Monaco (AFP)

Monaco won its second consecutive win of the season by beating Brest (4-1) on Saturday night at Stade Louis-II and returning to a positive spiral.

With seven points on the last three days of the championship, Monaco, more and more consistent game in his device in 3-4-1-2, back to 12th place, with the same number of points as Lyon ( 9).

But above all, the dynamic seems to have returned to the Rock. Monaco is it again the European Monaco? Can the Principality club really achieve its end-of-season goals? It is inevitably too early to respond positively.

In any case, the deserved victory over Brest, at the end of a controlled meeting, heralds a happier tomorrow than the weeks and months that have just passed.

Faced with the promoted Breton, the team of Leonardo Jardim was stronger in all compartments of the game.

- Slimani triple passeur -

The Ben Yedder-Slimani duo, which each member scored and where the Algerian was triple decisive passer, showed all its complementarity. In the middle, Bakayoko, a true regulator, was impressive. Only the defense has shown, at times, some signs of excitement, as when reducing the gap by Mendy (3-1, 77th).

Certainly, the flight of the old Nice on the center of Faussurier is exceptional. But he too far outstrips the Brazilian Jemerson, preferred to the Chilean Maripan.

Except that moment, Monaco has never feared anything. At the end of the first period, the Reds and Whites had struck eleven times on goal and scored six times. Several times, Larsonneur, the goalkeeper from Brest, had to go out the big game. First in front of Slimani (10th), then in front of Ben Yedder (13th and 20th).

However, he was unable to do anything when the French international center-forward appeared for the third time before him. Shifted by a Slimani header, Ben Yedder scored his fifth goal of the season in L1, the 68th of his career (1-0, 27th).

Without Larsonneur, Monaco could have led more widely. Unfortunately for him, if he managed a new parade by throwing himself in the feet of Bakayoko, he had to leave his place, touched by the ball to him (53).

His successor, Leon, fetched the ball three times in the bottom of his goals in half an hour. He first blames Ben Yedder. Slimani turns the penalty after a discussion with his attacking partner (2-0, 62nd).

Slimani then regales against. A first time for Gelson Martins (3-1, 73rd). A second time for Keita Baldé (4-1, 90th + 1). It is a beginning of embellishment on the Rock. It will continue next Saturday in Montpellier ...

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