While You Were Asleep: Lukaku scores on return to Inter, Neymar stars for Paris and Barca start season with a draw

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While You Were Asleep: Lukaku scores on return to Inter, Neymar stars for Paris and Barca start season with a draw

After only a season away from the membership the place he turned probably the most deadly placing forces throughout Europe, Romelu Lukaku marked his return to Inter with a purpose within the first match of the Serie A season in opposition to US Lecce.

The 29-year-old took lower than a minute and a half to attain in his first recreation put up a disappointing 12 months by his requirements with Chelsea within the Premier League. The purpose helped Inter seal a 1-2 win and take three factors house from their away journey.

Lukaku was a part of the Inter facet that received the league in 2021 and the Belgian scored 64 occasions in 95 appearances throughout two seasons. It was reported that Lukaku took a pay lower of 8.5 million euros for the approaching marketing campaign to half methods with the London membership and return to Italy.

Neymar stars as PSG beat Montpellier

In France, Paris Saint Germain thrashed Montpellier 5-2 of their spherical 2 match of Ligue 1. Brazilian ahead Neymar orchestrated the injury as he scored in addition to assisted on the night time.

The 30-year-old was denied a hattrick on the night time following a VAR examine however the hosts had management of the match anyhow. Neymar now has 5 objectives in three assists thus far this season throughout three outings.

While it was an personal purpose from the visiting facet’s Falaye Sacko that opened the account for Paris on the night time, Kylian Mbappe’s penalty and a late purpose from Renato Sanches made it 5 for the hosts alongside Neymar’s brace.

Barca start season with a 0-0 stalemate

Post a heavy lifting summer time switch window, which is at present not but over, it was a disappointing begin of the La Liga season for FC Barcelona as they drew 0-0 at house in opposition to Rayo Vallecano.

The runner ups from final season had been in a position to register 4 of their signings going into matchday 1 together with Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Andreas Christensen, and Franck Kessie following an anxious tussle with the Spanish league over the monetary issues of their switch window buying.

While all 4 featured on the night time for the Blaugrana, it hardly made a distinction on the scoresheet. Despite being the higher of the 2 sides on the night time by way of ball possession and probabilities created, Barcelona had been unable to breach by means of the Vallecano protection and needed to accept sharing a degree every on the night time. The hosts had been additional compounded with distress as captain Sergio Busquets was despatched off within the stoppage time of the second half.

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