Monaco outclasses Red Star Belgrade, Milan tames Club Bruges

The third day of the Champions League opened this Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. with two matches on the program. One of them particularly interested us with the match between AS Monaco and Red Star Belgrade on the Rock. In full swing and still not having lost this season, the Asemists arrived confident of their strength in the Champions League after an inaugural success against FC Barcelona (2-1) and a draw against Dinamo Zagreb (2-2). Faced with the modest club from the Serbian capital, hopes of victory were therefore more than normal. And from the start, Adi Hütter’s players set their pace on the match. Dominant and simply stronger in all areas, the Asemists have obtained the best opportunities.

And it quickly paid off. Launched deep and completely alone, Takumi Minamino made ASM’s great start to the match (1-0, 20th). However, against the run of play, Thilo Kehrer was guilty of a foul in the area on the only Serbian opportunity. From the penalty spot, Chérif Ndiaye did not tremble and deceived Majecki to equalize (1-1, 27th). Getting its head right, Monaco resumed its march forward and regained control just before half-time thanks to Breel Embolo who ended its goal drought that it had been trailing since the start of the season (2-1, 45+4th). When we returned from the locker room, there was no match as ASM dominated the debates.

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Obviously, Adi Hütter’s words at half-time had their effect. While Akliouche (50th) and Caio Henrique (52nd) tried their luck, it was Wilfried Singo (3-1, 54th) who allowed Monaco to go wide thanks to an incredible firecracker from 30 meters. And while Breel Embolo thought he had scored the double before his goal was canceled for a handball, it was Takumi Minamino who finally offered himself a second goal thanks to a clever service from the Swiss (4-1, 70th ). At the end of the match, Maghnes Akliouche added to the score to crown his great match (5-1, 90+5th). With this success built and which is uncontested (4-1), AS Monaco continues its fantastic momentum and is provisionally in first place in the general Champions League ranking with 7 points out of 9.

At the same time, AC Milan faced Club Brugge. Having not won any match in C1 so far, the Rossoneri had every interest in winning this Tuesday. And not without difficulty, the Lombards achieved it. After a first half hour full of chances in their favor, the latter opened the scoring thanks to Christian Pulisic’s returning corner (1-0, 28th). And despite Kyriani Sabbe’s surprising equalizer after returning from the locker room (1-1, 51st), the Milanese relied on their goleador of the day, Tijjani Reijnders, to achieve their first success of the season in C1 thanks to to the double from the Dutch midfielder, receiving two beautiful crosses from Okafor and Chukwueze (61st, 71st).