“We like yellow. But we won't hide from you that we prefer red. Especially tonight, ”we had fun on
the AS Monaco
account on
Wednesday afternoon. The red was in this case that of Manchester United. Because the Principality club was, quite logically, the first supporter of the Red Devils against Villarreal, in the final of the Europa League. And for good reason, with a success of Edinson Cavani, Paul Pogba, Bruno Fernandes and company on the yellow submarine of Unai Emery, in Poland, the ASM, third in the final classification of Ligue 1, was automatically qualified for the group stage of the Champions League. Except that's not exactly how things turned out in Gdansk ...
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Etienne Capoue, Francis Coquelin and others finally got the better of MU after a completely crazy penalty shootout (1-1 after, 11-10 tab), thus offering themselves the first trophy in their history.
And a ticket to the group stage of the Big Ears Cup.
Emery, for the occasion, raised his fourth Europa League, a record for a coach.
And Monaco?
Niko Kovac's players will have to go through the qualifications to join Lille and Paris-SG in C1.
Shakhtar or Benfica in the crosshairs?
The Red and Whites will indeed enter the competition at the stage of the third qualifying round, first leg on August 3 or 4, return leg on the 10th. The draw is scheduled for July 19.
That's not all.
After this first obstacle, a priori within their reach, the Monegasques will have to go through the dams on August 17-18 and August 24-25, with a draw on August 2.
Shakhtar or Benfica could stand in their way.
All this while knowing that we are entering an international summer, with first the continental competitions, including Euro 2020 (June 11-July 11), but also the Olympic Games (July 23-August 8).
Deprived of the league title by Monaco when he officiated at PSG, in 2017, Emery played a nasty trick at the princely club ...
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