Ligue one opening weekend, tributes, curious tifo and Torres’s PSG debut brace | OneFootball

Ligue one’s opening weekend delivered tributes, a curious tifo, Ferran Torres’s debut rescue act for PSG, Nice’s ongoing slump and a record sale looming.

Le Progres highlights a series of tributes, with Lens holding a minute’s applause for Eric Roy, who died on 17 June, and Nice observing a minute’s silence before Lorient. Toulouse honoured Bryan Bergougnoux, 43, as his family took the ceremonial kick-off between Lyon and Toulouse.

Marseille thrashed Strasbourg 4-0, and home fans unveiled a tifo saluting Spain’s world champions, after France had fallen 2-0 to Spain in the 2026 semi-finals.

Behind closed doors, Nice drew 0-0 with Lorient, extending their run to 12 home league matches without a win, the longest in their history. Lyon won 2-0 at Toulouse after Paulo Fonseca rotated his entire XI following the Fenerbahçe trip to prepare for Wednesday 26 August’s return.

Ayyoub Bouaddi, 18, is set to leave Lille for Manchester City in a 100 million euro deal including add-ons, which would be a Ligue one record. He watched Lille win 2-0 at Angers, then said goodbye to supporters.

Ferran Torres replaced Ousmane Dembélé at half-time and struck twice to earn PSG a 2-2 draw at Rennes. He is only the third PSG player to score a debut brace, after Patrick Mboma in 1994 and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in 2012.

Also: Lens 5-2 Auxerre, Le Mans 2-2 Brest, Troyes 0-0 Paris FC, Le Havre 0-1 Monaco.

Source: Le Progres

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