French Ligue 1 – Round Two : Neymar’s first taste of the league

Goals Scored:: 24

Two rounds of the 2017/18 French Ligue 1 and Lyon, Marseille, Monaco, Saint-Etienne and Paris Saint-Germain kept 100% start to their season by doubling their victories.

Radamel Falcao contributed a hattrick to Monaco’s victory over Dijon.

Troyes handed OGC Nice a second defeat in a row.

Radamel Falcao inspired hat-trick victory for Monaco to pick up a convincing victory over Dijon.

Neymar enjoying himself with his new club Paris Saint Germain

OGC Nice suffered two defeats in a row when newly promoted Troyes managed to find a late goal to pick up an away victory.

Troyes was not the only newly-promoted side doing amazing things in the second round of the 2017/18 French Ligue 1, Strasbourg picked up three points by scoring three late second-half goals Lille. After Lille using all the available substitutes, their goalkeeper Mike Maignan lost his head a threw a ball at a Strasbourg player right in front of the referee. Maignan was given a red card and sent out of the match. Two different outfield players attempted to fill Maignan’s role and conceded three goals before the final whistle.

Paris Saint-Germain and Neymar got an expected victory over Guingamp. Neymar opened his goalscoring account in Ligue 1 and for PSG in his first match.