Ligue 1 – 30th day: Monaco and Strasbourg Back to Back in a shock for the C1 (0-0)

A draw that makes two possible losers. Monaco and Strasbourg failed to decide on during the duel between the two contenders for the Champions League this Saturday in Louis-II (0-0). Dominators, the Monegasques leave the possibility in Marseille to resume 2nd place, while Strasbourg, which has delayed before being dangerous before, is under the threat of a demotion in 7th place, in the event of good results from Lille and Nice.

The Champions League race is always more indecisive and the tension between C1 candidates will only increase by the end of the season. And it is perhaps the stake that ended up taking precedence over the game in the Principality on this 30th day when the two teams were frustrated by the Var. A week after its success against OM (3-0), Monaco was on the initiative from the start of the game but it was the team of Liam Rosenior who was not far from opening the scoring against.

On a superb depth pass by Valentin Barco, Emmanuel Emegha thus had the opportunity to challenge Philipp Kohn but he tangled his brushes to allow Christian Mawissa, preferred to Thilo Kehrer in central defense, to make a superb return (9th). Unable to strike before the 66th minute, the Strasbourg almost logically been surprised just before the break.

Taking advantage of a CIO Henrique shot deflected by Djordje Petrovic, Mika Biereth, alone in the surface, was able to push the ball to the bottom of the nets (45th+2). But the referee of the meeting, Eric Wattelier, was finally called by his video assistants to cancel the goal due to an illicit position of Henrique at the start of the action.

In control in the second act, the ASM was gradually asleep by visitors, who wrapped the end of the game thanks to two dangerous strikes from Barco blow in blow (66th, 67th). Awakened, the Principality club then stumbled on Petrovic, present to postpone a Biereth shot (68th) then to make a magnificent tap on a head of Folarin Balogun (82nd). And finally, it was the Strasbourgers who were entitled to their false joy.

While they were celebrating the victorious head of Emegha at close range a few minutes from the end (85th), the partners of Andrey Santos, less inspired than custom, saw the Var intervene again to signal a position of offside from Dutch. This 10th game in succession will not be able to satisfy the RCSA, which lacks the opportunity to get on the podium, which MONACO could descend in the event of OM and OL victories.