2023-11-24 08:16:48
December 23, 2011. Russian oligarch Dmitri Rybolovlev buys AS Monaco. The club was then bottom of Ligue 2 and constituted a huge financial pit. But the billionaire’s ambitions are clear: to return to the elite, to once again become the great European club that it was a few years ago and above all to compete with PSG just bought by QSI.
A year and a half later, it’s done. ASM returns to Ligue 1 and achieves an anthology transfer window notably with the arrivals of João Moutinho, James Rodriguez, Ricardo Carvalho and especially the Colombian star of Atlético Madrid, Radamel Falcao.
Enough to be able to battle with PSG, freshly champion of France and led by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, then at the top of his form. Following its comeback in 2013, ASM then achieved 5 consecutive podiums alongside Paris Saint-Germain, and thus confirmed the great ambitions of its owner.
From the first seasons, PSG was hampered by an ambitious Monaco team and conceded four draws in its first four confrontations against the Rocher club in the championship. But the realization of this new sporting rivalry does indeed occur during the famous 2016-2017 season which will see Leonardo Jardim’s men take down Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain and even Europe.
Led by a certain… Kylian Mbappé, the Monegasques won the championship hands down and put an end to the hegemony of the capital club which had lasted for 5 years. A season which will also lead PSG, which only grabbed a draw from the Monegasques, to spend 180 million euros for the 18-year-old prodigy the summer following his first title.
Infographic: number of points taken per season by Paris Saint-Germain against AS Monaco since the rise of the princely club (2013-2023)
32 points lost against Monaco in 10 years
Paris Saint-Germain against AS Monaco in the championship is 32 points lost in 10 years. More than against any Ligue 1 club over the period. Worse still, since 2020 and the post-Covid era, the capital club has only gleaned 4 units in 6 matches against the Rouge et Blanc.
Proof that the diagonal club approaches matches against Paris in a very particular way. Apart from a drought phase between 2017 and 2019 (12 points out of 12 for Paris), the Azuréens have always managed to collect points against the eleven-time French champion club since their rise to the first division.
Figures which announce a lively match on both sides this Friday evening at the Parc des Princes. The second team to have beaten PSG the most behind Rennes, ASM has a record of 6 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats against the Rouge et Bleu for 10 years.
This Friday, the residents of Stade Louis 2 will try to aggravate their historic domination over their rival during the 110th confrontation between the two teams, the Rocher club having won 48 times so far, for 27 draws and 34 defeats.
One thing is certain, AS Monaco will appear on Parisian soil this Friday, November 24 at 9 p.m. to try to further assert its status as the bête noire of Paris Saint-Germain. At the foot of the podium, the Monegasques (24 pts) will have the opportunity to come back to the level of their evening opponent and current leader of the championship (27 pts) in the event of success.
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