AS Monaco, victorious at Red Star Belgrade (1-0), FC Nantes, who beat Olympiacos on the wire (2-1), and Rennes, who won in Cyprus (2-1 ), started their Europa League campaign perfectly on Thursday evening.

The “UEFA coefficient mission” is well underway.

Monaco surely had the hardest task, with a trip to Marakana, the home of Red Star Belgrade.

Heckled, but more by the public than the very timid Serbian players, the Monegasques proved to be solid to win thanks to a penalty from Breel Embolo, shot in force in the 74th minute.

The Swiss international should have benefited from a second at the end of the match, but the referee strangely reconsidered his decision after consulting the video, and under pressure from the spectators.

No consequence this time.

The madness at Beaujoire

“It was a difficult match with this very hot audience.

But we wanted to show our maturity, to be present and we did it well, summed up the striker after the meeting.

We were not very fair in attack in the last gestures but we took three points away from home and it was a good evening for Monaco.

For its part, FC Nantes returned to Europe after 20 years and had a really special evening against Olympiakos.

If Samuel Moutoussamy involuntarily equalized for the Greeks (50th) after the opener of Mostafa Mohamed (32nd), Evann Guessand (90 + 4) took charge in the last seconds of capsizing the stadium, whose spans have trembled.


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Instantly, even coach Antoine Kombouaré let go, sprinting to the corner post to celebrate the goal of the release with his players.

And so much for his knees.

“I haven't been able to run for four years, my knees are loose.

But then I couldn't control myself and it did me a lot of good to let go of my emotions like that, said the Kanak coach, laughing at the final whistle.

The atmosphere has gone up a notch.

The stadium was colorful!

There was an electric atmosphere, it allowed the players to transcend themselves.

We did everything to grab this victory and I think it is fully deserved.

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Just before that, the Rennes neighbor had fulfilled his contract by beating AEK Larnaca in Cyprus.

It was not all easy for the Bretons, who relied on a goal as sumptuous as it was improbable from young defender Lorenz Assignon at the last second, a pigeon wing, volley, which ended up under the bar and left the Cypriot public speechless.

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