If Rennes and Lens were neutralized (1-1) a little earlier in the afternoon, eight Ligue 1 teams started their season from 3 p.m. Clermont, promoted for the first time in its history in the elite, moved on the ground of the Girondins de Bordeaux. A meeting generally dominated by the Clermontois and marked by two goals refused for offside, including a very questionable, in the first half on the side of the Auvergnats. Pascal Gastien’s men will not stop there since the inevitable Mohamed Bayo will come to open the counter of Clermont this season ten minutes from the end before Jodel Dossou doubles the bet for a historic first in L1.
OGC Nice, for its part, welcomed Reims to the Allianz Riviera to start its championship. With Kluivert and Rosario, two of the main recruits of the summer transfer window who constitute the new face of the team coached by Christophe Galtier, and with Gouiri aligned in front, the Aiglons will not manage to make the difference at the end of a rather dull meeting. . A goalless draw that does not suit either of the two teams even if we were playing the first day of the championship …
Angers SCO opens its meter
The Greens of Claude Puel welcomed them FC Lorient, maintained in the last days of the last exercise. The 22 actors could not decide on a first animated act. Back from the locker room, Vincent Le Goff will allow Christophé Pélissier’s Merlus to take the lead before Wahbi Khazri equalizes on a penalty 20 minutes later, offering at the same time the point of the draw for his team.
Finally, Strasbourg hosted Angers by Gérald Baticle at the Meinau. If Kévin Gameiro, back in his training club started on the bench, it is the captain of the SCO, Ismael Traoré (34), who will deliver his partners on time. Bahoken, entered the 68th minute of play, will make speak the powder and double the bet for the Angevins ten minutes later. An achievement that definitively seals the victory for the Angevins at the opening of the L1 championship.
The results of the first day
- Monaco 1 – 1 Nantes (Martins 14 ‘; Castelletto 42’)
- Lyon 1 – 1 Brest (Slimani 62 ‘; Cardona 43’)
- Troyes 1 – 2 PSG (El Hajjam 9′ ; Hakimi 19′, Icardi 21′)
- Rennes 1 – 1 Lens (Suleman 14 ‘; Fofana 19’)
- Bordeaux 0 – 2 Clermont (Bayo 83 ‘, Dossou 90’)
- Nice 0 – 0 Reims
- Saint-Etienne 1 – 1 Lorient (Khazri 80 ‘; Le Goff 52’)
- Strasbourg 0 – 2 Angers (Traoré 57 ‘, Bahoken 81’)
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