PARIS.- He Paris Saint-Germainwith an initial eleven with several alternate theorists, he made a game without brightness, but won 1-0 in the Nantes field this Sunday at the close of the first day of the Ligue 1.
The Spanish DT team Luis Enrique thus fulfilled the mission of taking the first three points, just four days after winning the European Super Cup in Tottenham penalties.
The victory of PSG In the Beaujoire he arrived thanks to a lonely from both the Portuguese Vitinha, with a shot from afar in the 67th minute.
The new goalkeeper of the Parisians, Lucas Chevalier, was able to keep his goal unbeatized in his first league match with the capital team, where the Ukrainian defense Illia Zabarnyi, another of his new faces, also debuted.
Filming phase
The image of the PSG was not the best, but the team is still filming.
Luis Enrique did not recover all his troops until August 6, just three weeks after the end of a season that was historic for the PSG for the first title in the Champions League, but that resulted in a slap against Chelsea in the final of the Club World Cup in the United States.
From the outset, the Asturian coach decided to leave several heavyweights out of the initial eleven (Marquinhos, Achraf Hakimi, Nuno Mendes, Willian Pacho, Khvicha Kvarathskhelia, Ousmane Dembelé, Desiré Doué) and the usual substitutes, for the poor football shown, did not take advantage of the opportunity.
In the first half, the only outstanding action of the PSG was a shot in a decentrated position of Gonçalo Ramos, which was cleared by goalkeeper Anthony Lopes, in an action that remembered a mythical goal by Pedro Pauleta to Marseille in 2004.
It was finally another Portuguese, Vitinha, who in 67 relieved the PSG and ended up giving him victory.
That allows the team to follow the footsteps of Monaco and Lyon, who won their games on Saturday, and from the entrance the PSG already takes three points to the Marseille runner -up, defeated on Friday visiting by Rennes.
Giroud returns with goal and draw
In the rest of the games of the day, the return of the veteran striker Olivier Giroud to Ligue 1, thirteen years after abandoning the Montpellier to start a race that successively took Arsenal, Chelsea, AC Milan and Los Angeles FC.
At 38, the top historical scorer of the French team (57 goals), has joined the Lille and started in the best way, marking in the 11th minute.
His Icelandic partner, Hakon Haraldsson, expanded the account in 26, although the Brest then balanced with a double of the Malian Kamory Doumbia (34, 51).
The Belgian Ngal’ayel Mukau again put the Lille with advantage, in 66, and Julien Le Cardinal established in 75 the final 3-3.
“It is a real joy to be able to return to the lawn of Ligue 1. a small stadium, a good atmosphere and show for fans and viewers,” Giroud summarized about this first game of the league season.
For their part, Angers, Strasbourg and Auxerre won 1-0 against Paris FC, Metz and Lorient, respectively.
The Paris FC, one of the novelties of the championship, could not start with good footing in a season in which the French capital will provide an unusual and expected derby.
