Stade de Reims overthrows AS Monaco on the wire
Stunning scenario between AS Monaco and Stade de Reims, surprise winner (2-1, J26 of Ligue 1) in a still depopulated Louis II stadium. Spectators who also witnessed the strong but surprised gesture of the Rémois, who, symbolically, decided to leave the locker room later to delay the kick-off of the meeting in support of Ukraine, attacked by Vladimir’s Russia Putin in recent days, while the ASM remains under the Russian flag. The locals, organized in 4-1-4-1, generally mastered the match, dominating in all areas of the game a timid Champagne team on the Rock.
But the coaching of Oscar Garcia and the entries of Zeneli and Kebbal changed everything at the end of the match. Despite a clear domination in the first period, the Asemist club did not manage to deceive the vigilance of Rajkovic, attentive in front of Ben Yedder (31st), while Martins saw his early but canceled for a slight offside position ( 7th). Skating and struggling to climb the block, the SDR for its part heated the gloves of a little worried Nübel through Busi (26th) and Van Bergen (31st).
Regrets for Monaco
We had to wait for the return of the locker room to see this match ignite. Hornby almost surprised the Monegasques very quickly but his powerful shot crashed into the Monegasque crossbar (47th). Unfortunately for the visitors, the second goal ball was good for Ben Yedder, who scored his 15th goal of the season with a fine cross shot (1-0, 55th), taking the lead in the scoring charts alone. ahead of Mbappe. The pressure then increased around the cage of Rajkovic, who multiplied the parades (51st, 63rd, 76th) while Ben Yedder could have afforded a double without the post (58th).
Monaco was closer to the break than to be joined in the score. And yet. The Rémois equalized thanks to the unfortunate Volland, who deceived his German goalkeeper on a free kick taken by Zeneli (1-1, 85th). An achievement that totally revived a disjointed end to the match where Jean Lucas saw red (88th) and where the Champenois finally won thanks to Mbuku, served on a set by Zeneli, therefore a double passer (1-2, 90th + 3) . AS Monaco goes on to a third match without success in Ligue 1 and sees Europe move away. Stade de Reims can savor this feat after 2 games without a win in the league.