Monaco wins at Leverkusen in added time in the first leg of the Europa League play-offs

The game: 3-2

Monaco has come a long way. The Monegasques would not have really said no to a draw given the scenario. Led 1-2 fifteen minutes from the end of the match, Philippe Clement’s men managed to win thanks to a final achievement by Axel Disasi in added time (3-2). But the Monegasque club returns to the Rock with several injuries. Ruben Aguilar and Guillermo Maripan were hit in an area where ASM has limited bench depth.

Youssouf Fofana’s teammates had started perfectly. Breel Embolo put Lukas Hradecky in difficulty on a pressing which recalled that of Benzema on Donnarumma in the round of 16 of the Champions League. As a result, the German goalkeeper made a huge mistake and deflected the ball into his goal by trying to clear quickly (0-1, 9th). In the first half, the Monegasques were generally dominating and only suffered on two occasions. The first deflected by Alexander Nübel (35th). The second on a strike from the left of Robert Andrich (45th + 2).

A domination, without taking the break, that the Ligue 1 club paid for as soon as it resumed. Much more enterprising, the Germans first reduced the gap thanks to Moussa Diaby, who took advantage of a passive Monegasque defense (1-1, 49th). The Frenchman did not finish the meeting, left on injury (56th). Not enough to blow Monaco, totally off after the recovery, which conceded a second goal, by Florian Wirtz (2-1, 59th). It took a flash from Krépin Diatta from the left to allow ASM to pick up again (2-2, 75th) before this sublime strike from Axel Disasi in the dying seconds to take Monaco a little closer to the knockout stages of the Europa League (90th + 3).

Player: Breel Embolo

With Wissam Ben Yedder and Eliesse Ben Seghir (entered at half-time) on the bench, Philippe Clement relied on Breel Embolo to lead the Monegasque attack. As often this season, the Swiss lived up to expectations, as long as his team managed to play high. It was he who was pressing on the goal against his side of Hradecky (9th). The former Mönchenglabach player could have doubled the bet with a strike from the right (21st). An opportunity that could have been expensive as the Monegasques suffered in the second half. After 20 minutes when we no longer saw him, Breel Embolo gave way to Wissam Ben Yedder.

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AS Monaco have scored at least one goal in their last thirty-four games in all competitions. It is the longest series of the five major championships.