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·4 December 2024
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·4 December 2024
No less than 21 players from the Paris Saint-Germain Women’s team were away on national team duty during the international break. Here’s how they got on:
The France national team, that counted seven Parisiennes in its ranks, played two friendly matches. Laurent Bonadei’s side defeated Nigeria 2-1 in Angers on Friday night before going down 4-2 to world champions Spain in Nice on Tuesday.
Jackie Groenen and Romée Leuchter and the Netherlands also played two friendly matches at home during the international window. Andries Jonker and his players were too strong for China, 4-1, in Rotterdam, before going down 2-1 to Olympic gold medallists, the USA four days mater in La Haye.
Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Mary Earps was also involved in two friendly games on home soil. Sarina Wiegman’s played out a scoreless draw with the USA at Wembley before recording a 1-0 win over Switzerland three days later in Sheffield.
Paulina Dudek and Poland were involved in a crucial play-off against Austria in Women's European Qualifiers. Poland won the first leg 1-0 in Gdansk and repeated that performance four days later in Vienna. The 2-0 aggregate victory sees Paulina and her compatriots book their place at UEFA Women’s Euro Switzerland 2025!
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Jennifer Echegini played just the one friendly match during the international break. The Super Falcons went down 2-1 to France and Jennifer’s seven Rouge et Bleu clubmates in Angers.
Attacker Agueissa Diarra joined up with Mali for two friendly matches in Morrocco. The Lady Eagles defeated Botswana 3-1 last Saturday before going down 1-0 to the Lionesses of Atlas three days later. Both matches were played in Tétouan.
EVA GAETINO / KORBIN ALBERT - USA
The American duo Eva Gaetino and Korbin Albert had two friendly games in Europe. After their scoreless draw with Mary Earps’ Lionesses, Emma Hayes’ team defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in La Haye.
Les Parisiennes Tara Elimbi Gilbert, Laurina Fazer and Manssita Traoré turned out for the France U23 side in two friendly matches. Fabien Lefèvre’s team defeated the Netherlands 1-0 at Clairefontaine last Thursday before going down to a last-minute, 3-2 defeat to Spain four days later in Madrid.
The two Paris Saint-Germain youth academy players were involved in UEFA Women’s U19 Euro Poland 2025 with France U19. Les Bleuettes, coached by Philippe Joly, started with a 4-0 win over North Macedonia before trouncing Slovakia 8-0 – including a goal to Naolia Traoré before proving too strong for Portugal, winning 4-0.
The young Paris forward captained the Norway U19 side in their Euro qualifiers. They recorded a 1-0 win over Finland followed by a 4-0 win over Bulgaria and closed out the week with another 1-0 victory, this time over Ireland. They remain top of their section.
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