Ligue 1: Monaco crushes Lens and regains the lead in the championship

2023-09-02 23:22:42

The kings of the show, they are them. The Monegasques have always scored at least three goals since the start of the championship and the arrival of Lens has not prevented them from continuing their series. After a festival of goals in Clermont (4-2), a clear success against Strasbourg (3-0) and a draw brought back to Nantes (3-3), Monaco intensified the Lensois torments this Saturday (3-0 ). Not helped by a difficult schedule, the Artésiens remain stuck in the red zone with one point in four days.

For their part, the players of the Rock took over the top of the classification, only occupied for one day by Marseille, held in check in Nantes (1-1) this Friday. With 10 points, Adi Hütter’s men lead the Olympians by two points, and no one will be able to dislodge them by the end of the fourth day.

ASM’s offensive armada is intimidating. While she has already scored 10 goals since the start of the exercise, none of the three evening scorers had yet scored this season. Defenders Wilfried Singo (24th) and Guillermo Maripan (59th) stood out when receiving corners from Caio Henrique. Alexandre Golovin had made a counter-attack shortly before half-time (36th).

If the attacking players lined up at kick-off were already playing in the South last year, Hütter was able to roll mechanics by launching his new toy, Folarin Balogun, 21 goals in Ligue 1 with Reims in 2022/2023, in progress part. If Wissam Ben Yedder did not score, his indictment for rape did not seem to impact his performance, while Takumi Minamino regained his football and Golovin therefore opened his counter. Adding Balogun to this arsenal promises an even more explosive cocktail.

Especially since the base could stiffen. Midfielder Denis Zakaria arrived this summer from Chelsea and, behind, Singo was decisive. The former Torino defender finished disgusting the Lensois in the 77th minute: on his line, he successively repelled attempts by Danso and Wesley Saïd. Nothing could definitely happen to the ASM this Saturday.