Nnadozie, not exempt from all reproaches. Chelsea concluded their evening by increasing the score from a corner through Sophie Ingle in added time (90th 2).