Imagine taking your mark at the start of an Olympic 100 meters final, just allowing yourself a half-second to glance down the line at your competitors … and you see Usain Bolt grinning at you. This was, for much of their professional history, the proposition facing Paris Saint-Germain Féminine, their Bolt taking the shape of Lyon Féminin.

It’s easy to think of the main rivalries both men’s teams have in Ligue 1, with PSGMarseille in Le Classique and Lyon vs. Saint-Etienne in the Rhône-Alpes Derby. But on the women’s side, the Le Classique Féminin is contested between PSG and OL. Read More