A 17-year-old made history in Monaco’s victory

Two goals from Eliesse Ben Seghir, aged 17 years and 315 days, put Monaco back on the road to victory and the European zone on the day LIgue 1 resumed after the World Cup break in Qatar.

The youngest player to score a double on his debut in the French tournament in the last fifty seasons led to victory in Auxerre (2-3) for Phillip Clement’s team, which lost to Marseille in the last game before Qatar 2022 .

Ben Seghir entered the second part and the weapon

Eliesse Ben Seghir came on at half-time in place of Wissam Ben Yedder and his presence on the field was provincial for the Monegasque team as the game was even at half-time.

Auxerre took the lead with a penalty converted by Senegal’s M’Baye Niang, but Monaco equalized in first-half added time with another shot from the penalty spot by Ben Yedder.

Then, on the hour mark, Ben Seghir made it 1-2 by taking advantage of a pass from Russian Aleksandr Golovin, but an own goal from Youssouf Fofana re-established the tie at the Stade de l’Abbe Deschamps .

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The best is yet to come. Five minutes from time, Ben Seghir picked up the ball on the edge of the rival area, found space and from outside the area executed a well-aimed shot past Benoit Costil. It was the goal that gave Monaco victory in their matchday 16 clash.

He is the second youngest player to score a double on his Ligue 1 debut for Monaco since Thierry Henry in 1995 at the age of 17 years and 255 days.

With the victory, Monaco is fifth, in the European zone, equal on points with Marseille, fourth.

Troyes-Nantes, goalless and Ajaccio won

Troyes and Nantes remained winless after being held to a goalless draw at the Stade de l’Aube. Eight matches without success have been accumulated by the local Australian team Patrick Kisnorbo. Lima have now added Nantes, who could fall into the relegation zone where Angers remain, below, having fallen to Ajaccio (1-0) at the Francois Coty stadium.

Olivier Pantaloni’s home team managed to extend their streak to three games without defeat thanks to a penalty converted by Algerian Youcef Belaili. Angers, however, added their eighth straight defeat.