Ligue 1 is back on Friday at 8:45 p.m. with a match between Le Havre and the Parisians, reigning French champions.
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The 2024-2025 Ligue 1 season is kicking off. For the opening match, the Parisians travel to the Stade Océane in Le Havre on Friday, August 16. The 2023-2024 French champions will have to do without Kylian Mbappé this season, who has left for Real Madrid, and find solutions in attack to compensate for his departure.
The match against the Normans could be an opportunity to discover the new Parisian recruits, such as the Portuguese midfielder Joao Neves and the Ecuadorian defender Willian Pacho. For the Le Havre team, this first match will mark the debut of Didier Digard as a coach. Trained at HAC, the former Nice coach aims this season to keep the club in the elite of French football.
Follow the match live.