The Monegasques missed their start against the Portuguese club, conceding a goal in the 3rd minute through the Spanish international Abel Ruiz.
ASM thought they equalized in the first half, twice, but each time the referee canceled the achievements of Gelson Martins and Wissam Ben Yedder for offside.
Monaco captain and striker Wissam Ben Yedder, in the fight with Braga's Brazilian defender Vitor Tormena, during the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League, March 10, 2022 at the Municipal Stadium MIGUEL RIOPA AFP
And at the end of the match it was Vitor "Vitinha" Oliveira in the 89th minute who drove the point home for Braga, generally dominating.
In the return match in the Principality, in a week, Philippe Clement's players will have to show a completely different face to hope to reach the quarter-finals of C3 for the first time since 1997.
In other Europa League matches, FC Barcelona, which aims to win the first C3 in its history after being transferred from C1, conceded a disappointing draw at Camp Nou in front of Galatasaray (0-0).
Galatasaray French striker Bafétimbi Gomis battles with Barcelona defender Eric Garcia in their Europa League round of 16 first leg match on March 10, 2022 at Camp Nou Josep LAGO AFP
Sevilla FC, current 2nd in La Liga, won ahead of the English West Ham (1-0).
The poster between Atalanta Bergamo and Bayer Leverkusen has kept all its promises, with a victory with twists and turns for the Italians (3-2).
Winners of Red Star Belgrade (3-0), Glasgow Rangers have taken a serious option to join RB Leipzig in the quarter-finals, already qualified after the exclusion of their opponent, Spartak Moscow, due to the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
Mourinho wins
In the Europa League Conference, which is experiencing its first edition this season, Olympique de Marseille owes its success at the Vélodrome to a double from Arkadiusz Milik, in latent conflict with his coach Jorge Sampaoli for several weeks.
The Polish striker opened the scoring with a penalty (19th) before doing it again in the second half, taking a shot that was blocked by the opposing goalkeeper (68th) but Italian hopeful Sebastiano Esposito reduced the mark for the Swiss (79th).
The joy of the Polish striker from Marseille, Arkadiusz Milik (g), after his double against Basel, during the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League, on March 10, 2022 at the Stade Vélodrome Nicolas TUCAT AFP
Stade Rennais lost to England on Leicester's lawn, the fault of goals from Marc Albrighton (30th) and Kelechi Iheanacho (90th +3).
The joy of Leicester midfielder Marc Albrighton (d) after opening the scoring at home against Rennes in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League on March 10, 2022 Oli SCARFF AFP
The Bretons did not deserve in the game but were too imprecise in the last gesture.
Portuguese coach José Mourinho's AS Roma achieved a short but precious success at Vitesse Arnhem (1-0).
AS Roma's Portuguese midfielder Sergio Oliveira chats with his coach José Mourinho, after his red card against Vitesse Arnhem, in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League Conference, on March 10, 2022 in Arnhem MAURICE VAN STEEN ANP /AFP
Among the three other Dutch clubs involved, only Feyenoord Rotterdam won, traveling to Partizan Belgrade (5-2).
PSV Eindhoven snatched a draw in a spectacular encounter against FC Copenhagen (4-4) while AZ Alkmaar were dominated by Norwegians Bodo Glimt (2-1).
C3 match results
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Wednesday, March 9
Porto (POR) - Lyon (FRA) 0-1
Betis Sevilla (ESP) - Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 2-1
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Thursday March 10
Sevilla FC (ESP) - West Ham (ENG) 1-0
Glasgow Rangers (SCO) - Red Star Belgrade (SRB) 3-0
Sporting Braga (POR) - Monaco (FRA) 2-0
Atalanta Bergamo (ITA) - Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 3-2
FC Barcelona (ESP) - Galatasaray (TUR) 0-0
Game cancelled:
RB Leipzig (GER) - Spartak Moscow (RUS)
RB Leipzig is directly qualified for the quarter-finals.
Return matches scheduled for March 17.
C4 match results
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Thursday March 10
Vitesse Arnhem (NED) - AS Roma (ITA) 0-1
PAOK Salonika (GRE) - La Gantoise (BEL) 1-0
Slavia Prague (CZE) - Linz (AUT) 4-1
Partizan Belgrade (SRB) - Feyenoord Rotterdam (NED) 2-5
Marseille (FRA) - Basel (SUI) 2-1
Leicester (ENG) - Rennes (FRA) 2-0
PSV Eindhoven (NED) - Copenhagen (DEN) 4-4
Bodo Glimt (NOR) - AZ Alkmaar (NED) 2-1
Return matches scheduled for March 17.
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