Fleury scored four goals on 1.1 xG and 0.1 xAG (FBref). That's ridiculous; they essentially didn't create any good chance on their own. PSG are credited with 3.1 xG and 1.4 xAG (1.1 xAG from just Groenen).
Which proves yet again that anticipated football stats serve better as indicators of exciting possibility and less as hard boiled truths. Bit like "moneyball" wins seasons but occasionally do miss during the single game.
RE PSG, Where is Martens? Don't tell me she's got another knock....I didn't see her against Fluery but admittedly only saw the highlights.
Lyon back at the top following their 2-0 win over Montpellier. Paris FC now in third place with Montpellier and Fleury two points behind them.At the bottom of the table, Guingamp lost at Dijon and the battle of the bottom was postponed because the city hall refused to heat up the pitch with the heating system as it would cost too much. #D1Arkema J13 #OLMHSC 2-0Succès de l'OL qui reprend la place de leader pic.twitter.com/i3pimailJC— footofeminin (@footofeminin) January 21, 2023
The FFF is reforming the League and is creating a Division 3 at the end of the season. Therefore six teams from the Division 2 groups A and B are going down. Then we will have 12 teams in Division 1 and 12 in Division 2 and two groups of 12 in Division 3. #D2F Groupe A - Classement à la fin des matchs aller pic.twitter.com/RgApyNusmL— footofeminin (@footofeminin) January 22, 2023 #D2F Groupe B - Le classement pic.twitter.com/NP1m2OxpFz— footofeminin (@footofeminin) January 22, 2023 The D2 teams are under a lot of pressure with half of the division being relegated.
Yeah, she did. Both she and Baltimore had some sort of muscular issue. Even if she was fit/healthy, I think she would have seen max like 30 minutes vs Fleury, but I would have instantly brought on Martens for Bachmann after Bachmann's open play miss.
Coupe de France Feminine week-end D1 v D1 Fleury - Le Havre fff.tv Lyon - Montpellier fff.tv Dijon- PSG fff.tv Soyaux - Reims D1 v D2 Bordeaux v Metz* Marseille* v Guingamp D2 v D2 Lens v Thonon-Evian D2 v R1 (3rd tier) Nantes v Cannes*
Thought Groenen wearing #7 was weird at first. (Definitely would have been weird to see her with #5, which Fazer wore.) Seeing her mop up the ball everywhere in the second half though, I realized a diminutive workhorse in the middle of the pitch wearing #7 should have never looked peculiar to me. Incorrect call to give PSG a PK at the start of the second half. (The trip was obviously outside the box. The shove/push was borderline but most likely just outside the box.) However, what was the call on Vangsgaard’s 1v1 in the 1st half? Offside? No one was offside on Jean-Francois’ original ball, and it was a Dijon back pass that set Vangsgaard free. She didn’t finish well on the first attempt, but I think there’s a decent chance she would have worked out a goal on the rebound if the ref hadn’t called the play back. Also, there was a very good Geyoro tackle in the 1st half that set up Vangsgaard for either a clear shot just outside the area or potential better chance set ups for either Groenen on her left or Diani on her right. The ref ruled the Geyoro tackle as a foul. That was ridiculous; it was almost as clean as it gets. The Georgieva pass and Diani control/chip goal was class, and I think Diani was just onside. (L’orange, I think you’ll appreciate this Diani finish.)
Yeah, I know. Hamraoui with #5 and Fazer with #10 would have made more sense to me. Hamraoui had seniority/first choice?
