PLAYER RATINGS | Monaco 0-0 Strasbourg: Champions League-chasers cancel one another out
McDonald’s Ligue 1, Spherical 30, 19/04/25
AS Monaco and RC Strasbourg Alsace, each chasing UEFA Champions League qualification, noticed out a tepid draw (0-0) on the Stade Louis II.
The Match
Solely three factors separated these sides heading into this sport and it was shortly evident that there was little between these sides. With the battle for European soccer so tight, this six-pointer was cagey within the opening exchanges. Monaco have been extra profitable in sustaining intervals of stress contained in the opposition half, however it was Strasbourg who had the primary main probability, hitting on the break.
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Valentín Barco performed a superb ball via to Emanuel Emegha, whose management was sloppy, permitting Christian Mawissa to make up appreciable floor and make a last-ditch problem. In entrance of Behdad Eghbali, Djordje Petrovic made a fantastic cease from Maghnes Akliouche.
Les Monégasques thought they’d taken the lead on the stroke of half-time. It was Lamine Camara with a sweeping ball excessive to seek out Caio Henrique. His shot was effectively saved by Petrovic however diverted straight into the trail of Mika Biereth, who tucked house. The Dane thought he had his thirteenth Ligue 1 objective in as many video games however VAR stopped Henrique’s offside within the lead-up.
The second half was a lot of the identical because the worry of shedding outweighed the need to win for either side. There was a reticence to actually commit and neither facet ever had a sustained interval the place the opposition was put underneath the cosh. Barco had the most effective probability for Strasbourg, firing over contained in the field earlier than then hitting the goal and forcing Philipp Köhn right into a uncommon save seconds later.
Eliesse Ben Seghir got here on for Minamino on the 70-minute mark and injected a little bit of dynamism. He headed over quickly after his entrance, while Folarin Balogun additionally pressured Petrovic right into a save from a header of his personal. Emegha thought he had scored the objective that had given Les Alsaciens a smash-and-grab win, nonetheless, his header from the again publish was dominated out by VAR. The draw was a good end result with neither facet deserving something greater than some extent.
Monaco participant scores
Philipp Köhn – 5
Caio Henrique – 5
Christian Mawissa – 6
He made the essential restoration early on towards Emegha. It was essentially the most essential defensive intervention for both facet. The centre-back has a knack of typically digging himself a gap however then escaping from it and he did that once more on a few events.
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Wilfried Singo – 6
Vanderson – 5
Takumi Minamino – 5
Denis Zakaria – 6
Lamine Camara – 6
Maghnes Akliouche – 3
Actually not his evening. He regarded oddly out of rhythm, even distracted at factors. There was quite a lot of wastefulness and his finish product merely wasn’t there, because it has been for a lot of the season. The dearth of motion forward of him didn’t support issues.
Mika Biereth – 4
Breel Embolo – 6
There was a slight one-dimensionality to Embolo in latest weeks, nonetheless, it’s an strategy of dropping into the No.10 position, holding up, turning his man, and in search of runners that continues to be fruitful. Monaco threatened all-too hardly ever however they regarded brightest when Embolo was concerned.
Strasbourg participant ratingsDjordje Petrovic – 7
The Chelsea loanee put in a robust, error-free efficiency in entrance of Eghbali. He made the cease from Akliouche within the first half, denied Henrique effectively on the objective that was disallowed, then denied Balogun when he too was offside after which made a superb cease – that you’d have anticipated him to make – from Balogun. Pressured to play sweeper-keeper on events too, he handled every little thing that was thrown at him with composure and seeming ease.
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Valentín Barco – 7
Essentially the most enterprising of Strasbourg’s gamers, his ball for Emegha within the first half was a second of uncommon high quality within the sport. His capability to progress the ball down the left and discover runners in behind allowed Strasbourg to create moments of hazard that, as a consequence of a scarcity of high quality all through the workforce on the day, couldn’t be sustained.
Mamadou Sarr – 4
Andrew Omobamidele – 5
Ismael Doukouré – 5
Guéla Doué – 6
Andrey Santos – 4
Habib Diarra – 4
Diego Moreira – 3
Very wasteful, with a free contact and an incapability to seek out his teammates. While largely unchallenged defensively as a consequence of a muted Akliouche efficiency, he was a legal responsibility going ahead.
Dilane Bakwa – 4
Emanuel Emegha – 3
Uninvolved for giant intervals, he wasn’t sharp when he was referred to as upon, notably fluffing his contact when performed in by Barco early on.
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