Ligue 1. No winner between Monaco and Lille

Monaco, reduced to ten at the hour mark, was not able to get rid of a very defensive Lille (0-0), on Friday afternoon at the opening of the 8th day of L1, so he saw the first place in danger Paris Saint-Germain. , who host Strasbourg this Saturday (9pm).

If this draw is more suitable for Lille, who is provisionally placed in 4th place with the same number of points as Marseille and Reims with Monaco, who is still the leader with 20 points but only three ahead of Paris, no Adi Hütter can blame the lack of enthusiasm of his men.

At 10 against 11 for more than 30 minutes, they continued to try to force Lille safely to the end, like this counter from Maghnès Akliouche, who served Denis Zakaria. It forced the excellent Lucas Chevalier to go down for a corner (90^e+1). Lille, for its part, is well prepared for its trip to Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday, against Atletico.

If Radoslaw Majecki‘s return to goal was not felt because Lille was so unproductive, it was clear that Folarin Balogun’s absence was felt. Monaco failed to score. His attackers were clumsy, like Breel Embolo (83^e). Certainly, the Swiss were upset, but two meters from the cages, he caught Akliouche’s offer above.

The recovery after an international break is always complicated for the most specialized clubs, the main suppliers of the national teams. This is obviously the case for Monaco, where almost fifteen starters have been selected over the past two weeks.

This lack of reference points was reflected in the final moves, the best made, of a team that deliberately turned towards the offensive.
However, Monaco dominated throughout the encounter. The first quarter of an hour of good time for the Principality team was even torture for Lille. Suffering from all the thrills of Takumi Minamino (2^e) or Eliesse Ben Seghir (half volley over, 5^eand free kick received, 11^e), men of Bruno Genesio however, retained.

For the first time this season Monaco will not score

Even though, without their captain Benjamin André, it was impossible for them to come out with a clean sheet, as the pressure from Aleksandr Golovin and his team was very intense, they waited for more moments best in the game.

And he stopped four minutes due to the injury of Mitchel Bakker, replaced by Gabriel Gudmunsson (30^e), until the Northerners, after several negotiations, manage to release the Monegasque hold.

Just for a moment, because quickly, they put themselves back in a low block, in front of Lucas Chevalier’s cage. Alert but ultimately underutilized in the first period, the northern goalkeeper saw Wilfried Singo’s header go wide (21^e), just like Jordan Teze’s effort on the right (38^e).

After the break, Monaco continued to push against a very undesirable Lille team. But again, Ben Seghir with a header (56^e) and Minamino (58^e) was not effective.

While Monaco was in control, Monegasque Teze made a mistake. By trying to recover too quickly, he made a dangerous move on Gudmundsson (61st^e). However, despite its logical exclusion, Hütter answered, including Embolo, Diatta, clumsy (72^e), then Akliouche, very interesting. That was not enough. And for the first time this season, Monaco did not score. We will have to know how to do it on Tuesday when we host Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League…