Long catastrophic in Leverkusen, AS Monaco obtained a miraculous victory on a long shot from Axel Disasi, Thursday, in the first leg of the Europa League (2-3).
L’AS Monaco is one of the best teams in Ligue 1 currently (3rd, 7 points behind the leader, PSG), but it took the broth in the lair of Leverkusen, Thursday in the Europa League. This did not prevent the formation of Philippe Clément from winning in a snatch during this first leg of the play-offs, one week before the return leg at Louis-II.
The Monegasques opened the entry score (9th), on a particularly controversial opposing csc from Lukas Hradecky, since Breel Embolo jostled the opposing goalkeeper without even touching the ball. The referee of the meeting did not sanction the Swiss striker and his video assistants then validated this goal.
Monaco carried around
Bayer then dominated the debates by hurting Monegasque defenders and a Youssouf Fofana in great difficulty. The reward came at the start of the second period, with an equalizer from Moussa Diaby (48th), then injured (56th), and a second achievement from Florian Wirtz (59th).
It was without counting on a completely crazy end to the meeting in favor of the ASM. Eliesse Ben Seghir and Wissam Ben Yedder, in place of dying Breel Embolo and Takumi Minamino, first put their team back on the right track. Then Krépin Diatta equalized with a magnificent shot from the left from 20 meters (74th).
Monaco then lost Ruben Aguilar to injury and Guillermo Maripan, hit, finished the game on point because the 5th and last substitution had already been made! It is Axel Disasi who finally gave victory to his team in added time, trying his luck from 25 meters, his floating shot escaping Hradecky (92nd). Unlikely.
🗣💬 “It was an incredible scenario… It shows the strength of character of the group. We’ve been making progress lately and it showed tonight on a mental level.”
Axel Disasi, captain and scorer of ASM against Bayer, savored this victory in the first C3 play-offs. #RMCLive pic.twitter.com/i30cD6I5Vo
— RMC Sport (@RMCsport) February 16, 2023