This Saturday evening, AS Monaco obtained an excellent result on home soil against PSG. The formation of Sébastien Pocognoli emerged quite logically thanks to an achievement by the Japanese Takumi Minamino. Even numerically inferior, ASM held on and took three points against a Parisian team that was pushed around during almost the entire match. A victory which is good for morale for a Monegasque team which had three consecutive defeats in the league, including two slaps against Rennes (1-4) and Lens (1-4).
In addition to the performances in Ligue 1, the draw (2-2) against Paphos in the Champions League had also left its mark, to the point that some even spoke of the start of a crisis on the Rock. In short, AS Monaco was not experiencing its best period in recent weeks. The only positive point was Paul Pogba. The French midfielder finally made his comeback on the pitch against Rennes. Preserved against Paphos this week, he entered again at the end of the match against PSG this Saturday.
A supporter responds to Paul Pogba
He wasn’t really able to touch many balls but, in a team looking to maintain their advantage, the Frenchman didn’t seem to struggle physically. And if this time he didn’t shine with the ball, he made people talk about him off the field, in a completely surreal scene broadcast by Ligue 1+. Having gone to meet the supporters, who had reminded the players of their recent poor results, he said: “It’s behind!” It’s behind that. Today it is important. Today we won. We will all continue. And we are all together. We don’t give up. Okay? Listen. Eh, we need to set the mood, more atmosphere. You have to set the mood. »
The last sentence on the atmosphere at Louis-II obviously did not get through, since in the process, one of the supporters’ spokespersons replied: “Hey, don’t worry, we’ve been setting the mood for 30 years, we didn’t wait for you to be here. We’ve been setting the mood for thirty years, man. Now get your jersey wet, guys. » An improbable exchange between the former Juventus player and the supporters, which did not fail to provoke a reaction on social networks, where many evoke an awkward sentence from the 2018 world champion. But in Monaco, it is better to remember the victory against PSG, which allows the club to move up to 6th place.
