Marseille threw away a 3-1 lead as they drew 4-4 with Rennes on the opening day of Ligue 1.
Marseille held, PSG lose and Grenoble win on opening day
Marseille threw away a 3-1 lead as they drew 4-4 with Rennes on the opening day of Ligue 1.
Elsewhere, Monaco got the better of Paris Saint Germain at Stade Louis II.
Marseille, who are looking to challenge Lyon for the title this season, got off to a poor start when Olivier Thomert fired
Rennes in front after just six minutes.
New boys Bakary Kone (11) and Hatem Ben Arfa (13) turned the game on its head with a quick-fire double and Mamadou Niang made it 3-1 on 27 minutes.
Thomert reduced the arrears on 50 minutes with his second of the contest before Steve Mandanda's own goal two minutes from time drew the side's level.
Elliot Grandin looked to have won the day for Marseille when he scored in injury-time, but there was still time left for former Liverpool man Bruno Cheyrou to earn Rennes a point with virtually the last kick of the game.
New-look
PSG went down to an opening day defeat at
Monaco thanks Frederic Nimani's 79th minute strike.
Last season's runners-up
Bordeaux came from behind to beat
Caen 2-1.
Benjamin Nivet gave Caen a shock lead on 14 minutes, but second-half goals from Yoann Gourcuff (54) and Fernando Cavenaghi (80) gave Laurent Blanc's men the points.
Auxerre got their campaign off to a winning start after a 2-1 success over
Nantes.
Ireneusz Jelen gave the hosts the lead on 35 minutes only for David De Freitas to draw Nantes level on 67 minutes.
Julien Quercia grabbed the winner for Auxerre 18 minutes from time.
Ligue 1 new boys
Grenoble made the best possible start to life in the top flight with a 2-1 victory at
Sochaux.
Mevlut Erding gave Sochaux the lead on 77 minutes, but two late goals from Nassim Akrour (87) and Daniel Moreira (88) gave Grenoble an unlikely win.
Valenciennes got the better of St Etienne with Gael Danic scoring the only goal of the game from the penalty spot on 26 minutes.
Le Havre began the season with three points with a 1-0 success over
Nice.
Jean-Michel Lesage was the hero for the home side with the winner 19 minutes from time.
FC Lorient got the better of
Le Mans with a 1-0 victory at Leon Bollee.
Nancy were held to a goalless draw at home to
Lille with Adil Rami being sent off for Lille in the closing seconds.
