French flair finally breaks Peamount’s resistance

PEAMOUNT UNITED need a miracle in Paris next Wednesday after their UEFA Women’s Champions League ambitions took a huge dent last night.

It took a deflected Paris Saint-Germain goal from Nora Coton-Pelagie at Tallaght Stadium 18 minutes from full-time to break the Dubliners’ resistance in this first leg, before an attendance of 2,109.

But their task in the return leg of the last-32 tie was made all the more daunting by a second from Cindy Thomas deep into stoppage time.