The real debut of the marquee left side of the infield will come in the season opener later this month, but the first dress rehearsal was still notable.
Like chipping teeth opening a beer only to be handed a bottle opener moments later, that sort of thing.
Though there are diversions in the tumbledown guitars of Sucker Punched and the shuffle of Delancey Essex, the defining sound is the four-to-the-floor drone, as on excellent opener Bodies; later on, Skulking is even better.
But Inverness came even closer to the opener moments later when Warren's header from Christie's inswinging corner was nodded off the line by Charlie Mulgrew.
Neymar delivered the opener minutes later to recapture the early momentum, as Maza Rodriguez's attempted header to clear Dani Alves' cross landed for the new Barcelona signing inside the area, and he thumped a left-footed volley past Corona for his second goal of the competition.
He showed composure to curl in Swansea's opener after 87 seconds, before his lack of concentration allowed Liverpool to level less than two minutes later.
Barcelona's opener arrived minutes later, as Messi cut open the defence with a pass to send Sanchez clear and the forward in turn played a square ball for Neymar, who tapped in from close range.
Chile, who beat Ecuador 2-0 in the tournament opener, play Mexico later on Monday.
(The can opener, alas, came later; early cans had to be speared with a bayonet, crudely smashed against a rock, or shot).
Wilhelmsen, 27, pitched a scoreless inning in his debut in Oakland on April 3 but gave up five runs in the Mariners' home opener five days later, including a home run by Travis Hafner that nearly reached the third deck at Safeco Field.
It is safe to say that somewhere between the season-ending victory over Buffalo, in which New England trailed, 21-0, before scoring 49 straight points, and the playoff opener 13 days later against Denver, something happened to the A.F.C.'s statistically worst defense.
