Monaco did not collapse. four days later European elimination against Eindhoven, ASM won a good draw (1-1) on the lawn of the Louis-II stadium against Rennes, Saturday August 13th. Quickly reduced to ten, led after missing a penalty, the Monegasques took advantage of a gross error by Rennes substitute goalkeeper, Dogan Alemdar, to pick up the score and share the points. Not effective enough despite their goal, the Bretons are idling and still have no league victory.
It’s over in Monaco The two teams leave each other back to back after a very lively match!
The movie of the match https://t.co/jGXqS2BKzD#ASMSRFC pic.twitter.com/wLaqbMnEj0
— Ligue 1 Uber Eats (@Ligue1UberEats) August 13, 2022
Trapped by the exclusion of Youssouf Fofana in the 15th minute, trailing after Gaëtan Laborde’s goal on the hour mark despite valiant resistance, the Monegasques seemed to be heading straight for their first defeat of the season in Ligue 1, at the end of a week to forget. This was without taking into account the feverishness of the Rennes rearguard. On the lookout in the area a quarter of an hour from time, Breel Embolo took advantage of a very late release from Dogan Alemdar, the number 2 Breton goalkeeper, who entered at the break to replace an injured Steve Mandanda.
Before the equalizer of the summer rookie, Philippe Clement’s men had missed a chance to open the scoring in numerical inferiority, half an hour into the game, on a penalty missed by Axel Disasi following a violent exit from Mandanda on Embolo. Thereafter, fatigue gradually won the Asemist ranks, and the principality’s players worked to defend their goal. A strategy that paid off until the hour mark, when Laborde deceived Nübel at close range. Even behind, the Monegasques did not give up by projecting themselves forward (12 shots), a state of mind welcomed by Philippe Clement from his bench.
Dominating in numerical superiority (24 shots, 8 on target), the Rennais lacked efficiency and opportunism to widen the gap and take off. They even came close to the correctional on a powerful header from Ismail Jakobs after additional time, dismissed with a reflex tap opposite hand by Alemdar. The Bretons narrowly miss the opportunity to win their first victory of the season, and remain stuck in the second half of the table. Monaco is provisionally second, pending the other results of the weekend.