Monaco once again crashed out of the Barcelona through his social networks after becoming his bête noire and beating him twice in a month. The Monegasque team surpassed those of Hansi Flick in their debut in the Champions League after beating them in the last Joan Gamper Trophy.
“As a visitor and a local,” wrote the Monaco on his Spanish account on social networks after his victory against the Barcelona at the premiere in Champions this season for both teams. And we must remember that on August 12, the Monaco He visited the Montjuic Olympic Stadium to face the culé team at the Joan Gamper.
In that game, the last of the preseason for both teams, the Monaco beat the Barcelona by 0-3. An incontestable beating against a Barça team that left many doubts at the start. A victory that the Monegasque team joked about through their social networks.
A month later, both teams met again, this time in the Champions League, and the result once again fell on the side of the Monaco. Hence this celebration on social networks. They won as a visitor in Montjuic and won again at home in the Luis II.
Monaco remembers the Gamper
After the defeat at the Joan Gamper, the Barcelona They had won everything in the League with five victories, the last two with victories against Valladolid and Girona away from home. The team of flick He had managed to play a good game that faded with the arrival of the Champions League. Monaco arrived again and the culé team suffered its first official defeat of the season.
A joke of the Monaco at the end of a match that began with an early expulsion of Eric Garcia ten minutes into the game. The culé central defender received a horrible pass from Ter Stegenlost position to Minamino and committed a foul on the front while being the last man. Direct red and Barça played more than 80 minutes with one less.
After 16 minutes of play, the Monaco with a great goal from Akliouche after a cross shot to the short post. But he Barcelona reacted before the break with a similar goal, the work of a Lamine Yamal that continues to make history. Already in the second half, after a long ball behind the Barça defense, Ilenikhena was left completely alone against Ter Stegen and scored the second in favor of Monaco.
He Barcelona He once again showed that he is different in Europe and suffered a tough defeat in his first match of Champions this season. The culé team, which had left great sensations in its league start, returned to being the same as years ago in the most demanding competition than ever and started the new format of the European Cup on the wrong foot.
As a visitor and as a local ✌️ pic.twitter.com/DSiErtKutF
— AS Monaco ES 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco_ES) September 19, 2024
