Adi Hütter’s AS Monaco crushes everything in its path!

AS Monaco is formidable. PSG, held to a draw on Friday night against Reims, has been warned. On the fifth day of Ligue 1, Adi Hütter’s men confirmed their flying start to the 2024-2025 season. Led by goals from Jordan Teze, Eliesse Ben Seghir and Folarin Balogun, the Asémistes got the better of Le Havre (3-1) in a generally dominated match. A success that allowed the Principality club to catch up with the Rouge et Bleu at the top of the standings and assert itself, a little more, as a serious contender for the final title. Having beaten FC Barcelona (2-1) in midweek on the first day of the Champions League, ASM is shining brightly today.

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The Monegasque machine is launched!

With a strong defensive base (only 3 goals conceded in all competitions), the Monaco club also impresses with its offensive strike force (12 goals scored). By stifling their various opponents with the power of their pressing and the precision of their organization, Takumi Minamino’s teammates are reminding us, above all, with authority that we will have to count on them in the months to come. “We are happy with the squad we have. We had desires and considering the needs we had, we were able to work well in this transfer window.”recalled Thiago Scuro, the General Director of the Monegasque team.

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Ligue 1: Monaco back in the lead after convincing win against Le Havre

Ambitious during the last summer transfer window by spending nearly 75 million euros to acquire George Ilenikhena, who has been sparkling since his arrival, Christian Mawissa, Lamine Camara, Thilo Kehrer and Jordan Teze, ASM is now reaping the fruits of its labor and impressing with its depth on the bench (six changes made by Adi Hütter in the starting eleven between the clash against Barça and this match against HAC). A thunderous start symbolized in terms of accounting. It should be noted, in this respect, that AS Monaco has 13 points after 5 Ligue 1 matches this season, its best total in the elite at this stage of the competition since the 2016/17 season (13), the year in which ASM also won the title…

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The title in sight?

While it still seems too early to consider such projections, the first Monegasque outings confirm, in any case, the power released by this collective. Enough to satisfy the main parties concerned… “A pride to be in this club, I try to make my impact, in the first half we were not aggressive enough but we managed to rectify the situation. I do not know if I am at my prime but everything is implemented here so that it goes well, I am happy in this environment to progress. I am surrounded by superb players, very professional, it is a pleasure to play with these young players, they have a lot of quality”Denis Zakaria confided before sending a message to his coach…

“A coach’s trust is important for a player, it’s important for me, it’s the third time he’s trained me, we know each other by heart. It’s one of the best choices of my career to have come to AS Monaco, I want to give everything for this club”. “We are happy, we knew we had to confirm, we were keen to take the 3 points, we knew it wouldn’t be easy but we did it, we are happy”added Maghnes Akliouche on his side at the microphone of DAZN before highlighting the state of mind of the ASM group. “We are a team, those who came in brought dynamism, we all try to bring something, those who are starting, those who are coming in. We play for victories every weekend and we will do our best.”. A demand also perceptible in the speech given by Adi Hütter, a few seconds later.

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“I’m happy for this victory, I wasn’t satisfied with our performance in the first half, I congratulate Le Havre because they played a superb match but it’s our fault because we played too slowly in the first half. We changed six players today compared to Barça, it was a different team with a low block, we started badly, we weren’t in it mentally but we made these small adjustments and it allowed us to win”acknowledged the Austrian technician before being questioned about the chances of the title at the end of the season… “The title? There are only 5 days, we started well it’s true but there are still a lot of matches left, it will be far from easy, we will play big teams, teams that will fight for their survival”the 54-year-old then tempered. One thing is certain, AS Monaco, which has still not tasted defeat since the restart, is now establishing itself as one of the sure values ​​of the elite and a serious competitor for the Parisians…