Via a video posted on his Instagram account, the former captain of the Sparrowhawks of Togo Emmanuel Adebayor (39 years old) announced Monday the end of his professional career. The beautiful story of Adebayor had taken its first contours in Lomé, the Togolese capital. The boy, gifted, had not taken long to integrate the Sports...
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Monaco sinks Ajaccio and puts pressure on OM
The game: 0-2 With four matches without a win since their elimination in the Europa League play-offs, the Monegasques were counting on their trip to Corsica to re-ignite a positive dynamic. With the memory of the scathing 7-1, inflicted on Ajaccio on the way to Louis II, the ground seemed conducive to the rebound. Especially...
Philippe Clement (Monaco coach): “There are fewer natural leaders”
“Your team seemed to lack concentration in Troyes (2-2, last Sunday). How do we work on this aspect?I can’t say that we lost points for lack of concentration against Troyes. We could do things better, yes. But we had expected goals 2.8 for us while those of Troyes were only 0.7. These are matches you...
Alexandre Golovine (Monaco): “I think more about what I can do for the team”
Arrived at AS Monaco in the summer of 2018, after a World Cup in Russia of which he had been one of the revelations, Alexander Golovin experienced injuries and inconstancy in the Principality, before fully expressing its potential for more than a year. Fixed on the left side in Philippe Clement’s 4-4-2, the Russian player...
After its elimination in the Europa League, Monaco expected to rebound against Nice
It’s Nice, it’s the derby and it’s the occasion, this Sunday, to take 2nd place from Marseillais who will host Paris-SG in the evening, but it is also the match after. On Saturday, facing the media, it was Philippe Clement who had to mention his opponent of the weekend without the assistance inviting him to...
Philippe Clement (Monaco coach), before the match against Nice: “It will be a big challenge”
“What form are your players in two days after your elimination in the Europa League play-offs ?They trained well today (SATURDAY). Sure, it wasn’t a big session, but they were focused. In the exercises, I saw the intensity that we needed. Where are the absentees?Reuben (Aguilar) is very close to a return, but he was...
Philippe Clement, Monaco coach after elimination from the Europa League: “I have never been so proud as tonight”
Philippe Clément, Monaco coach after elimination from the Europa League (2-3, 5-3 on tab) Thursday evening: “Circumstances did not turn in our favour. It was a balanced match. Leverkusen mastered the first half. Then we came back. We were physically and mentally superior, especially in the last 30 minutes. He missed a few things. I...
Philippe Clement (Monaco) before facing Leverkusen in the Europa League return play-offs: the advantage “does not change anything”
“The advantage of a goal acquired in the first leg (3-2) can change the way you approach the meeting?It doesn’t change anything because it’s only a goal. We have to play our game and we have to play to win. When we calculate too much, we are not well, it’s not our style of play....
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...
Kimpembe addresses PSG supporters, Marquinhos avoids face-to-face
After the slap received on the lawn of Monaco on Saturday (1-3), the Parisian defender Presnel Kimpembe, back on the lawn, came to explain himself to the Parisian supporters, largely reassembled. Armed with his megaphone, the Parisian titi asked for support from his supporters, three days before the reception of Bayern Munich, in the knockout...