With a look up the heavens and three kisses aimed at family seated high up in the stands, Lionel Messi finally settled into a new life in Paris.
It has taken a while. Initial form after his sudden arrival from Barcelona has been short of usual standards. He has had a knee problem and, after being substituted by Mauricio Pochettino a week or so ago, he walked past his manager with the look a man who may not break stride until he was back at the Nou Camp.
But goals change everything in football and here at a grateful Parc des Princes, Messi scored the first of his new club career to ruin the night for his old coach Pep Guardiola.