Paris Saint-Germain started their Ligue 1 title defence with a 2-2 draw away at Rennes, with two objectives from debutant Ferran Torres rescuing some extent for Luis Enrique’s aspect.
The fixture venue had been reversed at brief discover attributable to injury to the champions’ pitch following the recent climate this summer time, and Rennes shortly took benefit of the change, racing right into a two-goal lead earlier than half-time at Roazhon Park, courtesy of Sebastian Szymanski and Esteban Lepaul.
Torres, Spain’s World Cup hero this summer time who signed for the French heavyweights from Barcelona this month, was then introduced on on the break in a bid to attempt to get one thing from the tie.
And his introduction finally paid dividends, with the ahead netting twice in 11 minutes to salvage a share of the spoils and spare some opening day blushes.
Regardless of a removed from convincing marketing campaign opener, the Parisians will likely be on the lookout for a sixth-straight league title, and what could be a exceptional thirteenth home crown in 15 seasons.
In the meantime, final yr’s Ligue 1 third-placed aspect Lille began their season brightly with a 2-0 win over Angers, with veteran striker Olivier Giroud opening the scoring.
In the one different sport within the French high flight on Sunday, former Tottenham and England participant Eric Dier netted the one aim of the sport for Monaco in a 1-0 victory over Le Havre.
LaLiga
Except for Barcelona’s thumping opening day victory, there was loads of drama elsewhere in LaLiga, particularly within the sport between Atletico Madrid and Villarreal.
The match completed 2-2 after Diego Simeone’s males salvaged some extent regardless of having defender Robin Le Normand despatched off.
Giuliano Simeone grabbed his crew a draw after penalties from Gerard Moreno and Georges Mikautadze put Villarreal in entrance following Marc Pubill’s 59th-minute opener for the hosts.
Simeone introduced on striker Julian Alvarez on as a second-half substitute to a refrain of boos from dwelling supporters after the Argentine made clear his need to go away the membership this summer time.
After the sport, Alvarez could possibly be seen strolling down the tunnel alone on the finish, whereas his teammates had been thanking the Atletico supporters.
Within the different sport, Getafe beat Racing Santander 1-0 due to a aim from former Bournemouth participant Enes Unal.
Serie A
Within the Italian top-flight, there have been wins for each Juventus and AC Milan as two of the league’s heavyweights bought their respective home campaigns off to promising begins.
Gleison Bremer discovered the web after 22 minutes for Juve as they narrowly overcame newly promoted Frosinone, whereas objectives from 19-year-old Alphadjo Cisse and Adrien Rabiot in three second-half minutes gave Milan a 2-0 lead of their conflict with Torino.
Scotland worldwide Che Adams halved the deficit in stoppage time nevertheless it was too little, too late because the Rossoneri took dwelling all three factors.
Elsewhere within the division, Lecce beat Venezia 2-0, whereas Atalanta edged it 2-1 over Sassuolo.
