Paris Saint-Germain opened their Ligue 1 marketing campaign with a slender 1-0 win away to Nantes, however they had been made to work laborious for the three factors.
Luis Enrique’s aspect dominated possession, however a resolute Nantes defence annoyed the champions in a cagey first half.
Goncalo Ramos struck the crossbar, whereas Kang-In Lee and Bradley Barcola equipped harmful crosses, however PSG struggled to search out the breakthrough.
On the different finish, Mostafa Mohamed and Yassine Benhattab threatened sporadically on the counter, although Gianluca Chevalier remained largely untested.
Enrique turned to his bench early within the second half, introducing Ousmane Dembele, Need Doue, Nuno Mendes and Achraf Hakimi looking for larger attacking impetus.
The adjustments paid off on 67 minutes when Mendes discovered Vitinha on the sting of the field. The midfielder’s effort took a depraved deflection off Chidozie Awaziem, wrong-footing Alban Lafont and nestling within the backside nook.
PSG thought they’d doubled their lead ten minutes later as Ramos completed coolly from Doue’s cross, however VAR dominated him narrowly offside.
The guests continued to press, with Barcola flashing a shot inches large, however Nantes rallied late on, substitute Tabibou firing over in stoppage time as they searched desperately for an equaliser.
The statistics mirrored PSG’s management, boasting 1.33 anticipated targets in comparison with Nantes’ 0.1, but Enrique’s males had been compelled to grind out victory.
Nantes journey to Strasbourg subsequent Sunday, whereas PSG host Angers on Friday, aiming to construct on their successful begin.
