Neymar feels ‘more alive than ever’

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 . ”