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Monaco, no entry
Still arranged in 5-2-3, Monaco has once again shown solidity, a key factor for traveling well since the princely club is in 8 consecutive matches without a loss on the road.
Even in the absence of Maripan, suspended, the Sarr-Disasi-Badiashile hinge was solid from start to finish, recovering countless balloons and extinguishing a Delort-Laborde duo who found themselves a year later.
Camara, still unfazed
The matches follow one another and Mohamed Camara will perhaps well make forget his predecessor at the post Aurélien Tchouaméni.
The Malian midfielder has indeed still made an XXL performance in the midfield.
Both in the recovery of the ball and in its ability to restart properly.
He constantly sought to advance his team and was an effective complement to Youssouf Fofana.
Nübel, last solid rampart
He is often criticized for his inconstancy but Alexander Nübel knows how to be present in the big meetings.
After his excellent performance last Sunday against PSG, the German goalkeeper confirmed with a good presence in his cage and some quality saves, including one against Dante, even if the latter was offside (62nd).
Author of 5 saves in total, he kept his team afloat.
The good management of Philippe Clément
Since his arrival on the Monegasque bench last January, Philippe Clément has shown how much he knows how to manage his workforce.
And the most surprising choice during this derby was to leave Wissam Ben Yedder on the bench for the whole game.
With the sequence of meetings, the Belgian wanted to preserve his French striker, yet captain.
A paying choice since his replacement Breel Embolo was the only scorer in the derby.
His 5-2-3 lined up since the match against PSG is in any case more effective away than at home.
FLOPS
Nice did not exist
The Aiglons disappointed in this derby.
From the start, they intended to operate in counters by sucking up the ASM to better launch Pépé, Laborde and Delort.
There were indeed two, three interesting actions in the first period but the exits of Atal, then of Ramsey, among others, disturbed the balance of the team.
And Nice delivered a very dull second half.
A 2nd consecutive defeat at home for the OGCN.
Delort-Laborde, agreement to review
For the first time in over a year, Andy Delort and Gaëtan Laborde found themselves at the forefront of an attack.
After their joint adventure in Montpellier, they found themselves on the side of the Côte d'Azur but the two men will have to blend into this new collective, with a lot of changes around them.
They logically experienced some difficulties in finding each other despite all their efforts.
An agreement therefore to be perfected.