Monaco comes out of the dark tunnel at the expense of Aston Villa International sport

Al Malaeb Newspaper – Monaco emerged from the dark tunnel today, Tuesday, with a valuable victory over hosts Aston Villa with a score of 1/0 in the seventh round of the Champions League stage.

Ivorian Wilfried Sengo, defender of Monaco, scored the only goal of the match for the principality team in the eighth minute of the match at Stade Louis II.

The referee also canceled out a second goal for Monaco, scored by Magnus Akliush in the 50th minute, for offside.

With this victory, Monaco broke its run of defeats since the beginning of the year against Paris Saint-Germain in the Super Cup and Montpellier in the final round of the competition, in addition to the shock of elimination in the round of 32 of the Super Cup. the French Cup.

Monaco also overcame the setback of two consecutive Champions League defeats to Benfica and Arsenal to lift their score to 13 points in 12th place, trailing ninth-placed Aston Villa on goal difference, boosting the French side's hopes team on qualifying for the round was revived. of 16.

Monaco end their league campaign with a tricky away clash against Inter Milan in the round of 16, while Aston Villa play their hosts, Scottish club Celtic.