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FootballA 17-year-old saves AS Monaco
It’s the resumption in Ligue 1. Traveling to Auxerre, the Monegasques won 2-3 on Wednesday at the start of the evening. At only 17, Eliesse Ben Seghir scored two goals.
Eliesse Ben Seghir (centre) scored two goals against Auxerre on Wednesday.
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Monaco, beaten at home by Marseille (3-2) for its last match before the World Cup break, returned with difficulty to victory at Auxerre (3-2) thanks in particular to a double from its new nugget Eliesse Ben Seghir, Wednesday during of the sixteenth day of Ligue 1.
Entering the break in place of Wissam Ben Yedder, who had equalized from the penalty spot (1-1) in additional time of the first period (45th +3), Ben Seghir (brother of Marseillais Salim) thus scored his first two goals in Ligue 1 (58th, 85th), at only 17 years old, including the second, splendid, with a curled shot from outside the area.
Breel Embolo holder
This ninth success of the season (against three draws and four defeats), allows Monaco de Breel Embolo (holder) to temporarily climb to fifth place in the standings, awaiting Lorient’s match Thursday at home against Montpellier (15th ).
Lorient (6th, 28 pts), is only two points behind Monaco and Marseille (4th) which for its part will receive the promoted Toulouse (12th), also on Thursday.
Auxerre opened the scoring from the penalty spot by M’Baye Niang (30th), then equalized at 2-2 thanks to an own goal from Youssouf Fofana, who came into play at the break.
With this ninth defeat of the season, Auxerre still remains in the relegation zone (18th, 13 pts), from which Ajaccio, on the other hand, escaped, who smashed Angers (20th and last) at the start of the afternoon.
A single goal in the opening of the 16th day
A penalty from Youcef Belaili (39th) was enough for the Corsicans to win and temporarily get out of the red zone. It is also the Algerian midfielder who had obtained it, by maliciously provoking the fault of the Angevin goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni.
Ajaccio, beaten by Troyes on goal difference with 15 points, climbs to fourteenth place, pending the other matches of the day.
At the same time, no goal was scored at the Stade de l’Aube between Troyes and Nantes (0-0), who nevertheless pushed at the end of the match, obtaining a great opportunity through Nicolas Pallois (90th +3) .
The day continues Wednesday evening with the meetings Clermont-Lille (7 p.m.), Brest-Lyon and PSG-Strasbourg (9 p.m.).
(AFP)