AS Monaco, performance at the center of all attention
Two years before its centenary, AS Monaco wrote a new page in its history, by equipping itself with an ultra-modern Performance Center.
In the presence of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, 200 other guests, coach Philippe Clement, several club players, including Wissam Ben Yedder, Axel Disasi and Youssouf Fofana, and club legends, the new The AS Monaco Performance Center was interpreted at the start of the week.
Thus, Didier Deschamps, Claude Puel, Youri Djorkaeff or even Jean-Luc Ettori were able to visit the 5 hectares of landscaped space, the 3 fields including 1 FFF / UEFA approved, the 7 levels dedicated to the pro group or the 12,000 m2 of surface built in the new building for a total investment of 55 million euros. All this allows theAS Monaco to have with this Performance Center an ultra-modern working tool. At the will of President Rybolovlev upon his arrival, the center – in operation for a year – was delivered this month after 4 years of work (June 2018).
“I do not know such a place in the world of football”
The Principality’s club’s new center is therefore one of the most efficient in Europe, allowing players from the professional group to be placed in optimal conditions, enabling them to reach a level of performance in line with the ambitious project. club athlete.
” It’s like our second home! “, explains defender Axel Disasi. ” We spend a lot of time there. It proves that there is everything here for us to spend time there. I think it’s a complete building to perform in all areas, not to mention the three magnificent pitches that allow us to work on a daily basis to implement the coach’s tactics. We are in a good framework to progress and have the club assessed.. »
“I don’t think I know such a place in the world of football, all the facilities are exceptional, the weight room, the grounds… Everything is connected, everything is well thought out to put the players and the staff in the best conditions to perform. “, abounds the Belgian coach of the ASM. ” We want to have the best team physically, mentally and tactically, with careful monitoring of each of our players. It is precisely in this context that this performance center represents real added value for AS Monaco.. »
Designed by Frédéric Genin, architect of the Performance Center, the complex is located on a very constrained site. Despite this, an additional field has been integrated in addition to the two existing ones, as well as a 280-seat stand to accommodate the public during pro training and to play Youth League matches (U19).
In addition, there is a 38-seat changing room located in the heart of the Performance Center, a balneotherapy room with several types of baths for recovery and rehabilitation, a large gym, directly connected to the offices of the performance unit which is located on the second floor of the room and responsible for releasing, storing, analyzing and exploiting all of the players’ sporting and physiological data. Another important asset of the center is the medical space, bringing together doctors, physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropodists and psychologists, organized in such a way as to ensure that players are available at all times.
Proof that everything has been thought out down to the smallest detail for the players, the presence of Dream boxsmall rooms allowing their people to rest individually between training sessions.
AS Monaco also at the forefront of athletic performance
Last season, when the club was just beginning to take possession of the premises, the players of Le Rocher signed some of the best athletic performances in Ligue 1 Uber Eats.
First, AS Monaco was the team that averaged the most sprints per game over the whole of the 2021/22 season (169), Caio Henrique for his part in 2e place of the same ranking among players (24). And then, ASM finished on the podium of the teams that covered the greatest distance on average per match (3e, 119.3). So many signs to illustrate the quality of the athletic performances achieved by the players of Philippe Clément, who had completed the end of the season in the sprint with their nine victories obtained during the last ten days.
Credit: AS Monaco