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By: Richard | September 20th, 2009…Monaco 3!!! After the great win against PSG last week, l’ASM were visiting their hated rivals Nice. Monaco had been awful away from the Stade Louis II and had yet to score a goal on their travels. Couple that with our recent tendency to follow a great victory with a horrible defeat, and I didn’t have high hopes.
Luckily the ref was on hand to gift us an early penalty. Lots of debate about this on the Monaco forums, but I think we were very lucky to get that call. Nene just managed to score, the keeper pawed at it but couldn’t stop it.
If you read this blog regularly or keep up with French football, you know that Monaco recently made a huge signing that will no doubt make us a much better team, and of course that man is Mathieu Coutadeur. His precise passes are elevating the entire team, liberating players like Alonso and Park (both of whom were outstanding). Witness the final pass in this video…
it’s not all good news, though. i’m starting to worry about Gudjohnsen. He has followed a frankly terrible performance against PSG with another poor showing after which he was subbed off at halftime. He looks old, slow, and unfit. Many fans have sprung to his defense, saying he’s simply not in shape yet and he’ll come good, but I don’t know. He’s reminding me of when Kluivert played in Ligue 1, just a knackered player…
Also, Puygrenier struggled mightily with Remy for most of the match and new signing Eduardo Costa was invisible. Still, these are minor concerns–we are in 5th and dreaming of Europe this season.
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Monaco are looking good. Puygrenier is the only weak point imo he wasn’t assured against Nice. Good win.
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Nice has really played under their potential so far this year. While I really don’t like either team, I would expect Nice to have had a better result.
I would be worrying about Gudjohnsen as well. I am just wondering (because I don’t know) when was the last time he was a regular starter on Bracelona? Maybe he is rusty. Still, he hasn’t looked that great.
But Monaco are moving on up. Though, I don’t know if that will last. But that win last week sure showed they mean business.
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Nice are in turmoil, their club president is out and to think they were predicted by many to do better than ASM this season.
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Nice will bounce back. But I never expected them to do better than a top half finish. I don’t expect any better from Monaco either. But at least they can easily stay away from relegation dog fight this season.
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That’s a tough loss to Saint-Etienne. Nice to see Puygrenier score though.
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