The 22nd day of Ligue 1 saw Nîmes and Monaco meet at the Stade des Costières. Nîmes won the confrontation against its competitor (3 to 1). Blaquart's Nîmes squad played in balanced 4-2-3-1, with Roux in the lead, and that of Moreno played in usual 4-3-3.
Ben Yedder gave his team a great start to the first half. From the 14th minute of play and on a pass from Fofana, he deceived the vigilance of the goalkeeper of Nîmes. Then the Monaco club conceded a goal in the 27th minute, scored by Miguel. It was with a score of 1-1 that the two teams returned to the locker room. Thanks to Philippoteaux's goal in the 62nd, the Crocodiles took the lead. Finally, the last goal of the game was scored by Martinez in the 79th, for the Nîmes.
Many faults were whistled during this meeting. A yellow card was distributed to Martinez, as well as to Tchouaméni, Fofana, Miguel and Adrien Silva. The match ended 11 against 9, after the exclusion of 2 players: Gelson Martins (33rd, Monaco) and Bakayoko (31st, Monaco).
Thanks to his 61% possession, Nîmes was able to control the game and give himself more opportunities to win this match.Despite his victory, Nîmes remains at the bottom of the ranking and will have to win other games to hope to move up places. Monaco does not change places and remains in 13th position.
Nîmes and Monaco: the next matches
For its next match, Nîmes will face Dijon at the Stade des Costières on February 5 at 7 p.m. for the next day. For its part, Monaco will meet Angers SCO on February 4 at the same time, at the Louis II stadium.
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The match sheet
Nîmes - Monaco: 3-1 (1-1 at half time)
In Nîmes (Stade des Costières), on February 1, kick-off at 8 p.m.
Monaco Coach: Robert Moreno
Composition of Monaco: Benjamin Lecomte (40), Benoît Badiashile (32), Guillermo Maripán (3), Fodé Ballo-Touré (2), Benjamin Henrichs (39), Youssouf Fofana (22) (then Aurélien Tchouaméni in the 72nd), Adrien Sebastian Perruchet Silva (8), Tiémoué Bakayoko (6), Keita Baldé (14) (then Aleksandr Golovin in the 64th), Gelson Martins (11), Wissam Ben Yedder (9) (then Stevan Jovetic in the 80th)
Coach of Nîmes: Bernard Blaquart
Composition of Nîmes: Paul Bernardoni (30), Florian Miguel (26), Gaëtan Paquiez (15), Loïck Landré (5), Pablo Martinez (4), Yassine Benrahou (22), Théo Valls (18) (then Sidy Sarr at the 66th), Zinedine Ferhat (10), Lucas Deaux (8) (then Lamine Fomba at the 75th), Romain Philippoteaux (7), Nolan Roux (then Kévin Denkey at the 82nd)
Goals: Ben Yedder (14th), Miguel (27th), Philippoteaux (62nd), Martinez (79th)
Warnings: Martinez (11th), Miguel (49th) for Nîmes, Fofana (34th), Adrien Silva (81st), Tchouaméni (86th) for Monaco
Players kicked out: Bakayoko (31st), Gelson Martins (33rd) for Monaco
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