Brazilian striker Neymar said he feels “ more
alive than ever ” after marking his Paris St-
Germain debut with a goal and an assist at
Guingamp , BBC Sport reports .
The 25 - year - old became the most expensive
player in history when he joined PSG from
Barcelona for € 222m ( £200 m ).
He set up Edinson Cavani for his side’ s opener
on Sunday before scoring the final goal in a 3 - 0
victory .
“ People think that leaving Barca is to die , but
it ’ s the opposite, ” he said .
“ I’ m more alive than ever . I play, I am very
happy and football is the same . Only the
country, the city and the team change , but
football is the same . ”
He started the game on the left side of an
imposing three- man attack , with Cavani and
Angel di Maria .
PSG dominated the game and took the lead
early in the second half when Ikoko ’ s
misjudged back- pass found his own net .
Cavani then converted after latching on to
Neymar’ s superb pass into the box before the
two swapped roles , with the Uruguayan setting
up his Brazilian team- mate for a close- range
finish .
“ It is always very important to score , not just in
the first game , ” added Neymar.
“ This is a great challenge for me as a person,
but we have a great team .
“ The main thing was to win . The team played
well and I played well .
“ We are trying to improve all the time and
we ’ ll get to know each other even better yet .
But it is easy to play with players of such
quality . ”
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