- AS Monaco won a deserved draw against PSG on Sunday evening at the Parc des Princes.
- Boosted by the departure of Jardim and the arrival on the bench of Moreno, the Monegasques could well suffer a number of teams in this second part of the season.
At the Parc des Princes,
Funny sensation Sunday evening at the Park. Watching the Monaco team make this PSG dance in sequence, we would have thought we were caught in a space-time fault that would have brought us back in 2017. Yes, the year of the Monegasque title when Leonardo Jardim's armada was rolling on just about anything that came in its way. In the mixed zone however, no trace of Bernardo Silva, Benjamin Mendy or Kylian Mbappé (well yes, but not on the bright side).
For his premiere in Ligue 1 with ASM, Robert Moreno gave a little overview of what his team could give during the second part of the season. And that is a real pain everywhere as long as one is a supporter of this team or just nostalgic for 2017. Monaco showed more qualities in a match than in the first part of the season. The opening of Neymar's score could have wiped out a group less confident than Emmanuel Macron at the mention of the words "yellow vests", but it was not. On the contrary, the Parisian goal gave them wings. In five minutes, the Monegasques overturned the match with Gelson Martins and Ben Yedder at the conclusion of interesting collective movements.
Confidence regained
Without a monstrous Keylor Navas (as always), the Asemists could have achieved an even bigger blow. “We have the opportunities in the first half to widen the gap, explained Benjamin Lecomte in the mixed zone. But to win against Paris, it's these little details that make the difference. We played with our qualities and I think this group has a lot. Now it's up to us to use them even better. If we had done it tonight, we could have made this game a little easier. It's hard to imagine that these words come from the mouth of the goalkeeper of a team as confused as Monaco is this season.
To believe that the second catapult of Jardim out of the Rock is the right one. If the players never mentioned his name after the match, it is not difficult to read between the lines. Lecomte, always: "Offensively, we have seen it since the start of the season, we are very good [ASM is the second best attack from L1 behind PSG]. What we lacked was to respond as a team and I think this is one of the first times of the season when something has happened collectively. Today, there is a real game plan and we have shown that we also know not to give up. "
Damn, I took a HUGE foot in front of this #PSGASM
Thank you @AS_Monaco, I feel like I have found you.
By cons Moreno, we will be ultra demanding now
The arrival that can change everything?
Moreno paw? “Play and discipline, concludes the former Montpellier. We let a lot of points slip away during the first part of the season because we lacked balance. There is also a lot more character and serenity in this group. Tonight we showed what we were capable of. "Asked at the microphone of Canal +, the Spanish coach gave part of his philosophy:" There is no problem in doing it [playing in an ambitious way] at the Parc des Princes or in Monaco. We always have to play the same way. "
The arrival of the former Spanish coach seems to have woken up the group. Even Glik, who has picked it up so far this season, is transformed. The Pole put his walker away in the closet to bring out a great match against PSG. And what about Ben Yedder… The former Toulousain will end up sticking the headache to Deschamps and applying for a starting position in Blue in view of the coming Euro. We surely forget others besides (Golovine, Fabregas, Baldé, Bakayoko). In short, with such a qualified workforce, an ambitious game and a newfound confidence, Monaco is perhaps the thrill team of the second part of the season, even if all this requires confirmation. The next match: Paris to Louis-II on Wednesday. We put that back ?
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