clumsy in front of goal, Monaco stalls against Reims

After a heavy defeat against Arsenal in the Champions League (3-0) on Wednesday December 11, AS Monaco was determined to recover this Sunday against Reims, on the pitch at the Stade Auguste Delaune. For their part, the Rémois, after being held in check in Strasbourg (0-0), remained in three matches without a victory (2 draws, 1 defeat) and now found themselves six points behind 6th, Lyon, and the European places . A double-stakes match that took a while to really get going. A few rare occasions broke the monotony of the first half hour.

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Served on the edge of the area, Aleksandr Golovin fired a heavy shot which flew far above the cage (11th). Around ten minutes later, Eliesse Ben Seghir, too imprecise, in turn missed an opportunity to open the scoring (21st). The most frank Monegasque attempts in the first act were developed by Takumi Minamino. The Nippon, taking advantage of the space left in the opposing area, sent a cross shot directly towards the Reims cage. Attentive, Emmanuel Agbadou saved his team on the edge (28th). Minamino came up against Yehvann Diouf (31st) just after. At the end of the first period, his compatriot Keito Nakamura missed a superb opportunity to break the deadlock. After good work from Munetsi, who had stolen the ball from Singo and served it perfectly on the left of the area, the Japanese missed his left shot against the empty goal, missing a huge opportunity (37th).

Monaco too unrealistic

Upon returning from the locker room, the tide quickly turned in favor of the locals. Junya Ito burst down the right and crossed low for Oumar Diakité, whose powerful shot from the right hit Philipp Köhn's crossbar. Keito Nakamura recovered the ball, but missed the target again (52nd). In the 72nd minute, Yaya Fofana, replacing Valentin Atangana, sent a shot towards the ASM goal, without success. The series of misses continued at the end of the game. Takumi Minamino, taking advantage of an error from Cédric Kipré, went alone against Yehvann Diouf, but his attempt from the right failed when the Reims goalkeeper left (77th).

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At the end of the match, Stade de Reims retained its 10th position in Ligue 1 with 20 points. For its part, AS Monaco has not really revived and finds itself in 3rd place in the ranking with 30 points. Marseille therefore remains runner-up to Paris Saint-Germain. The Rocher team will host the capital club this Wednesday. A meeting that already promises to be exciting.