The Elite Group makes the headlines
This Sunday morning, L’EQUIPE and Le Parisien give pride of place to the Elite Group which, like Eliesse Ben Seghir, trains the talents of the Academy and prepares them for the high level.
A first in Ligue 1 Uber Eats, two goals, an essential success in Auxerre celebrated with all of his teammates at the foot of the Monegasque corner: Eliesse Ben Seghir will remember this Wednesday, December 28 for a long time. The pure product of the Academy in a single advantage to win the title of MVP of the meeting and become the youngest player to score twice in his first L1 game in the last 75 years.
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ณ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ข ๐คฉ
The double for Eliesse Ben Seghir, who gives victory to the Red & White ๐ฒ๐จ
2โฃ-3โฃ #AJAASM pic.twitter.com/TrWkhqDEIp
– AS Monaco ๐ฒ๐จ (@AS_Monaco) December 30, 2022
As L’EQUIPE points out this Sunday morning in its columns, the hatching at the highest level of number 44 rewards the work carried out for several years within the Academy, and more precisely with the Elite Group, launched on June 30of which the native of Saint-Tropez is a part.
The Elite Group at the base of success
โIn six months, Eliesse has played matches at very high intensity, facing various oppositions, with tripsโฆ Everything he finds with the first team. I’m sure it helped.” details Damien Perrinelle, the coach of the Elite Groupin everyday sports.
One of the advantages of the Elite Group lies in particular in the preparation for matches against a wide variety of opponents. With matches scheduled against senior teams, bookings from French and European clubs, young Monegasques have a more substantial glimpse of what will await them in terms of adversity and match preparation, if they manage to reach the first team.
โTravel makes you approach games differently,โ explains Pascal de Maesschalck, Director of Young Player Development. We played in Manchester at Old Trafford in front of 10,000 people: in terms of experience, it’s the equivalent of three gamesโ. Shining in the Theater of Dreams, the Monegasques had also imposed themselves on Mancunian lands at the heart of a five-day stay in England where, in addition to two fine matches against Manchester and Arsenal, they were able to harden themselves on and off the pitch.
Eliesse Ben Seghir: head and legs
In its Sunday edition, The Parisian also returns to the career of Eliesse Ben Seghirhim, the Varois, became Monegasque in the summer of 2020. Damien Fresia, his first coach in Cogolin, and Josรฉ Alcocer, the coach of the U16s of the France team, underline the state of mind of the young man, fed on the ball round that he masters so well when he is on his feet, a hard worker and determined to continue his thunderous start to his career.
โจ But from Diop, first for Babaรฏ and Bรฉry…
Several young members of the Elite Group celebrated their great professional debut.#MadeInLaDiagonale ๐ฒ๐จ
– AS Monaco ๐ฒ๐จ (@AS_Monaco) December 19, 2022
The daily also returns to the benefits of the Elite Group which allows its members to train with the first team under the orders of Philippe Clรฉment more easily. Indeed, the flexibility of this new calendar makes it easier for young players to enter the professional group, as was the case recently during the training camp in Spain, between training sessions and preparation matches.
With the long-term objective of advancing them and optimizing their work by strengthening the existing bridges between the Academy and the Performance Center.