Ferran Torres made a memorable debut for Paris Saint-Germain by scoring two late goals to secure a 2-2 draw at Stade Rennais on Sunday. The Ligue 1 season opener took place at Roazhon Park, Rennes' home ground, where the visitors came from behind after trailing 2-0 at halftime [1, 2, 3, 4].
Rennes opened the scoring early when Sebastian Szymanski netted a 9th-minute goal, the ball deflecting in off the post. Esteban Lepaul doubled their lead just seven minutes before the break, assisted by Przemyslaw Frankowski’s low cross [1, 2, 4].
PSG had an early effort by Desire Doue ruled out for offside but mounted a comeback in the second half following tactical substitutions by coach Luis Enrique, who introduced Torres and Fabian Ruiz to change the game's flow [1, 2, 3, 4].
Torres capitalized on Ruiz’s creativity, scoring PSG's first goal with 19 minutes remaining. He then completed the comeback in the 83rd minute with another assist from Ruiz, leveling the score at 2-2 [1, 2, 3, 4]. Despite dominating possession in the final stages, PSG could not find a winning goal.
Torres said after the match, "The game was difficult, we knew it would be. I just put my hand up then with Fabian’s quality, you just have to run and he puts the ball in the right place" [3].
The draw extends PSG's unbeaten start to the season and gives Rennes credit for a strong performance on home turf. The clubs will next compete on their respective schedules in the upcoming weeks with PSG aiming to build on Torres' promising debut.
