PSG women keep faith with Paulo Cesar after early Champions League exit | OneFootball

L'Équipe reports PSG women will keep Paulo Cesar despite Tuesday’s early Champions League exit, and will stick with a development-led policy.

Finalists in 2015 and 2017, Paris went out after a 0-0 draw with Leuven, having lost their first four league-phase matches.

Captain Sakina Karchaoui urged realism, saying they are bottom and that the numbers do not lie. Paris are 16th of 18 in the league phase.

Paulo Cesar expressed sadness but backed his players and said he was proud of their effort. He maintained they are out yet on the right path and that he enjoys coaching this group.

Paris have scored three in five and conceded 11, and lack a clear identity. Karchaoui is the leading voice, with 17-year-old Anaïs Ebayilin emerging and emblematic of a low-cost, academy-first approach, including a new Campus PSG building. Internally, the early exit was not badly received.

The hierarchy plan to build medium term with Paulo Cesar, whose deal runs to 2027. He noted he came from the U19s, worked five years for the chance, faces internal challenges and aims to meet them with calm professionalism, adding that the team are rebuilding.

He will be given time to lay new foundations set by sporting director Angelo Castellazzi, who believes higher spending does not guarantee success or profitability in the women’s game. A probable uplift in targets is expected in summer 2027, after a World Cup, with some national team coaches already monitored.

Source: L'Équipe