Germain kicked off their European adventure by welcoming Girona to the Parc des Princes for Matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League's new league format. PSG entered the game riding high on a perfect start to their domestic campaign,

It took a huge blunder to gift Paris Saint-Germain victory in the first Champions League match of its post-galactico era.

There are a few things you need to know about Girona. In 1999, they were playing in the fifth tier. As recently as 2006-07, they were in Spain’s Tercera Division (which back then was the country’s fourth-highest league). Girona, the 11th-most populous city in Catalonia, is not a place known for its sporting achievements.

Paris Saint-Germain were grateful to a last-minute howler from goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga as they snatched a 1-0 win over European debutants Girona in their opening game of the new-look Champions League on Wednesday.

Manchester City and Inter Milan played to a scoreless tie on the second day of the new UEFA Champions League season, but that marquee rematch of the 2023 European final was one of just six games on Wednesday's schedule.

Like everyone else this season, Paris Saint-Germain are preparing to enter the new-look UEFA Champions League next week when the reformatted league phase gets underway. Luis Enrique led the French giants to a surprise semifinal last campaign yet it felt underwhelming given the way that Les Parisiens lost out to eventual beaten finalists Borussia Dortmund.

An embarrassing late blunder gifted Paris St Germain a 1-0 home victory over Champions League debutants Girona on Wednesday as the visitors' goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga let a Nuno Mendes cross slip through his legs and into the net.

Watch highlights as Nuno Mendes' last-minute goal, courtesy of a Paulo Gazzaniga error, seals a win for PSG against Girona in their opening Champions League match at the Parc des Princes.