With a little Youssouf Fofanahe Monaco won 1-0 in Lille and postponed the alirón of Paris Saint-Germainwhich had to wait until the next match day to become Ligue 1 champions for the twelfth time in its history.
Luis Enrique Martínez’s team has done its job ahead of the clash with its biggest chasers. They beat Lorient (1-4) and were damaged by a hole from the Monegasque team, who had to face a very difficult rival like Lille who sought to seize second place.
Fofana’s goal in the second half left Monaco eleven points behind Paris Saint-Germain with twelve points left to play. Saturday’s victory for the Paris team at the Parc des Princes against Le Havre will confirm the tenth title in the twelve years since Nasser Al-Khelaïfi came to the presidency (2012).
The men led by Adi Hutter suffered to take the three points ahead. He Lille He put up a lot of resistance and had several chances to win the game and hand the title to Paris Saint-Germain. However, he collided with goalkeeper Radoslaw Majecki, who saved all the attempts of his rivals.
More importantly, he did not faze Gabriel Gudmundsson, who collided with the Polish goalkeeper on two very clear occasions. One, at the start of the match, with a shot from a Lille player that was deflected by the Monaco goalkeeper, and another in the second half: a header from the Icelander that was held by Majecki and then hit the post.
He Monacomeanwhile, until the emergence of Fofana, he had options from Takumi Minamino, who narrowly missed a shot from outside the area, as well as Maghnes Akliouchem, who on 55 minutes found goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier with a shot from within the area.
In the end, it was Fofana who hit the target. With half an hour remaining, he took advantage of a defensive error by Lille. Bouadi lost the ball on the way out, Fofana picked it up near the area, went over it comfortably and with his left foot he settled a duel that helped Monaco settle for second place and, in the process, postpone victory of Paris Saint-Germain .
match lineup
1
2
27
6
3
5
twenty-one
19
10
29
18
30
22
31
6
fifteen
18
twenty-one
8
9
5
7
Stade Louis-II
Lucas Chevalier30
Tiago Santos22
Ismaili31
Nabil Bentaleb6
Lenny Yorofifteen
Bafodé Diakité18
37′
86′
Benjamin Andretwenty-one
56′
60′
Angel Gomes8
82′
Jonathan David9
53′
65′
67′
Gabriel Gudmundsson5
65′
Hákon Haraldsson7
65′
Replacements
Vito Mannone1
Alexsandro Ribeiro4
Vincent Burlet33
Remy Cabella10
65′
82′
Yusuf Yazici12
65′
Edon Zhegrova23
65′
86′
Ayyoub Bouaddi32
56′
65′
Ivan Cavaleiro17
67′
Tiago Morais19
coach
Adi Hutter
Paulo Fonseca
Source: La Verdad
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