Big-spending PSG falls in opener as Lyon wins
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August 8, 2011, Monday
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BIG-SPENDING Paris Saint-Germain started the French league campaign with a humbling home defeat as champion Lille and last season's runner-up Olympique Marseille could only draw on Saturday.
PSG, fourth last term before being bought by wealthy Qatari investors and making a host of signings, lost 0-1 to Lorient while Lille drew 1-1 at Nancy and Didier Deschamp's Marseille was held 2-2 at home by Sochaux.
Olympique Lyon was the only winner from France's 'big four' after a 3-1 victory at Nice in Remi Garde's first game in charge.
PSG paraded latest recruit Javier Pastore before kickoff at a rainy Parc des Princes and it could have done with the Argentine on the field rather than in the stands after a limp display.
Striker Kevin Gameiro joined the ambitious outfit from Lorient in June and had one decent chance before watching his old teammates take the lead after 28 minutes when Julien Quercia tapped in at the far post from a free kick.
Lorient's Kevin Monnet-Paquet earlier missed an open goal from two meters as the modest northwest side embarrassed its nouveau-riche opponent, which included other new buys Jeremy Menez, Salvatore Sirigu and Blaise Matuidi.
Lille, surprise double winner last term, has also made several signings but it was old hand Mathieu Debuchy who opened the scoring at Nancy just after the break from a Franck Beria cross.
Beria turned villain midway through the second half though with an own goal.
Marseille's Lucho Gonzalez, who has spent the close-season waiting for a move away, grabbed a 38th-minute opener at the Stade Velodrome before Sochaux hit back twice only for Loic Remy to snatch a draw 16 minutes from time.
In Saturday's other Ligue 1 matches, it was: Ajaccio 0, Toulouse 2; Brest 2, Evian 2; Caen 1, Valenciennes 0, and Montpellier 3, Auxerre 1.
PSG, fourth last term before being bought by wealthy Qatari investors and making a host of signings, lost 0-1 to Lorient while Lille drew 1-1 at Nancy and Didier Deschamp's Marseille was held 2-2 at home by Sochaux.
Olympique Lyon was the only winner from France's 'big four' after a 3-1 victory at Nice in Remi Garde's first game in charge.
PSG paraded latest recruit Javier Pastore before kickoff at a rainy Parc des Princes and it could have done with the Argentine on the field rather than in the stands after a limp display.
Striker Kevin Gameiro joined the ambitious outfit from Lorient in June and had one decent chance before watching his old teammates take the lead after 28 minutes when Julien Quercia tapped in at the far post from a free kick.
Lorient's Kevin Monnet-Paquet earlier missed an open goal from two meters as the modest northwest side embarrassed its nouveau-riche opponent, which included other new buys Jeremy Menez, Salvatore Sirigu and Blaise Matuidi.
Lille, surprise double winner last term, has also made several signings but it was old hand Mathieu Debuchy who opened the scoring at Nancy just after the break from a Franck Beria cross.
Beria turned villain midway through the second half though with an own goal.
Marseille's Lucho Gonzalez, who has spent the close-season waiting for a move away, grabbed a 38th-minute opener at the Stade Velodrome before Sochaux hit back twice only for Loic Remy to snatch a draw 16 minutes from time.
In Saturday's other Ligue 1 matches, it was: Ajaccio 0, Toulouse 2; Brest 2, Evian 2; Caen 1, Valenciennes 0, and Montpellier 3, Auxerre 1.
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