Paris Saint-Germain Women defeated Strasbourg Women 2-0 at Stade Georges Lefèvre on Thursday evening in the opening round of the Division 1 regular season. The hosts took all three points from their first match of the campaign, moving to the top of the table alongside their visitors.
M. Kanjinga opened the scoring in the twelfth minute, striking before M. Martins had even seen her first yellow card. The goal came early enough that Strasbourg may have thought they would need to chase the game from the outset.
And here's the thing about the second goal — it arrived after the break, courtesy of S. Karchaoui from the spot in the sixty-first minute. By then, the match was effectively decided, though Strasbourg continued to push forward.
The yellow cards for Martins, Samoura and Kanjinga told a story of a game that grew increasingly chippy. PSG brought on six changes throughout the second half, with L. Guttenberger and L. Hannequin arriving together in the eightieth minute, while Karchaoui herself was withdrawn in the eighty-seventh.
Both sides now sit on three points from one game each, which is something of a coincidence given their contrasting recent form. PSG came into this fixture with a 2-0 win over Lens and a 5-1 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt, while Strasbourg had taken three points against Saint-Malo on their last outing.