Season 2024/25 Round One Review
The Ligue One, just as most top five European League, Kicked Off this weekend with a lot of mouthwatering games on show.
Paris Saint Germain started life without Kylian Mbappe with Mason Greenwood wasting no time in reminding the French people about his potential by grabbing a brace in his Marseille league debut. But what were the other major talking points in round one of the 2024/25 season in the French top tier?
Money Spending Lyon Thumped by Rennes
Rennes enjoyed a commanding 3-0 victory over big-spending Lyon in the French league on Sunday.
Benjamin Bourigeaud opened the scoring in the 19th minute with a deflected free kick. Just over a minute later, Amine Gouiri doubled Rennes’ lead after a swift counterattack. Henrik Meister, a Danish striker acquired by Rennes this summer, sealed the win with a stoppage-time goal to cap a dominant performance.
Portuguese goalkeeper Anthony Lopes, the captain and a regular starter for Lyon over the past decade, was an unused substitute today.
Rennes thus joined a group of teams that won their opening fixtures: reigning champions , Marseille, Lille, Auxerre, Monaco, and Lens.
Welcome to Ligue One Mason Greenwood
Mason Greenwood netted twice as he made his competitive bow for Olympique de Marseille. Against Brest.
The Englishman opened the scoring after just three minutes before converting a penalty 28 minutes later in what was a comfortable 5-1 win for Marseille over their Champions League-bound opponents.
Despite his two goals, Greenwood was outshone by some of his teammates. Luis Enrique and Amine Harit, who notched a brace of goals and assists respectively, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli all received higher match ratings, as per FootballCritic.
Prior to his signing, Marseille fans had launched a social media campaign against the striker and it will be interesting to see how they will react when he makes his home debut.
In Other Games
In other matches, Auxerre celebrated its return to Ligue 1 with a 2-1 victory over Nice at Stade de l’Abbé Deschamps. Nice took the lead through a header from Mohamed-Ali Cho, but Auxerre equalized before halftime thanks to Rayan Raveloson’s goal. Lasso Coulibaly scored the winner in stoppage time.
Lens defeated promoted side Angers 1-0. Wesley Saïd scored in the first half, marking a successful league start for new coach Will Still.
Toulouse and Nantes played out a 0-0 draw, while Montpellier and Strasbourg shared the points in a 1-1 draw.
Round One Results
- Auxerre 2-1 Nice
- Angers 0-1 RC Lens
- Montpellier 1-1 Strasbourg
- Toulouse 0-0 Nantes
- Rennes 3-0 Lyon
- Brest 1-5 Marseille
- Reims 0-2 Lille
- Monaco 1-0 St. Etienne
- Le Havre 1-4 PSG
Table
Top Scorers
With Mbappe gone, strikers will now fancy their chances to win the Golden boot in the French top tier. Here are the top scorers after Round One.
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The article was last updated on Monday August 19th, 2024
