Ligue 1 Results | Round 1 – PSG held, wins for Marseille, Monaco and Strasbourg
Ligue 1 Results, Matchday 1
Paris Saint-Germain began the defence of their Ligue 1 title with a draw on the opening day of the 2023/24 campaign, whilst Olympique de Marseille, AS Monaco, Stade Rennais and RC Strasbourg Alsace all secured victories.
Gaëtan Laborde’s opener was ruled out by an injury-time equaliser from Bafodé Diakité. That late goal denied Francesco Farioli a dream start as Nice coach, but the draw was a fair result in the Ligue 1 curtain-raiser
Marseille lost in mid-week in their Champions League qualifier, and they had to come from behind here. Junya Ito opened the scoring by goals from Azzedine Ounahi and Vitniha reversed the deficit to give Marcelino his first win as manager of Les Phocéens.
PSG’s defence of their Ligue 1 title got underway in underwhelming style. Despite registering over 1000 passes for the first time since Opta began analysing the league in 2006, there was a lack of threat posed by Luis Enrique’s side, who came away with just a point.
Lens pushed PSG close for the title last season, and they looked to be heading for a comfortable victory after creating an early two-goal lead. However, Romain Del Castillo ignited the comeback with a penalty at the end of the first half, and the second half was one-way traffic. Having drawn level, Adrien Thomasson was then harshly sent off for Lens before Del Castillo netted the winning goal with a late penalty.
A repeat of last season’s Coupe de France final, Toulouse were reliant upon an injury-time winner from Danish centre-back Rasmus Nicolaisen. Is another season of struggle in store for Nantes?
Adi Hütter’s reign as Monaco manager got off to an exciting start. Having fallen behind, Les Monégasques overturned the deficit. Clermont then hit back to
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