AS Monaco – ESTAC: A generous penalty awarded to Troyes?
On this great Ligue 1 evening, when all the teams from the French championship are expected on the lawns of France, the action was quick to manifest itself at the Louis II stadium. Guillermo Maripan, at the heart of all the action at the start of the match, was the first to animate this multiplex, in both surfaces. However, was the foul reported against the Chilean valid?
From the 10th minute, Guillermo Maripan already scored the first goal of this multiplex evening in Ligue 1. Scorer thanks to a powerful header sent in the goal of the Trojan goalkeeper, the Chilean took advantage of a random exit from the ESTAC player to allow Monaco to open the scoring. Dangerous through Renaud Ripart, the Trojan team did not materialize their first opportunity, but a bonus of a penalty converted by Tardieu. Should he really have been whistled?
A disputed fault
In full Monegasque area, the corner did not improve ESTAC turned into a penalty. While several players from both formations came down to the duel in front of Nubel, the striker Maripan was sanctioned, after viewing the VAR, with a yellow card. In fact, the player was indeed in contact with his vis-à-vis, but the fault seems slight in view of its consequence. Indeed, the Chilean did not jump on the action, unlike his opponent, destabilized in his jump. This moment of hesitation was obviously enough for the referee to quickly designate the penalty point on the action.
Wishing to continue positively after the draw obtained against Paris Saint-Germain, AS Monaco faces a team from Troyes which, won against Angers last weekend. The rest of this match promises to be at least as rhythmic as the start of the match, while the tension remains very present on the field.