Le Mans (AFP) – Joined at the last minute by Le Mans (1-1), Monaco went on Sunday for a fifth day without a victory in Ligue 1 and missed an excellent opportunity to get back into the race for Europe.

Published on: 08/11/2026 - 19:32

With 16 points in ten matches, ASM temporarily moved up to 6th place but is already 7 points behind the leader, Paris SG.

For Le Mans, on the other hand, this point allows it to escape from the red zone, taking 15th place with eight points, ahead of Angers (16th) and Troyes (17th) on goal difference.

The final score was not at all usurped, the Sarthois having had their share of opportunities, also a sign that, apart from a solid Lukas Hradecky, the Monegasques' defense was hardly reassuring.

Filipe Luis' men undoubtedly thought they had done what was necessary by opening the scoring at the end of the first period, following an opposing blunder.

On a through ball from Aleksandr Golovin, Harold Voyer, who probably did not see that his goalkeeper was far from his line, sent a too strong back pass that the goalkeeper failed to control and Mamadou Coulibaly, who followed, scored in the empty goal (0-1, 40th).

Before that, Lamine Camara, on a direct corner (18th), and Matthis Abline, who had a goal disallowed for offside (21st), had concretized the technical superiority of the visitors.

Lukas Hradecky had to respond at the far post to prevent Lucas Buadès from opening the score (11th), before being saved by the VAR on a subtle deflection from Dame Gueye who thought he had given his team the advantage (33rd) but who was offside by a whisker.

Dame Gueye, with a header that was too soft after a nice delivery from Louis Mafouta, also had the ball at 1-1 before the break.

But instead of seeing this as a free warning, Monaco seemed to want to manage the second act, during which the Manceaux never gave up, quite the contrary!

And it was finally on a poorly returned corner that the ball ended up reaching Erwan Colas, who catapulted it in the 90th minute into the back of the net to snatch a deserved point.

A point all the more valuable as the Manceaux recovery program will be very tough, with Marseille, Lille and Paris FC.

Monaco will host Auxerre at the end of November, but even hosting the 14th in Ligue 1 no longer seems such an affordable match for them.

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