Pressure on Philippe Clement was already mounting at Monaco after a string of poor results. The team had dropped to tenth place in Ligue 1 and just missed the cup final. But look: on Sunday evening she booked a handsome and crucial victory on the field of Marseille. Gelson Martins scored the only and winning goal after the break (0-1).
“After a period in which everything was against us, it was important to win this match. This time we were lucky that last week was missing from our side”, said Clement, who can breathe again. Monaco, with young Belgian Matazo on the bench for ninety minutes, is now still part of the package of teams that participate for the European places. The top three remains the target and the gap to Marseille, which is third, has been reduced again to six points. The crucial duels will continue to come. On Thursday there is the European first leg in the Europa League against Braga, on Sunday Clement and co. to Strasbourg, also a direct competitor. But Clement sees it positively: “We shouldn’t be preoccupied with what people say. We have a lot of potential and we showed it again.”
