PSG 0-1 Wolfsburg: Women’s Champions League quarter-final – as it happened

  • 3/22/2023
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“Though Wolfsburg will have home advantage, their performance today shouldn’t put the fear in PSG, who can play considerably better than today,” says Kári Tulinius . “Mind you, if Wolfsburg are as flat at home as they were today, PSG might not need to up their game, they’ll just need a bit of luck.” Yes, I wonder whether Wolfsburg missed a trick by not pushing for a second goal when it was 11v10. I suppose the second leg will be the judge. Full time: PSG 0-1 Wolfsburg Peep peep! A forgettable game will be remembered for two penalties at the start of the second half. PSG’s was given and then overturned by VAR; Wolfsburg was awarded after an intervention from VAR and also led to a second yellow card for the PSG centre-back Elisa De Almeida. Dominique Janssen scored the penalty with aplomb, and Wolfsburg held on comfortably to take a precious lead back to Germany for next week’s second leg. Thanks for your company, goodnight! 90+7 min An outstanding cross from Hamraoui on the right just evades the leaping Vangsgaard on the six-yard line. 90 min The match is petering out, if indeed it ever petered in. There will be five minutes of added time. 89 min: Wolfsburg substitution Pauline Bremer for Ewa Pajor. 88 min If it stays like this, all four first legs will have finished 1-0, three of them in favour of the away side. 87 min Groenen’s corner is poor and cleared at the near post. 86 min Popp shoots wide from distance; at the other end, Vangsgaard wins a corner for PSG. 85 min Fazer is booked for a late tackle on Popp. 84 min PSG are starting to look a bit tired, and now it’s Wolfsburg who look more likely to score. Brand turns smartly, 25 yards out, and whistles a shot that hits her own teammate Pajor. 81 min Lattwein’s clever backheeled through pass takes Pajor by surprise; she can’t control an admittedly difficult ball in the PSG area. 79 min: Wolfsburg substitution Sveindis Jane Jonsdottir replaces Lena Oberdorf. 77 min Both teams look unsure whether to stick or twist. Ordinarily this would be a dreadful result for PSG, but the sending off of De Almeida changes that. A 1-0 defeat still gives them a chance next week. 76 min Brand is booked for something or other. 72 min: Wolfsburg substitution Jule Brand replaces Jill Roord. 71 min Hamraoui’s long-range shot is blocked by Oberdorf. PSG have been marginally the better team since going tdown to 10 women. 68 min Wolfsburg seem happy enough with their 1-0 lead, but they should be looking to put PSG away here. Never give a sucker an even break and all that. You never know what will happen in the second leg. Mind you, PSG are already struggling for centre-backs and now they’ll be without the suspended Elisa De Almeida. 66 min: Double substitution for PSG Amalie Vangsgaard and Laurina Fazer replace Bachmann and Baltimore. 65 min Here’s the PSG penalty appeal that was given and then overturned. 63 min And in that moment, PSG’s latest Champions League campaign may well have gone up in flames. That handball law needs to be changed; it’s absurd. The second yellow for De Almeida feels a bit harsh, too; even if you acceept it’s a penalty according to the laws, there was nothing deliberate about it. GOAL! PSG 0-1 Wolfsburg (Janssen 62 pen) Dominique Janssen waits for Bouhaddi to move and passes the ball lazily into the bottom left corner. An excellent penalty. Karchaoui has also been booked for dissent. PENALTY! AND A RED CARD FOR DE ALMEIDA! Oh, football. The penalty is given, and De Almeida receives a second yellow card for the handball. It’s not remotely proportionate to the offence, but those are the rules. I think this will be a penalty to Wolfsburg. Rebecca Welch is going to the monitor again. Oberdorf’s hit the outstreched arm of De Almeida. She was barely a yard away from Oberdorf, but the handball law is a total ass and De Almeida is in trouble. 59 min When the corner is taken, Oberdorf’s header hits De Almeida, leading to a big appeal for a penalty by the Wolfsburg players. Rebecca Welch doesn’t give it but there’s a VAR check. 58 min Three players go down off the ball while waiting for a corner, and now there’s a bit of a shoving match. Much ado about nothing. 56 min: No penalty! There are boos from the home fans, as you’d expect, but that’s the right decision I think. 55 min: Rebecca Welsh is going to the monitor. It wasn’t the most convincing tackle from Hegerin, but she did a get a touch on the ball before making contact with Karchaoui. Hegerin just got a touch on the ball as Karchaoui moved past her in the area, so this should be overturned. 54 min: PENALTY TO PSG! I thought it was a good challenge by Hegering on Karchaoui, but Rebecca Welch has given a penalty! 52 min The corner punched away by Frohms, and another dream dies. I’m loath to call this a bad game, not least because of the quality of the defending, but it’s definitely an unexciting one. 51 min Lawrence wins a corner for PSG, which will be taken Baltimore… 49 min Bachmann finds Groenen in a bit of space on the left side of the area, but her first touch is poor and she was offside anyway. That aside, it was one for the books. 46 min Peep peep! PSG begin the second half. Half-time reading

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