Monaco win against Red Star 2-0 thanks to Ben Yedder
In a match between two five-time competition winners in the 20th century, Monaco showed himself strong enough to get rid of the men ofHabib Beye.
But the very recent trainer had warned: “I know that we will be in trouble on the match, but what I’m sure is that my team will give them problems. “
So in the warm atmosphere of Bauer, the Monegasques were jostled by the Red Star, who almost opened the scoring by his striker Michael Nilor, but his strike at close range was too axial to deceive Radoslav Majecki (23rd).
The men of Niko Kovac then turned to their captain Wissam Ben Yedder, who played with the former OM defender Stephane Sparagna in the penalty area before crossing his shot (33rd) to open the scoring.
In the second half, the Red Star almost equalized, but the head of Pope Meïssa Ba hit the cross-bar (61st).
The Audonien club missed its chance: a few minutes later, Ben Yedder offered himself a double with a cross strike from the left (65th), well launched by Eliot Matazo.
The Red Star winger Damien Durand, entered at the hour mark, came close to registering a beautiful but, but his volley – again – crashed into the cross out (71st).
Monaco coach Niko Kovac was satisfied with a service “serious“before setting off immediately on the meeting of League 1 who assists his team on Wednesday against Reindeer, third : “a very important match we want to win. “
For its part, the Red Star will be able to devote himself to his main objective: maintaining a National 1.