Montpellier won two goals at Paris Saint-Germain on the occasion of the 12th day of D1. A victory in the last minutes as Paris opened the scoring in the first period. This success allows Montpellier to take an option for the end of the season.

After the sanction of the FFF against PSG, we waited to see the reaction of the players of Patrice Lair. Paris, leader at the end of 2016, found himself in the familiar skin of the pursuers behind Lyon and Montpellier (which has one more match). Last season, the return leg at Grammont between Montpellier and Paris was one of the turning points of the season. Montpellier had managed to hang Lyon and PSG before losing to Parisiennes in January and then chained bad results.

The wind played the referees
Will this match have the same kind of effect? Only the future will tell. On the pitch, the feeling of experiencing a match at stake could be felt from the first moments of the match. A meeting in which was added another element of dramaturgy, a very strong wind that has hindered the progress of the game throughout the match and playing a decisive role in the evolution of the game.

A lot of intensity on both sides early in the game, and the PSG who chose to play the first half with a favorable wind. Yet, few opportunities in the immediate future. A first strike of law signed Irène Paredes quarter of an hour of play but which passes above the frame. The first real dangerous situation for PSG comes in the 21st minute. A corner right side, and Shirley Cruz who tries a deviation on a heel, the ball hits the left post.

Less than a minute later, Laëtitia Philippe clears the ball for Montpellier. With the wind, the ball remains in the Hérault camp. It is Eve Perisset who is first on the ball, she deviates to Marie-Laure Delie who extends her head towards Veronica Boquete. The Spanish player manages to put the ball in the axis to 18 meters. Perisset who prolonged his action, places a cross-shot in first intention. The ball hits the right post before going to the bottom of the nets (22).

Eve Perisset registered her first goal in D1 with Paris. For this match, Patrice Lair made her debut in midfield alongside Shirley Cruz and Grace Geyoro. A positioning that allows Ashley Lawrence to evolve in the left aisle, where Eve Perisset evolves most often with Paris.

Paris scores without dominating
A goal that comes on one of the few parisian strikes on this first period. If the players of the PSG showed a technical ease and sequence of a true collective control, they have struggled to put in position to worry Laetitia Philippe. In the 30th minute, Marie-Laure Delie took a chance on a long shot but the ball went to the right of the goal. Paris finishes the first period ahead, but will have to play next to the wind.

A meteorological data which the Montpellier coach hopes to enjoy after the break. At half-time, he brought Stina Blackstenius in the place of Marion Romanelli. A change that goes with a defensive line that goes to four with Marion Torrent and Sakina Karchaoui. The later Montpellier who will be able to participate more in the offensive game, causing several fouls on the sides in the Paris camp and giving Sandie Toletti as many opportunities to carry the danger in the Parisian area.

We find the Montpellier midfielder in the 51st minute with a corner that bounces on the top of the cross of the Parisian goals. Three minutes later, Sakina Karchaoui sends a center left side, the ball is deflected by Janyce Cayman at the entrance to the surface and the trajectory fails to deceive Katarzyna Kiedrzynek. The ball passes just above, but the Montpellier with the support of the wind seems to be closer to the goal.

Fixed kicks that accumulate for Montpellier
More and more mistakes for a PSG that falls back under the pressure of the Héraultaises and a wind now unfavorable. A Parisian foul right hand side leads to a good free-kick for Toletti. She sends the ball into the box, which is deflected by a Parisian player and returns to Sofia Jakobsson. The Swedish striker controls the ball from the chest and crosses with a half-volley crossed Kiedrzynek who misleads on his right (61).

Paris who now evolves in 3-5-2 seems affected morally after this equalization. Signs of nervousness, more mistakes and difficulty holding the ball. At the beginning of the last quarter of an hour, a new corner Sandie Toletti sailed for a long time in the Parisian area with a defense of PSG which shows all the trouble in the world to emerge (75th).

Same situation at the other end of the field a few minutes later on a Cristiane free-kick. Shirley Cruz manages to hit the goal, but the defense of Montpellier finally manages to clear (79). But the end of the match is clearly in Montpellier's advantage, Sandie Toletti's new free-kick was deflected for a corner by Katarzyna Kiedrzynek as the ball took the lead (81st).

The pressure of the MHSC ends up paying. More and more kicks stopped in the Paris camp and a corner right side struck this time by Marion Torrent. A corner kick powerful enough not to suffer the effects of the wind and Stina Blackstenius who pops up at the entrance and cut the balloon's trajectory. The neo-montpelliéraine manages to get rid of the mark of Grace Geyoro and deflect the ball in the Paris goal on a volley right (88th).

Paris: doubt after the holidays?
A week after the decisive goal of Janyce Cayman in the Coupe de France, Stina Blackstenius is also talking about his talent in front of the goal for his debut in D1 with the MHSC. A goal that gives the victory to Montpellier despite a last situation in favor of Paris where Marie-Laure Delie chooses to hit the goal despite an off-center position in the area and the calls of Ouleymata Sarr and Perle Morroni in the axis. The ball will end in the small net left of Laetitia Philippe (90 + 1).

With this success, Montpellier secures the second place whatever the result of Paris for his late match at Saint-Etienne. A result that changes the face of the D1 at the top of the table with Montpellier now able to play one of the first two qualifying places for the Champions League. For PSG, the sporting disappointment was added to the administrative dilemmas with the first defeat and the first two goals conceded this season for the team of Patrice Lair.