A goal from Ballon d’Or nominee Vitinha was the difference between Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes in the Ligue 1 champions' opening match of their 2025-26 campaign. Vitinha's hopeful second-half strike took a fortuitous deflection and wrong-footed Nantes goalkeeper Anthony Lopes to break the deadlock in the 67th minute on Sunday.

Vitinha broke the deadlock with the aid of a lucky deflection as Paris Saint-Germain began its Ligue 1 title defense with an unconvincing 1-0 win at Nantes on Sunday. Champions League winner PSG looked short of ideas,

Paris St-Germain began the defence of their Ligue 1 title with victory at Nantes thanks to Vitinha's second-half strike.