It’s back to action for AS Monaco, who will face a Stéphanois team this Saturday evening, who are making their return to Ligue 1. Follow the match live.
21:02 – A damaged lawn
At the Stade Louis II, the pitch leaves something to be desired and the grass is in very poor condition.
21:01 – Here we go!
Amidst the smoke from the smoke bombs, Monaco kicks off. It’s 90 minutes!
20:59 – Engagement for Monaco
After the toss, the Monegasques will kick off Monaco – Saint-Etienne.
20:56 – Players enter
The players enter the pitch at the Stade Louis II.
20:50 – The list of replacements
Here is the list of players who will start on the Monaco and Saint-Etienne benches:
- Monaco: Lienard, C.Henrique, Ouattara, Maripan, Mawassa, Akliouche, Diop, Magassa, Ilenikhena
- Saint-Etienne: Touré, Nadé, Pedro, Fomba, Gauthier, Mouton, Aiki, Boakye, Othman
20:45 – Dall’Oglio: “We worked”
Against Monaco, Saint-Etienne begins this season against a title contender. Saint-Etienne coach Olivier Dall’Oglio expects a complicated encounter: “Of course, like all teams, with the transfer window continuing until the end of August, we will be completely ready in September. But we have worked for this match against Monaco, a title contender. We know it will be very complicated, but we will go there with our current weapons: youth, enthusiasm, courage.”
20:40 – Hütter: “Take us to safety”
In a pre-match press conference, ASM coach Adi Hütter looked ahead to this tricky match against the newly promoted Saint-Etienne side, praising their opponents’ qualities: “We expect them to play in a 4-3-3 formation with Sissoko up front, a solid striker to whom they play long balls. We will certainly have more possession and will have to find solutions to keep them under pressure, while playing our style of play. Last season we lost a lot of points on the way to securing ourselves, so we will have to be careful to reduce the gap with Paris Saint-Germain in particular and the best teams.”
20:35 – The fervor still present
At a press conference, Olivier Dall’Oglio took the opportunity to highlight the fans’ enthusiasm: “We saw green jerseys everywhere this summer, even in Spain and Germany. There is also this extraordinary season ticket campaign. It’s magnificent! It’s up to us to maintain that. We have to build a team around all that. I’m taking this opportunity to launch an appeal. We’re going to launch a lot of young players from training or from outside. They will need encouragement! The public knows how to do it. They know how to be grateful, provided that they put all the ingredients together.”
20:30 – The refereeing body
For this match of the first day of Ligue 1 opposing Monaco to Saint-Etienne, Clément Turpin will be the central referee. He will be assisted by Nicolas Danos and Benjamin Pages on the sidelines, while Robin Chapapria will be the fourth official. Dominique Julien and Guillaume Paradis will be in charge of video assistance.
20:25 – Objective maintenance
Back in the elite after an exciting season and a rise to Ligue 1, a big challenge awaits AS Saint-Etienne but the Greens are ready and Olivier Dall’Oglio does not want to rush things. The Saint-Etienne coach remains modest and does not want to aim too high: “Maintaining. There is also an objective to help the players progress. It will be important to establish a style that resembles Saint-Étienne with solid and united boys. This will be the basis before anything else. We have objectives for results, but also for construction”.
20:20 – On which channel can you watch Monaco – Saint-Etienne?
New holder of Ligue 1 TV rights, DAZN will broadcast the match between the Monegasques and the Stéphanois. If you want to watch the match on your computer, smartphone or tablet, you will need to subscribe to a subscription on DAZN.
20:15 – Great ambitions
Second in the French championship last season, the Monegasques start a new season this Saturday evening against AS Saint-Etienne. For Minamino and his partners, the objective will be to stay at the top of the rankings as confirmed by Adi Hütter in a press conference: “We can always dream of titles in life, it’s in human nature. But we are especially very clear in our objectives, we want to stay at the top of the rankings and why not go through the groups in C1 (it is now a single group, Editor’s note). AS Monaco has always been an ambitious club, and we have a very good team this season, but it is still a different challenge from last year”.
20:12 – Ben Seghir starts, the Monaco line-up
With Golovin’s withdrawal, a place was up for grabs in the ASM eleven. A gem of the club, Eliesse Ben Seghir is starting tonight: Kohn – Vanderson, Kehrer, Salisu, Jakobs – Camara, Zakaria, Minamino – Ben Seghir, Embolo, Balogun.
20:10 – The changing rooms are ready
For this match, the Monegasques and the Stéphanois will play in their home jerseys.
20:05 – A decimated group
For this first match of the season in Ligue 1, Adi Hütter has to deal with numerous absences: Wilfried Singo is suspended, Krépin Diatta and Aleksandr Golovin are in the rehabilitation phase, while Radoslaw Majecki is still nursing a right ankle injury.
20:04 – The Saint-Etienne eleven
With the absences of Maçon, Appiah, Wadji, Pétrot and Briançon, Olivier Dall’Oglio was forced to make do with many absentees to compose an eleven this Saturday evening. Here are the players who will start for ASSE: Larsonneur (G) – Owusu, Batubinsika, Abdelhamid, N’Zuzi – Amougou, Tardieu, Old – Davitachvili, I. Sissoko, Cafaro.
20:00 – H – 1 !
Good evening everyone! Welcome to the Monaco – Saint-Etienne live, match of the first day of Ligue 1. Kick-off in one hour!