After an opportunistic goal in the first minutes, Monaco suffered against Xabi Alonso’s players. They finally win on the wire in this round of 16 first leg (2-3).
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Monaco went through all the emotions, right up to the celebration. Philippe Clement’s players won on the lawn of Bayer Leverkusen, Thursday, February 16, in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League (3-2). Quickly in front of the scoreboard thanks to a goal gag from Breel Embolo, following a blunder by goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky, the Monegasques then suffered against the waves of Bayer Leverkusen. But Axel Disasi finally scored the winning goal in stoppage time.
The men of the Rock were however very badly embarked in the 70th minute. Overwhelmed by the commitment and technical quality of Xabi Alonso’s men, who had caught up and then taken the advantage in ten minutes by Moussa Diaby (49th) and Florian Wirtz (58th), the Monegasques seemed without a solution. Until Krepin Diatta’s surprise equalizer. On the verge of offside, the Monegasque striker took advantage of Edmond Tapsoba’s heel cover.
Disasi, Savior Captain
The match then turned into madness, Wissam Ben Yedder missing a first match point in his duel with Hradecky. Opposite, Adam Hlosek found the post on the next action. It was finally Axel Disasi who came to catapult his shot into the back of the net in the 92nd minute, overturning a meeting that got off to a bad start. “The script was incredible. That’s also the strength of the group’s character. In recent weeks, we feel that we are also progressing mentally. We will have to repeat this kind of mental performance by correcting certain things”welcomed the captain of an evening at the microphone of RMC Sport.
Victory will undoubtedly erase all pain, but ASM paid dearly for its success. Monaco lost to injury Ruben Aguilar and Guillermo Maripan, forced to stay on as all the substitutions had been made. Opposite, Leverkusen saw Moussa Diaby join the locker room for discomfort just after his goal. After the defeat of Rennes and the draw of Nantes, Monaco saves the evening (and the UEFA index) of the French clubs in C3 Thursday evening, and offers itself a real chance of qualifying for the round of 16 at home, Thursday next (6:45 p.m.).
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