The Champions League continues on its way. The thirty-six teams will be on deck this week for the seventh day of the regular phase. AS Monaco faces Aston Villa this Tuesday, January 21, at the Louis-II stadium. At the end of an extremely pleasant first half, the Principality club leads by the narrowest of margins (1-0) against a disappointing English team.
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ASM quickly made the difference
AS Monaco, who had an excellent start to the match, quickly opened the scoring. Clever, Akliouche rushes on a ball lost by Embolo on the right and presents himself in front of the English area. His left-footed shot is blocked but ASM insists and wins its first corner (8th). During Camara’s Monegasque corner, Kehrer breaks away in the heart of the zone of truth and shoots with his head, Captain Martinez pushes back with both hands as best he can. Unfortunately for him, Singo arrives launched and concludes with a header from close range (1-0, 8th). A few minutes later, the Principality club was close to taking off. Camara directs in the left axis where Ben Seghir takes the interval to cross hard on the ground. The ball crosses the surface, to Akliouche who shoots in from the left without control… Martinez reacts well (15th).
Fifteen minutes from the end of regulation time in the first act, Aston Villa pulled their heads out of the water. Free kick for the English club, full axis just over twenty meters away. Buendia seems to be preparing but it is Digne who launches, his curling shot from the left goes around the wall before being caught in flight by Majecki on his left (31st). A few minutes later, Watkins entered the Monaco penalty area to receive a deep pass and missed his control from the right. He nevertheless extends towards Bailey who felt the blow, the winger hurries to target with the left and Majecki deflects with the right hand (37th).
-But, the eighth in the English championship was close to conceding a second goal. Mings managed to muzzle Minamino, about to strike from the left in a good position in the English penalty area. The Japanese from ASM benefited from Akliouche’s well-aimed pass after a lightning counter-attack (44th). In added time, Buendia struggles to push the ball into the path of Watkins who shoots straight into the AS Monaco area. Majecki remains impeccable and diverts to the ground to his right (45’+3). In the process, the break was whistled (45’+3).
To summarize
The Champions League continues on its way. The thirty-six teams will be on deck this week for the seventh day of the regular phase. AS Monaco faces Aston Villa this Tuesday, January 21, at the Louis-II stadium. At the end of an extremely pleasant first half, the Principality club leads by the narrowest of margins (1-0) against a disappointing English team.
