England international Jude Bellingham scored on his LaLiga debut as Real Madrid began their league season with a 2-0 victory at Athletic Bilbao.
Bellingham, who joined Real from Borussia Dortmund earlier this summer, scored his team’s second goal eight minutes before half-time.
Rodrygo had opened the scoring nine minutes earlier, and it proved a dominant display by Real, with Bellingham at the heart of it.
😊 Jude Victor William Bellingham, at your service. 😊 pic.twitter.com/Llt68PeHf8
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) August 12, 2023
Saturday’s other two LaLiga games finished as draws, with Real Sociedad being held 1-1 at home by Girona and Real Mallorca claiming a point by the same scoreline at Las Palmas.
Takefusa Kubo put Socieded in front after just five minutes at the Reale Arena, but Artem Dovbyk’s header in the 72nd minute secured a share of the spoils.
Las Palmas went in front through Jonathan Viera’s 29th-minute penalty, but the home side could not hold on to that advantage and Antonio Raillo equalised in the second half.
Paris St Germain saw their Ligue 1 campaign begin in frustrating fashion as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Lorient at Parc des Princes.
FULL-TIME: Paris Saint-Germain 0-0 FC Lorient
The first #Ligue1 match for the Parisians finishes goalless at the Parc des Princes#PSGFCL pic.twitter.com/57JK764buR
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) August 12, 2023
Despite creating numerous chances, PSG could find no way through resilient opposition and will feel it was a case of two points dropped.
Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Marco Verratti, meanwhile, who have all been linked with moves away from Paris, were left out of the matchday squad by boss Luis Enrique.
And Marseille claimed a comeback victory against Reims at Stade Velodrome, with Vitinha’s 73rd-minute goal securing a 2-1 win after Junya Ito had given Reims the lead and Azzedine Ounahi equalised.
