Match Report


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Match Report

Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Stade Louis II where AS Monaco play Colchester United in this friendly game. A crowd of 15,385 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in great condition.
AS Monaco are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Colchester United appear to be shaped for 4-2-3-1.


0.00
Colchester United get the match underway!
2.52
Rodolfo Fresi flicks a high pass forward. Mamadou Boumnijel holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Mamadou Boumnijel shoots from distance. Mathias Isaksson gathers the ball up comfortably. Top class keeping!
8.09
Fabian Ziegl threads a neat ball through to Ólafur Bjarnason. Ólafur Bjarnason knocks in a cross ball towards Pierre-Alain Flauto. With a superhuman jump, Pierre-Alain Flauto connects with the ball and heads it goalwards. It's there!! Rafael Caballero has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
15.13
Fabian Ziegl flicks a high pass forward. Clarence Victoria collects the pass. Clarence Victoria finds some space and shoots from distance. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
21.22
Clarence Victoria threads the ball through to Ólafur Bjarnason. Ólafur Bjarnason lofts in a cross ball towards Gavin Gallacher. With a superhuman jump, Gavin Gallacher connects with the ball and heads it goalwards but Rafael Caballero is on top of his game. Fabulous stop!
24.41
Stuart Ritchie sees Max Brown in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Max Brown knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Mathias Isaksson who gathers it comfortably.
26.01
Rodolfo Fresi makes a probing pass to Stuart Ritchie. Stuart Ritchie sees Mamadou Boumnijel just inside the box and quickly passes the ball. Mamadou Boumnijel looks for support before firing off a hurried shot at goal. Mathias Isaksson comfortably gets down and covers it.
30.50
Des Clemence catches Gavin Gallacher on the ankles. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Gavin Gallacher hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
36.17
Fabian Ziegl hits a low pass to Gavin Gallacher. Gavin Gallacher knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Rafael Caballero who gathers it comfortably.
39.44
Stuart Ritchie flicks a high pass forward. Carlos Dario Simeone holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Carlos Dario Simeone whips in a cross ball towards Youcef Boumedienne. Youcef Boumedienne beats his man to it with a header. Magnificent save by Mathias Isaksson!
42.25
Vincent Kalou flicks a high pass forward. Gavin Gallacher controls it well on his chest. Gavin Gallacher whips in a cross ball towards Ólafur Bjarnason. Ólafur Bjarnason directs the ball goalwards with his head. Rafael Caballero easily picks it out of the air!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!

Both teams emerge for the second half. AS Monaco appear unchanged since the first half. Colchester United also appear unchanged since the first half. The Colchester United players look more motivated than they were before.

45.00
The whistle blows and AS Monaco get the second half underway!
47.05
Leonardo Romero threads a neat ball through to Rodolfo Fresi. Rodolfo Fresi hits a low pass to Stuart Ritchie. Stuart Ritchie knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
49.18
Mamadou Boumnijel makes a simple pass to Max Brown. Max Brown plays a one-two with Carlos Dario Simeone and advances towards the goal... Max Brown shoots from just inside the box. The ball cannons off Kostyantyn Terekhin, going wide.
50.56
Rodolfo Fresi takes the corner kick, swinging the ball in towards the near post. Danny King comes in from the left and smashes a shot from 12 yards out but slams it into the crowd!
53.12
Stuart Ritchie catches Kostyantyn Terekhin on the ankles. Stuart Ritchie is shown the yellow card! Kostyantyn Terekhin runs off the knock.
57.58
Arnauld Maqua makes a probing pass to Fabian Ziegl. With imagination, Fabian Ziegl laces a weighted ball forward to Gavin Gallacher. Gavin Gallacher tries a spectacular long range effort but it scrapes just over the bar. Good effort!
61.37
Rodolfo Fresi flicks the ball to his team mate, Mamadou Boumnijel. Mamadou Boumnijel shoots from 20 yards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
65.29
Danny King sees space and advances. Danny King knocks the ball to his team mate, Rodolfo Fresi. Rodolfo Fresi tries a spectacular long range effort but it scrapes just over the bar. Good effort!
83.09
Des Clemence surges forward with the ball. Des Clemence sees Stuart Ritchie in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Stuart Ritchie sees Youcef Boumedienne just inside the box and quickly passes the ball. Youcef Boumedienne cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. The keeper is more than a match for it. Superb keeping!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time

Match Statistics

Match Statistics
Goals
Goals: 2 vs 0
Shots on Target
Shots on Target: 4 vs 5
Shots off Target
Shots off Target: 1 vs 3
Offsides
Offsides: 1 vs 0
Fouls
Fouls: 0 vs 2
Yellow Cards
Yellow Cards: 0 vs 2
Red Cards
Red Cards: 0 vs 0

Possession
Possession: 46.0526315789474 vs 53.9473684210526
Play Area
Home team third: 27.63%, Midfield: 46.05%, Away team third: 26.32%


Man of the Match

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Clarence Victoria of AS Monaco

Match Ratings

Match Ratings
2. Vincent Kalou (DEF)
7
6
5. Ali Elkhatabi (ATT)
6
6. Fabian Ziegl (MID)
8
8. Simo Paulinus (MID)
6
6

12. Paul Lindner (DEF)
0
13. Roberto Bordoni (MID)
0

2. Danny King (DEF)
7
6
4. Des Clemence (DEF)
6
6
6. Rodolfo Fresi (MID)
7
7
10. Max Brown (ATT)
6

12. Ighli Scarpi (DEF)
0
13. Edward Newton (MID)
0
14. Lukas Madrid (DEF)
0