On his debut in Ligue 1, young attacking midfielder Eliesse Ben Seghir scored twice and gave AS Monaco victory against AJ Auxerre (3-2) on Wednesday. A remarkable first!
Eliesse Ben Seghir shone against Auxerre
Eliesse Ben Seghir, a player to follow closely. Wednesday, half-time of the match between AS Monaco and AJ Auxerre (3-2), the Mongasque coach Philippe Clement surprised his world by leaving his striker Wissam Ben Yedder, author of the equalizer on penalty just before the break.
Especially since the name of his replacement was just as surprising: Eliesse Ben Seghir, therefore, a 17-year-old player who had never played in Ligue 1 before. I wasn’t happy with our first period. We didn’t have enough movement without the ball. We were too static. And in the middle, we were in the minority. I had to change things, which allowed us to dominate this matchexplained the coach of the Principality club, who had also brought in Aleksandr Golovin in place of Takumi Minamino and Youssouf Fofana in place of Eliot Matazo.
A double for his first in L1!
Stirring and full of nerve, Ben Seghir above all allowed him to win the match, scoring his first goal in L1, just 13 minutes after coming into play (58th), then responding to the Auxerre equalizer after a goal against his camp of his teammate Fofana (68th). Found on the left side, the French international U18 changed the game with a superb curling shot from the right which ended its run in the opposite side netting (85th). A jewel to mark the spirits a little more.
I don’t want to be the killjoy but I’m not surprised by his success. He’s a boy who takes responsibility, you can see that with his two goals. We saw him gaining momentum with his preparation matches. But it was still a crazy thing to score a double for his first match in L1confided his team-mate and defender Malang Sarr after the match.
A first since Thierry Henry
At 17 years and 315 days, Ben Seghir yesterday became the second youngest player to score twice for Monaco after Thierry Henry, scorer against Lens in 1995 at 17 years and 255 days, as Opta points out. The native of Saint-Tropez therefore does better than a certain Kylian Mbapp (first double 18 years and 41 days with ASM). It is obviously too early to know if the new Mongasque talent will experience the same rise as the Parisian, but it is all the same promising.
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