While they will face Paris Saint-Germain this Sunday (5:30 p.m. French time), to potentially win a second trophy this season, the AS Monaco players made their mark this Thursday evening in Qatar.
They will kick off the return phase! Back in training at the Performance Center since Monday, Adi Hütter’s men will finally get a taste of competition again. This Thursday, the Rouge et Blanc headed to Doha, Qatar, to compete in the Champions Trophy this Sunday against Paris Saint-Germain at Stadium 974 (5:30 p.m. French time).
First trip of January
It was therefore in the middle of the evening (10 p.m.), after the five and a half hour flight which separated the Principality from the Emirate – and counting the time difference with France (two hours) – that the latter arrived at destination. The first long trip of the four trips that await the Monegasques at the start of 2025, before those to Nantes, Reims in the Coupe de France and finally Montpellier.
Already a return match
Denis Zakaria’s teammates, back in the group of 25 players called for this first meeting in January, therefore got their bearings in the Qatari capital before their first night there. Receiving a warm welcome upon their arrival at the airport, all the way to their hotel located on the edge of the Doha Corniche.
And this, on the eve of an inaugural training session this Friday morning, in nearly 20 degrees, a “winter” temperature in Doha at this time. Objective: final adjustments to try to take revenge following the defeat on December 18, during the 16th day of Ligue 1 (2-4).
A title at stake!
Especially since AS Monaco could achieve a second success this season, after the victory in the Joan Gamper Trophy against FC Barcelona in pre-season (0-3). In any case, that’s all we want for the Rouge et Blanc, who also have the opportunity to win the fifth Champions Trophy in the Club’s history (1961, 1985, 1997, 2000). Doha, here we are! ????