I am not sure, but it would make sense. D1 v D1 Fleury 2 - Le Havre 0 Lyon 2- Montpellier 0 Dijon 0- PSG 2 Soyaux 0 - Reims 2 D1 v D2 Bordeaux 3 - Metz* 0 Marseille* 2 - Guingamp 2 (6-5) D2 v D2 Lens 0 - Thonon-Evian 5 D2 v R1 (3rd tier) Nantes 6 - Cannes* 1
Not sure about the likelihood, but I’m pushing for a Geyoro-Groenen-Albert midfield for the rest of the season. Just so much energy, dribbling, and passing ability in there, and Groenen and Geyoro could take turns staying back. I’m only going off of highlights, but Albert’s progressive ball carrying and long range shooting would be a big plus to PSG’s midfield if they translate to the professional game. That hat trick vs Florida State was completely ridiculous; the worst of the three (still quality) was with her stronger foot.
Albert is talented at scoring from outside the top of the box with well-placed shots into the upper corners. And she can do it with either foot. I've watched her play a few times and I'm not even sure which is her naturally strongest foot. Not many pro players can do that--and she's only played two years of college and so is probably age 21, I'm guessing. She doesn't laser the ball--but hits it well enough, and it's her placement that makes the difference. A talented attacking player. And she moves well.
I'm fairly certain Korbin is 19 years old, Mac Hermann finalist and just has tremendous upside. We are witnessing more wonderkids from the US make these sort of moves early. I encourage that because to me 22, which is the age most players graduate, feels late to start your professional career but it does work for a lot of players. Each players path to pro is different and unique but I'm really happy that some are beginning to bet on themselves earlier.
Yeah, I can’t tell based on open play highlights. Assuming her right foot is naturally stronger purely because she takes PKs/free kicks (that I’ve seen) with her right foot.
There is a lot of good, young attacking talent in the U.S. that will well serve the national team in the next few years. Sophia Smith (22) is a serious and experienced talent. Trinity Rodman is very young and very good. Macario, along with a number of others.
I was able to watch a couple Korbin games at Notre Dame. She predominantly uses her right foot to progress the ball which would indicate to me that she's right foot dominant but can use both to great effect.
Coupe de France draw, games played 4 and 5 March Reims (D1) - Lyon (D1) Bordeaux (D1) - PSG (D1) Fleury (D1) - Nantes (D2) Thonon-Évian (D2) - Marseille (D2)
Matchday 14 table 👀 Le classement de #D1Arkema après 14 journées 📊 Grâce à sa victoire face au Havre hier (3-1), le @PSG_Feminines reste au contact du leader @OLfeminin qui l'a emporté à Rodez samedi (0-5) 👊 pic.twitter.com/fWbd9eyo5F— D1 Arkema (@D1Arkema) February 6, 2023 Top 2 same with Lyon one point ahead. Still three teams fighting for the third qualifying WCL place: Paris FC, Fleury 91 and Montpellier. Things are getting clearer at the bottom: Soyaux and Rodez are six points behind Guingamp and Dijon. International break now and the players will join the NT soon except those from Soyaux and Rodez who will play their postponed game due to the snow on Friday.
Can't really argue against the PSG PK by the rule book, but a 0.7+ xG chance for that kind of handball is very harsh, and at 1-1, that late Fazer goal in all likelihood wouldn't have happened. I disagree with the atafootball commentator though that Le Havre deserved something out of the game based on the run of play. They only had a five or so minute spell in the match where they created something concrete while Diani missed two big chances and Martens and Geyoro both missed a big chance. Based on expectations, Le Havre of course played well, but when you don't factor that in, PSG winning was "deserved" based on the underlying numbers in my opinion.
Tomorrow on tv, a crew followed the En Avant Guingamp players and their struggle despite being a D1 Arkema team Elles jouent en 1ʳᵉ division et comme les garçons, elles aussi, cognent fort dans le ballon, enchainent les heures d'entrainement et les déplacements à l'autre bout du pays. Pourtant, la société les invisibilise. "Sur la touche" un documentaire à voir ce jeudi 2 mars à 22h50 pic.twitter.com/RYbfDMYT2M— France 3 Bretagne (@france3Bretagne) March 1, 2023
The D1 Arkema is a shit product on many levels, the FFF does not care enough to invest and to force the D1 team to invest in structural improvements.