without glory or spring, a very small AS Monaco takes the door against Braga
Monaco-Braga: 1-1
monaco : Disasi (90th)
Braga : Ruiz (19th)
That’s it, it’s over… In the tough league (8th) and eliminated in the Coupe de France, the Monegasques take the door in the Europa League. Beaten 2-0 in the first leg, Philippe Clément’s players could not do better than a 1-1 draw this Thursday, at Louis II, in the round of 16 of this C3.
“It is possible to do this ascent“, said the Belgian coach of the ASM before the meeting, he whom we had left “angryafter Strasbourg (0-1 defeat). “We must react“, he hammered. Except we haven’t seen any of that. Admittedly, the Red and Whites quickly had control, but no idea or madness, often long balls doomed to failure. There was that roll-up from Martins (5th), but not much else. And you had to pay attention to the transitions, with for example Ricardo Horta who alerted Nubel from the start (3rd). Which Nubel was also not imperial on this raise in the Portuguese feet (17th). He was no more on the opener by Ruiz (0-1, 19th), a long shot and countered. Behind, Disasi alerted Matheus with a header (25th), where Matheus made two big saves in front of Volland (33rd) and Ben Yedder (35th). Short-lived improvement, and it was even Monaco who trembled (36th, 42nd) before the break (0-1 MT).
On resumption, Ben Yedder again came up against the excellent Matheus following a strong cross from Diop, before another shot, countered this one, from Martins (50th). But still no fire on the Portuguese goal… Conversely, it was Nubel who saved the day (60th). The changes, of tactical plan and men, operated by Clément did not bring much. In the end, Matheus was quiet until this long shot from Vanderson (82nd). Nubel, he saved the furniture (60th) and Braga still had situations (61st, 79th, 83rd). The mass had been said for a long time and the ASM, which equalized by Disasi (1-1, 90th), took the door, without glory, in this Europa League.
Heading for PSG on Sunday
To follow for Monegasques? The reception of a PSG on the verge of a nervous breakdown after leaving the track in C1 on Sunday (9 p.m.), in L1. A desired match when Disasi hopes to see another AS Monaco. “Sunday, we hope to show a completely different face. The end of the season? You have to give everything. Only the championship remains, there are ten matches. It’s up to us to finish well against Paris before an international break which will do us the greatest good and before tying the final sprint with the fangs”, underlines the Monegasque defender on RMC Story, after having regretted that he “missed a lot of things” this Thursday evening. “Playing a big match (against PSG) would be the best answer to make our supporters forgive us… We are aware that we have to do more,” he added. Much more in fact…