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Melchie ‘Corventina’ Dumornay’s dream of securing her first UEFA Girls’s Champions League trophy was thwarted on Saturday by a skillful and formidable FC Barcelona workforce. Nonetheless, Haitian followers stay hopeful that this setback will function a supply of motivation for his or her beloved participant.
CAP-HAITIEN — Haitian Girls’s Nationwide Soccer Group celebrity, Melchie ‘Corventina’ Dumornay, fell brief Saturday of turning into the primary Grenadier to carry a UEFA Champions League trophy. Her workforce, Olympique Lyonnais (OL), misplaced 2-0 to FC Barcelona within the remaining. Nonetheless, many Haitian followers had been nonetheless happy as Dumornay grew to become the primary Haitian, man or girl, to play in a remaining of Europe’s most prestigious soccer competitors. They count on this loss will encourage her to raise her recreation even additional.
“Dropping in a remaining is a step in the direction of profitable one,” said John Sévère, head coach of the legendary Haitian membership, Soccer Inter Membership Affiliation (FICA).
“Dropping a remaining isn’t straightforward,” Sévère added. “However one can lose in a remaining and shortly discover themselves in one other. We’d see Corventina in one other remaining; she could possibly be the right instance for that.”
Dumornay, hailing from Mirebalais, a commune within the Central Division, has established herself as a promising younger girl soccer participant on the worldwide stage. Regardless of Haiti’s a number of crises, the 20-year-old central midfielder has confirmed that greatness can nonetheless emerge from the nation. Her outstanding performances in soccer have received the hearts of many Haitians.
Within the semi-finals of the Champions League, Dumornay was arguably probably the most beneficial participant for OL towards Paris Saint Germain, scoring objectives and offering two assists to assist her aspect win 5-3 on combination. Thus, she grew to become the primary Haitian participant to achieve a Champions League remaining.
Many Haitians watched the ultimate on Saturday, hoping Dumornay would have made historical past by turning into the primary Haitian to win a UEFA Champions League title. Sadly, Lyon misplaced the match 2-0 to a skillful Barcelona aspect, which now holds three Champions League titles. Dumornay had a quiet recreation, maybe attributable to enjoying striker as an alternative of her pure place as central midfield. Nonetheless, many Haitians, together with athletes, had been proud to see a compatriot compete within the remaining of such a prestigious occasion.
“Once you have a look at the rating, it’s a loss for France nevertheless it’s not a loss for Haiti as a result of one thing massive occurred,” stated Peterson Joseph, ahead for the Haitian membership Cosmopolites Sportif Club. “Lots of people, plenty of different nations enjoying soccer at a better stage than us, would have appreciated to be right here.”
Like Sévère, many Haitians hope that Durmornay will use the loss as motivation to enhance and triumph in her subsequent attainable remaining.
“Robust occasions like these make you be taught who you might be, what stage you’re at, the place you got here from, and the place you wish to attain,” Joseph stated. “Instances like these make you even stronger.”
Haitians are already trying ahead to subsequent season’s UEFA Girls’s Champions League remaining, hoping that Dumornay’s aspect will declare the trophy this time round.
“I believe she’s going to win the Champions League in the future,” stated Michelet Jerome, {an electrical} engineer primarily based in Port-au-Prince. “She’s younger, she’s solely 20. I hope she retains enjoying soccer on the stage she’s at. All Haitians are behind her. She’s our delight.”