Lucas Moura added the second when he forced the ball home from a Pastore assist.
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Despite losing talismanic top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the close-season, PSG still had plenty of goal threat and it was 3-0 by half-time with Javier Pastore – now in ownership of Ibrahimovic’s number 10 shirt – opening the scoring.
Corentin Tolisso got a late consolation for Lyon but Les Rouge et Bleu are well set for the opener with Bastia on Friday after beating Lyon for a second season in a row whilst claiming this for a fourth-year running. It was an excellent preparation. “The coach asks us a lot but we already see the result with a first title”.
A replacement for Laurent Blanc, who guided PSG to back-to-back domestic trebles, Emery was brought to Paris to help the capital club achieve their Champions League ambitions, following four consecutive quarter-final exits.
With the Champions League something that’s seriously being targeted (back-to-back domestic trebles wasn’t enough for Blanc) the proven European victor of the Europa League with Sevilla Emery was brought in.
“The style of play, trust, there are many details and Unai Emery is working very hard to correct”.
“We saw that in the Champions League, it’s the details that count if we want to go far and this is what the coach is doing”.
“It’s a very, very ambitious aim, but I’m a player that likes this type of objective because it means you play for a big team and I’m very happy”.
“This is important but it is not the most important thing, it is work”.
“I think I played quite well, as did the whole team”.
“Edinson Cavani has a little muscle strain and it was better that he remain in Paris to receive treatment, so as not to miss the start of the season”, the former Sevilla boss said at his pre-match media conference.
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Bruno Genesio’s side lost 2-0 12 months ago, again qualifying for the event after finishing as distant runners-up to the rampant champions.
