AS Monaco cruise against Coventry with a hat-trick from Akliouche

A win to help gain momentum. A few days after beating Cercle Bruges (1-0), AS Monaco's players confirmed their form this Wednesday by beating Coventry City in their second preseason match (0-5). A resounding victory was achieved on the Sir Bobby Charlton pitch at St. George's Park, in the presence of President Dmitry Rybolovlev, who came to support the Rouge et Blancin England. ✍️


For this second preseson match, Adi Hütter decided to field a flat 4-4-2, as he had against theGroen-Zwart, with in particular a Singo-Salisu central defence, Saïmon Bouabré on the left wing and the Brunner-Biereth duo in attack. The first minutes of the match were hotly contested in midfield, but did not lead to clear opportunities.

We had to wait until the 24th minute to see the first shot of the game from Jordan Teze, with a powerful volley that went wide (26'). Dangerous from a corner, the Rouge et Blanc finally found the opening with a superb shot on the turn by Mika Biereth (27', 0-1)! This first goal from a Monegasque in preseason galvanized the Dane's teammates who would press the accelerator.

And on a good run by Saïmon Bouabré into the English box, the attacking midfielder trained at the Academy put the ball into the far corner with a subtle curling effort (37', 0-2)! The tone was set and the half-time break came on this saem score despite another attempt from Paris Brunner (42') and two threats to the goal of Radoslaw Majecki, who was vigilant (38', 43'). The match would then resume in the second half with 20 new faces on the pitch.

The duels remain very contested, but the teammates of Breel Embolo were still dominant, even if the latter missed an opportunity to kill off the match (51'), before Thilo Kehrer was just short on a free kick by Caio Henrique (59'). TheRouge et Blancfinally built on their lead following a sublime one-two between Maghnes Akliouche and Krépin Diatta, resulting in a goal by theLa Diagonaleproduct (61', 0-3) !

Our number 11, named MVP of last season by the AS Monaco supporters, would even score again thanks to an pass by Embolo in behind the defense (70', 0-4). It was a real show of strength from Adi Hütter's men, who barely trembled at the back (63', 77', 81'), and who even drove the nail in the coffin with... a hat-trick from Maghnes Akliouche in the final minutes (0-5, 86')!

 

It put an exclamation point on of a match controlled from start to finish, which ended with Breel Embolo hitting the post (88'). It was a very large victory, one that was convincing for theRouge et Blanc, who will face Nottingham Forest Saturday afternoon in Chesterfield at SMH Group Stadium at 16:00 CET.