Zapping Foot National The Little Princes of the Rock, immersion in the AS Monaco Elite Group!
AS Monaco resists at Stade Rennais! This Saturday, October 5, as part of the 7th day of Ligue 1, the Principality club effectively won on the Rennes field (2-1), after an intense meeting. A result which allows him to temporarily take the lead in the championship alone, pending Paris Saint-Germain’s trip to Nice this Sunday (8:45 p.m.). To get there, Denis Zakaria’s partners quickly showed their intentions in Ille-et-Vilaine. Coming back from afar in Zagreb on Wednesday in the Champions League (2-2 after being led 2-0), the Monegasques took the advantage from the first minutes thanks to a header from Thilo Kehrer, who came to cut a corner from Eliesse Ben Seghir at the near post (6th).
A week after its logical defeat in Paris (1-3), Rennes already found its back against the wall at Roazhon Park, a few minutes after having paid tribute to its former playmaker Benjamin Bourigeaud, who left for Qatar this summer (see below).
The firecracker of Blas, the vista of Balogun
A reaction was therefore expected by coach Julien Stéphan. And it came with a crash from the left foot of Ludovic Blas. Six minutes after the visitors opened the score, the Rennes playmaker put the two teams back on level terms on the scoreboard, releasing a left-footed missile from more than thirty meters (12th, 1-1). Already one of the goals of the season (see below)!
But this Monaco version 2024-2025 seems unsinkable for the moment… Well into its match, ASM took control of the game thanks to Falorin Balogun. Perfectly found by Ben Seghir at twenty meters, the American striker quickly moved on to control the ball then take it into the area, before stinging the ball in front of Steve Mandanda (23rd, 1-2). A real center-forward goal for the ex-Rémois, who came to put a helmet blow on the head of the locals, orphans just before the break from Danish midfielder Albert Grønbæk, apparently injured in a knee. ..
Monaco suffers but holds on
The second period then started very strongly. The Monegasque Ben Seghir first hit the Rennes crossbar with a sumptuous curling shot, before the Rouge et Noir Arnaud Kalimuendo, in the process, also found the visitors’ goal with a powerful attempt (49th).
Two hot shots for the two teams. But as the second act progressed, it was Monaco who gradually gave up against the willing Rennais. Adrien Truffert notably pushed Philipp Köhn to push back his fists (58th), before Balogun was forced to give up his place, hit in the shoulder (64th). Asphyxiated in the last minutes, Adi Hütter’s ASM managed to hold on to resist the Bretons and bring back three precious points, which therefore allow them to take the lead in the championship alone. Rennes, for its part, can bite its fingers for not having at least equalized in the second act. Next meeting after the international break on the Brest field (10/19) for a Breton derby for Julien Stéphan’s men, now tenth with 7 points. Monaco, for its part, will host Lille the day before for a real shock of Europeans.
Ligue 1: the ranking
To summarize
AS Monaco resists at Stade Rennais! This Saturday, October 5, as part of the 7th day of Ligue 1, the Principality club effectively won on the Rennes field (2-1), after an intense meeting. A result which allows him to temporarily take the lead in the championship alone.
