Monaco is doing well against Lille
International truce passed, qualification of the Blues for the World Cup 2022 acted, the fourteenth day of Ligue 1 opened this Friday at 9 p.m., with a very attractive poster between AS Monaco (11th, 18 pts) and Lille (12th, 16 pts), reigning French champion. Authors of a sluggish start to the season, the Mastiffs (4 wins, 4 draws, 5 losses) remained in a draw against Angers (1-1). The same goes for the Principality club (5 wins, 3 draws, 5 defeats) which hoped to revive after a draw conceded on the lawn of the Stade de Reims (0-0). For this clash between Europeans, at the Stade Louis II, the Monegasques therefore presented themselves in 4-4-2 with the duo Boadu-Volland tenured at the top. Opposite, Jocelyn Gourvennec also aligned a 4-4-2 where Weah was associated with David on the front of the attack. On the other hand, Yilmaz (LOSC) and Ben Yedder (ASM) started on the bench. And we shouldn’t be late for this meeting. Determined, the Mastiffs started off with their feet to the ground and on their first offensive, Xeka obtained a penalty following a delayed intervention by Pavlovic (3rd). After the intervention of the VAR, David did not tremble to deceive Nübel, who started on the wrong side and opened the scoring (0-1, 5th). Insatiable, Jocelyn Gourvennec’s men did not slow down. Perfectly launched in depth by Djalo, David took Disasi speed and slipped the ball under the Monegasque goalkeeper (0-2, 9th).
In less than ten minutes, the Canadian offered himself a double and already plunged the ASM into full doubt. Stunned, the Monegasques tried to react but on a very good service from Diatta, Boadu completely missed his recovery and did not worry Grbic (29th). Shortly before the break, David appeared once again against Nubel but the last rampart of the Rock prevented the Lille striker from signing a triple (39th). A decisive stop since in the wake, the men of Niko Kovac arrived in the game through Diatta, author of a nice low shot (1-2, 41st). Despite an often apathetic defense, the Asemists remained hopeful at the break (1-2). Upon returning from the locker room, the Monegasques were pushing to return to this meeting but neither Disasi (65th) nor Volland (67th, 74th) identified the flaw and the ASM would finish at ten after the expulsion of Pavlovic for a second yellow card. (78th). Yet in numerical superiority, the Mastiffs finally cracked on a left shot from Ben Yedder (2-2, 83rd) who had just entered the game. A draw (2-2) which does not suit either of the two formations, still stuck in the middle of the table. Before receiving RB Salzburg next Tuesday in the Champions League, Lille remains 12th. For its part, ASM temporarily climbs to 7th place before welcoming Real Sociedad in the Europa League next Thursday.
The complete classification of Ligue 1
The scorers classification
The classification of smugglers
The official line-ups at the kick-off
AS Monaco XI
𝗱’𝗮 𝘀𝗾𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗮 🆚 @losclive
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– AS Monaco 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco) November 19, 2021
The XI of LOSC
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– LOSC (@losclive) November 19, 2021