BERLIN — Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a hat trick on his Bundesliga debut to give Borussia Dortmund a 4-0 win at Augsburg in the opening round Saturday. Gabon international Aubameyang — a 13 million-euro ($17 million) off-season signing from French side Saint-Etienne — opened the scoring in the 24th minute, made the game safe in the 66th, and added another in the 79th before Robert Lewandowski scored a penalty with four minutes remaining. Hertha Berlin celebrated its return to the Bundesliga with a 6-1 rout of visiting Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayer Leverkusen won 3-1 at home over Freiburg, Hannover beat nine-man Wolfsburg 2-0 at home, and Nuremberg drew 2-2 at Hoffenheim. Pep Guardiola began his reign as Bayern Munich coach in the Bundesliga with a 3-1 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach as the new German league season kicked-off Friday. PSG rallies to earn draw Defending champion Paris Saint-Germain came from behind to draw 1-1 against 10-man Montpellier Friday in the opening match of the French season. Remy Cabella gave Montpellier a controversial 10th-minute lead as Zlatan Ibrahimovic appeared to be fouled in the buildup to the goal. Maxwell leveled on the hour mark to ensure new PSG coach Laurent Blanc avoided defeat in his first competitive game in charge. “We would have hoped for a better result,” Blanc said. “But PSG had too little of the game in the first half for my taste. There was a lack of simplicity, with doubtlessly too much of a desire to touch the ball. “There's a lot to say about what we did in midfield and in attack in the first 45 minutes. We tried complicated things against a well-grouped Montpellier team.” Montpellier was reduced to 10 men when defender Abdelhamid El Kaoutari was sent off for a second yellow card 18 minutes from time. That incident came moments after PSG had introduced new signing Edinson Cavani. The Uruguayan almost netted his first PSG goal two minutes later but his header was blocked by a defender — Agencies
