Paris (AFP)

Title holder, Lille snatched the last second draw in Metz (3-3) on Sunday during the first day of Ligue 1. His former coach Christophe Galtier did not experience better fortune with Nice, held in check by Reims (0-0).

- Lille narrowly -

The champion relied on his "king": the attacker Burak Yilmaz, nicknamed the "Kral" ("king" in Turkish), struck after additional time (90th + 6) to avoid defeat to his team.

Led 3-1, Lille, betrayed by their defense, took advantage of the exclusion of Boubakar Kouyaté (55th) to return to the match.

Jonathan Ikoné (81st) initiated the crazy rise of Losc concluded by Yilmaz, helped by the error of goalkeeper Alexandre Oukidja who deflected the Turkish close-angle shot in his nets.

However, the result remains a bad operation for the ambitious Mastiffs, winners of the Champions Trophy against PSG (1-0) last Sunday.

- Clermont, the beautiful story -

The volcano has awakened!

For his first in the elite, Clermont had a dream afternoon in Bordeaux.

The story is all the more beautiful as it is Mohamed Bayo, born and trained at the foot of the Puy de Dôme, who opened the scoring (82nd).

"These are moments of pride and happiness, when I see all these people coming from Clermont to support us. When we went to greet them at the end, I had tears in my eyes," admitted coach Pascal Gastien .

Mohamed Bayo (C) after opening the scoring for Clermont in Bordeaux in Ligue 1 on August 8, 2021 at the Matmut-Atlantique stadium Philippe LOPEZ AFP

For his Bordeaux counterpart Vladimir Petkovic, it's the soup with the grimace.

This defeat brings Bordeaux back a few months, when it was fighting for maintenance at the end of last season.

"If it can make everyone aware that we have no margin, so much the better, because today Clermont has carried us around," said goalkeeper Benoît Costil.

- Galtier has work -

Champion of France with Lille last May, Christophe Galtier started a new challenge in Nice this summer.

But to make the Gym a contender for the podium, he still has work to do.

His team, without imagination, broke their teeth on Reims (0-0), despite the many encouragement of the technician, active in his technical area.

In Rennes, the performance of rookie Kamaldeen Sulemana, 19, gives reason to be optimistic, for the rest of the summer marked by play-offs in the Europa League Conference.

The young Ghanaian winger scored a superb goal which, however, was not enough to beat an eye-catching Lensois (1-1).

Ghanaian Kamal Deen Sulemana, from Rennes, overwhelms Malian midfielder Cheick Oumar Doucoure, from Lens, in L1 on August 8, 2021 in Rennes JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER AFP

Draw also between Saint-Etienne and Lorient (1-1).

Strasbourg, for the first on the bench of Julien Stéphan, was surprised at home by Angers (2-0).

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