{"id":872000,"date":"2026-08-28T23:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/872000\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T23:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:20:12","slug":"european-football-psg-scramble-another-draw-while-bayern-make-flying-start-european-club-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/872000\/","title":{"rendered":"European football: PSG scramble another draw while Bayern make flying start | European club football"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos scored deep into stoppage \u2060time to snatch a scarcely deserved 2-2 draw at Lille on Friday as the Ligue 1 champions \u2060continued to struggle \u2060after \u200bbeing held by Rennes on the opening weekend.<\/p>\n

After the poor 2-2 draw \u200cagainst Rennes, things went from bad to worse for PSG when Lille<\/a> took the lead in the 21st minute as Icelandic playmaker H\u00e1kon Haraldsson latched on to a brilliant reverse pass from Olivier Giroud and curled an unstoppable shot past \u200cMatvei Safonov.<\/p>\n

Despite all their attacking riches, the Parisians struggled to get shots on target as Lille packed their \u200bdefence and forced the champions to attack from wide areas, and Lille appeared to have secured the three points when Dilane Bakwa scored in the 84th minute.<\/p>\n

PSG midfielder Vitinha threw his side \u2060a lifeline in the first minute of stoppage time with \u200ba superb \u200bstrike curled into the top-left \u200bcorner, and the Portuguese international then crossed for \u200bMarquinhos to head \u200chome the \u200bequaliser four \u200bminutes later to complete an improbable comeback.<\/p>\n

Bayern Munich take the lead as Dayot Upamecano\u2019s effort finds the net against Stuttgart. Photograph: Angelika Warmuth\/Reuters<\/p>\n

In the Bundesliga Bayern Munich kickstarted their title defence with a resounding 5-1 victory over Stuttgart thanks \u2060to a sparkling second-half display at the Allianz Arena that showed they have lost none of their \u2060potency from last \u2060season.<\/p>\n

Goals from \u200bDayot Upamecano, Michael Olise, Aleksandar Pavlovic and Luis D\u00edaz capped a superb performance from the hosts during which they also \u2060missed several other opportunities.<\/p>\n

It was a mixed night for Stuttgart\u2019s Josha Vagnoman, who scored at both ends having briefly equalised early \u2060in the second half, as Bayern extended their unbeaten run to 15 \u200cmatches with victory in their first match of the new campaign.<\/p>\n

Bayern won the Bundesliga<\/a> \u200ctitle by 16 points last season, scoring a record 122 goals in the process, \u200cand there are signs they could be as dominant again as they created chance after chance against the side who finished fourth last term.<\/p>\n

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Milan supporters display a huge Baresi banner at San Siro before kick-off in the game against Venezia. Photograph: Daniele Mascolo\/Reuters<\/p>\n

In Serie A Gon\u00e7alo Ramos scored with a flashing drive from a tight angle for his first Serie A goal as Milan beat Venezia 2-0 at San Siro. Milan spent \u20ac74m to acquire Ramos from PSG and the Portugal forward delivered a goal to treasure on 69 minutes before a late own goal from Redouane Halhal settled the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing isn\u2019t my goal, it\u2019s the win,\u201d Ramos said. \u201cI should have scored more than one goal tonight.\u201d Milan<\/a> opened the season with a 2-1 win at Torino making Friday\u2019s encounter their first home game since the death of Franco Baresi and they paid tribute to their former captain before kick-off.<\/p>\n

In La Liga, Racing Santander beat Elche 3-2 for their first win since returning to the Spanish top flight, while Alav\u00e9s beat Villarreal 1-0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paris Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos scored deep into stoppage \u2060time to snatch a scarcely deserved 2-2 draw at Lille…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-872000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}