David sees double, Pavlovic sees red
David’s new double, the return to Monaco, but also Pavlovic’s nightmarish evening: Find our Monaco-Lille Tops and Flops (2-2) counting for the 14th day of Ligue 1.
Tops
King david
Jonathan David was once again brilliant this Friday against AS Monaco. It’s very simple, the Canadian was in all the right places. His ball-to-foot speed and his surgical precision in the face of goals caused miseries for the Monegasque rearguard. He launched his team by transforming the penalty caused by Xeka at the start of the match (5th).
Far from being satisfied, he put the cover back a few minutes later by adjusting Alexander Nubel following a nice opening Tiago Djalo (9th). He had many chances and missed the treble by nothing (39th). The former La Gantoise player scored his 9th and 10th goals in Ligue 1 this season, and is more than ever the league’s top scorer.
The Monegasque state of mind
Authors of a first period not far from being catastrophic, the players of AS Monaco were perfectly able to reverse the trend. Led by two but at the end of the first ten minutes, they managed to come back to the score thanks to a much more successful second period. Diatta had shown the way just before the break (41st) and upon returning from the locker room, the Reds and Whites provided the show. Positioned very high on the ground, they set off to tackle Lille’s goals, and their efforts ended up paying off. Reduced to ten (78th), the Monegasques did not give up and were rewarded by Wissam Ben Yedder, scorer at the end of the match (83rd).
Djalo like a rock
How far are the days when Tiago Djalo vegetated on the LOSC sidelines. This season, the Portuguese finally demonstrates the full extent of his talent under the aegis of Jocelyn Gourvennec. On Louis-II’s lawn, he was a real rock. Physically imposing, from him … He was practically impassable. But he didn’t just defend. First raiser of his team, he distilled good balls to his attackers. The defender of the Mastiffs is also a decisive passer on David’s second goal (9th). When his team was in difficulty, it had not been possible to carry out several monstrous rescues (49th and 68th).
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Pavlovic’s nightmarish evening
Sales evening for Strahinja Pavlovic. The Serbian defender suffered from the comparison with his counterpart Djalo. If the Lille has been in practically all the good shots, the Monegasque has lived a real nightmare. He strongly contributed to sinking his team by avoiding a penalty in the first moments of the recent (5th). The Monegasque central seemed very feverish and suffered a lot in the face of the speed of the LOSC attackers. Often late in duels, he received a second yellow card at the end of the match (78th), synonymous with expulsion, signing his absolutely catastrophic performance with one final point.
The first half hour of ASM
Niko Kovac’s team went through an ordeal during the first thirty minutes. Picked cold from the start of the game on the penalty converted by David (5th), the Reds and Whites could not have started badly. Punished once again by the same David (9th), they are totally dark. Completely suffocated by the pressing of the Mastiffs, the Monegasques experienced all the trouble in the world to bring out the balloons. Cornered in their half of the field, they somehow tried to contain the waves of Lille, without success. The astonishing choice of the Croatian to leave Ben Yedder on the bench, to start a disappointing Myron Boadu once again did not fail. The Rocher club still found color in the second half.