Monaco (AFP)

In Monaco, Ligue 1 matches and Benjamin Lecomte, a goalkeeper struggling for a defensive, conceded the goals conceded, as Sunday night after his team led 2-0 against OM.

3, 3, 2, 2, 4 ... With 14 goals conceded in five days, Monaco is the dunce of Ligue 1. Under these conditions, it is impossible to win a meeting. Moreover, with two small points on the clock, the team of Leonardo Jardim is relegated.

But worse, against OM, she was completely liquefied while, until the 38th minute, she mastered the meeting. And then, as last season, as soon as the opponent scored (2-1, by Dario Benedetto, 39th), with two side (Aguilar and Ballo-Toure) passive, the team of the Principality sank.

Before the match, Lecomte had vainly declare "not to perceive the ghosts of last season", while it was still the case when he arrived at the end of July, he is certainly wearing his face.

For, despite a team reshaped to 70% compared to last season, the symptoms of the Monegasque evil remain the same: a defense at bay, starting with his boss Kamil Glik.

Radiant in the title season, the Polish central defender, who has been a captain since Radamel Falcao left for Galatasaray, has been feeling feverish for many long weeks, including last season.

- Jardim under pressure -

"He is not at his level, of course," said Jardim at the end of August, while Glik was involved in the + remontada + Nîmoise in Monaco (from 0-2 to 2-2, day 3). But Jardim is faithful. Glik is playing and will play again.

For a long time, Jardim pointed out a lack of physical impact in the middle of the field to justify the defensive wanderings. Against Marseille, Tiemoué Bakayoko was good. This did not prevent anything. The evil is deeper.

There was moreover to see the look disappointed Prince Albert after the 4th goal Marseille. The black man of billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev, owner of the club, sitting in his box with Franck Mc Court, the owner of the OM, was also talking.

Because Glik is not the only Monegasque to have collapsed between the 38th and 67th minute. The laterals Aguilar and Sutout, Ballo-Toure have never been serene, as the Fabregas and Golovin environments, little protective.

Lecomte, who has come to Monaco to cross a course and aim for the French team, is also sinking. Faulty on the first day on a shot from Memphis Depay (0-3 against Lyon), he was again on the equalizer of Germain.

"I hope it's over and that the machine will start moving forward," he said before the meeting. It is clear that for Monaco, the situation is worse after this new disappointment.

Jardim, more than ever under pressure, will have to solve the defensive problem of his team next Saturday in Reims. Otherwise, its future may be complicated ...

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