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– Neymar scored and set up three more goals as Paris St-Germain started their Ligue 1 title defence with an emphatic victory at Clermont.
– The Brazilian opened the scoring as he collected a Lionel Messi cutback and fired into the bottom corner.
– Achraf Hakimi finished off a devastating counter-attack, before Marquinhos and Messi converted crosses from Neymar.
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– Messi rounded off the scoring with a brilliant overhead kick.
– After Neymar gave the 10-time French champions the lead after 10 minutes, Morocco right-back Hakimi latched on to a cross-field pass from Neymar before firing into the top right-hand corner from 10 yards.
– Marquinhos then leaped highest to head home a Neymar free-kick from the left to give Christophe Galtier’s side a comfortable 3-0 half-time lead.
– Messi stroked home a Neymar cutback from 12 yards with 10 minutes left, before finishing the scoring by controlling Leandro Paredes’ dinked pass with his chest before acrobatically sending the ball over Mory Diaw.
– The match was Galtier’s first league game in charge since taking over from former Southampton and Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino.
🔚👏 Un départ idéal ! Première victoire en #Ligue1 avec la manière pour nos Parisiens ❤️💙@ClermontFoot 0⃣ – 5⃣ @PSG_inside
⚽️ @neymarjr 9'
⚽️ @AchrafHakimi 26'
⚽️ @marquinhos_m5 39'
⚽️ Leo Messi 80', 86' #𝗖𝗙𝟲𝟯𝗣𝗦𝗚 pic.twitter.com/MewejI6bvb
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) August 6, 2022
