Three quickfire late goals ensured Paris Saint-Germain kicked off the Ligue 1 season with a 4-1 victory over Le Havre at the Stade Océane – just the third time in 10 campaigns that Les Parisiens have opened without a clean sheet (eight wins, one draw, one loss).The defending Ligue 1 champions may be without Kylian Mbappé for the first time since 2016, but they wasted little time making a statement of intent. With just three minutes on the clock, Gonçalo Ramos played the ball to the right wing where Lee Kang-in side-footed a deflected effort beyond the reach of Arthur Desmas. Sadly for Ramos, his game was cut short in the 20th minute when he hobbled off injured, yet his replacement Randal Kolo Muani almost made an immediate impact, clattering the crossbar with a powerful header.☄️🇰🇷 1er but, 1er banger pour Lee Kang-In.La saison est lancée ! 😍🎥 @DAZN_FR | #HACPSG pic.twitter.com/QbsrVB5I1b— Scoop Ligue 1 (@ScoopLigue1) August 16, 2024 Le centre parfait de Achraf Hakimi sur la tête de Kolo Muani qui la met sur la barre 💥#HACPSG | #PSGpic.twitter.com/DjRFeRulEI— 𝑨𝑪𝑯𝑹𝑨𝑭 𝑯𝑨𝑲𝑰𝑴𝑰 𝑭𝑹 🇫🇷 (@GioHakimi) August 16, 2024 PSG were dominant during the first half-hour, however, La Havre had the ball in the back of the net when a corner was saved onto the crossbar only to be turned in on the rebound. Unfortunately for Abdoulaye Touré, the would-be equaliser was flagged offside and apart from a penalty-area scramble late in the half, the visitors rarely threatened Gianluigi Donnarumma’s net.After surviving a late scare at the end of the first period, Le Havre were on level terms shortly after the restart. A deep free-kick was floated towards Gautier Lloris, who sent the ball across goal and all the way in, as several players failed to make contact. Just six minutes later, Josué Casimir was celebrating after capitalising on poor PSG defending and racing through one-on-one to tuck home, yet the goal was again disallowed, this time for a handball.🟰 | Le Havre égalise face au Champion ! 🔥🔵 #HACPSG pic.twitter.com/vK7DuoUT02— DAZN France (@DAZN_FR) August 16, 2024 😱 | L’ascenseur émotionnel de Josué Casimir qui pensait donner l’avantage au Havre. ❌👋 #HACPSG pic.twitter.com/ILbtpw1gxz— DAZN France (@DAZN_FR) August 16, 2024 An open second half swung in PSG’s favour, with Lee thundering a shot onto the crossbar and Marco Asensio denied by an alert Desmas before the hosts finally pulled away. Debutant João Neves teed up two goals in two minutes, first providing Ousmane Dembélé with a free header before laying off Bradley Barcola for a sublime curling finish. Both late goalscorers and Neves had been introduced from the bench and yet another substitute made an impact from the spot when Kolo Muani picked himself up to firmly put the game to bed.🔴🔵🚨Dembele BUUTTT pic.twitter.com/YFYN04ttbY— ParisSG INFOS (@Paris_sginfos) August 16, 2024 Quel but de Barcola purée on s’rappelle de son traitement pdt l’euro mdr pic.twitter.com/0zshf5XRsh— B (@JackyBooooy) August 16, 2024 🔴🔵⚽️🤩Kolo Muani pour le 4-1 pic.twitter.com/sdEkUQLi3A— ParisSG INFOS (@Paris_sginfos) August 16, 2024 Victory here builds on last season’s undefeated away league record (13 wins, four draws), starting the campaign top of the table where PSG will expect to finish once again come May. As for Le Havre, defeat tonight means Les Ciel et Marine haven’t won an opening league match since 2017/18 (five draws, two losses).LIGUE 1 – MATCHDAY 1Friday Le Havre – PSG 1-4 (0-1)/Lloris 48 – Kang-In 3, Dembele, Barcola, Kolo Muani 90 pen/Saturday 18.00: (2.80) Brest (3.30) Olympique Marseille (2.55)20.00: (3.40) Reims (3.50) Lille (2.25)22.00: (1.53) Monaco (4.20) Saint-Etienne (6.25)Sunday 16.00: (3.10) Auxerre (3.20) Nice (2.40)18.00: (5.60) Angers (3.70) Lens (1.65)18.00: (2.10) Montpellier (3.50) Strasbourg (3.80)18.00: (2.15) Toulouse (3.35) Nantes (3.80)21.45: (2.40) Rennes (3.50) Olympique Lyon (3.10)***odds are subject to change***
