Goals and Highlights: Monaco 3(2-3)5 Bayer Leverkusen in Europa League | 02/23/2023

The Lions await their next opponent in the round of 16. Uefa will conduct the draw for the matches this Friday (24). The first and second round matches will be held on March 9 and 16.

Bayer Leverkusen win 5-3 on penalties, eliminate Monaco away from home and go to the Europa League round of 16

Diaby takes a strong free kick to the left corner, Nübel even touches it, but can't save

Volland hits a low shot to the left corner

Schick makes a little stop to put in the corner

Embolo charges in the middle of the goal

Tapsoba shoots hard, on the angle

Matazo exaggerates the force and stamps the crossbar

Amiri puts it in the corner

Disasi kicks in to level the score

Azmoun jumps up and puts it inside the goal

Extension Ends

+2

Jakobs 

Caio Henrique

Volland dives after receiving the ball and Hradecky avoids the goal

In: Azmoun

Out: Wirtz 

Monaco rounds the Bayer Leverkusen area, but can't get out

In: Volland

Out: Diatta

Diatta collapses on the lawn. Player is exhausted

Monaco spins the ball in search of the best opportunity

Game resumed

First half of overtime ends

+1

In: Diaby

Out: Frimpong

Palacios

Bakker is smart to disarm Diop in the box. The defender looks for a shot at the near post, but Nübel grows up and makes a great save

Ball in play

We will have extension

Diop is triggered at the second post, he splices a first-time shot into the back of the goal, but the ball had already gone out at the time of the cross

+3

Embolo decides to take a chance inside the half moon, he ends up being blocked and sends it out

Diop gives a pen to Bakker, plays to Diatta, who crosses beautifully. Embolo rises behind Frimpong and puts it in the corner, giving Hradecky no reaction

Monaco presses, but Bayer Leverkusen mounts a 5-3-1 line

In: Boadu, Jakobs and Embolo

Out: Golovin, Seghir and Ben Yedder

In: Adli

Out: Adli

In: Matazo and Schick

Out: Camara and Hlozek

Bakker leaves it to Hlozek on the left wing. He decides to shoot from a distance and clips the paint off the crossbar

Andrich

Bakker receives a pass in depth, invades the area and shoots a cross, but the assistant signs offside, confirmed by VAR

In: Diop

Out: Matsima

Ben Yedder dominates with freedom inside the area and shoots against the crossbar

Palacios plays to Wirtz, who has great vision, and lifts the ball to Adli. The striker heads the ball to the second post and hits the corner

Wirtz sets up a counter attack at speed, he tries to invade the area, but Sarr makes a good recovery and makes the tackle

Frimpong is released in the area, he tries to cross from the back line, but Caio Henrique appears in time to stop

Monaco has more possession and pushes the opponents to the defense field

Game restarts

Pause! Für eine starke #Werkself ist hier noch alles drin.#ASMB04 1:2 | #UEL | #Bayer04 pic.twitter.com/sc61rKpNyf — Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04fussball) February 23, 2023

C'est la mi-temps au Stade Louis-II ⏸️

Nos Rouge & Blanc sont menés d'un but malgré une nouvelle réalisation de @WissBenYedder.

Tout reste à faire après la pause 👊

1⃣-2⃣ #ASMB04 | #UEL pic.twitter.com/IpcXKFxqW1 — AS Monaco 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco) February 23, 2023

The first half ends

+1

Fofana

Hlozek gets in the middle and shoots hard from the edge of the box. Nübel makes a great save in the middle of the goal

Monaco are forced to exchange passes in their defensive field. Bayer goes up the scoring lines to put pressure on the home side

Ben Yedder ends up fumbling after the corner and lets the ball go out of bounds

After a corner kick, Hlozek gets the better of Sarr and sets up Palacios. The midfielder flicks his left foot and puts the Lions back in front again

Ben Yedder displaces Hradecky and shoots almost in the middle of the goal

Seghir is triggered in the area and ends up being tripped by Tapsoba

From foot to foot, the ball reaches Frimpong, who crosses low. Nübel falls to deflect it at the far post, but the ball is cleared for Wirtz to tap into the edge of the box.

Adli makes a great move on the right wing, gets rid of two and finishes with a placed shot. Nübel flies into the corner to save with a slap

Palacios takes a shot from the edge of the box, but ends up with a weak shot. Nübel took it without a problem

Caio Henrique takes a free-kick in the box. Fofona heads the ball away

Fofana recovers in midfield and releases Diatta. He speeds down the corridor and crosses from the back line.  Ben Yedder takes control and hits a cross. The ball goes very close to the right of the goal

Wirtz stretches out to Bakker, who finishes to the left and swings the ball into the net from outside

Exit given by Bayer Leverkusen

Players lined up for the anthem of the competition

Teams taking the field

Warm-up time

Die Spannung steigt! 🔥

🔜 #B04ASM | #UEL | #Bayer04 pic.twitter.com/uUTwkltVvx

— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04fussball) February 23, 2023

Lions in black

🖤❤️👀 @EuropaLeague

🔜 #ASMB04 | #UEL | #Bayer04 | #Werkself pic.twitter.com/ovWChh3mRQ

— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04fussball) February 23, 2023

Stade Louis II

📍🏟️ Stade Louis II – Alles vorbereitet!

🔜 #ASMB04 | #UEL | #Bayer04 | #Werkself pic.twitter.com/Po9tyvx4ua

— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04fussball) February 23, 2023

Red and White Dressing Room

C'est dans leurs couleurs traditionnelles que les Rouge & Blanc tenteront de décrocher leur qualification ❤️🤍

𝗗𝗔𝗚𝗛𝗘 👊

‣ #ASMB04 | #UEL pic.twitter.com/RMpq3PZZf3

— AS Monaco 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco) February 23, 2023

Pentz, Lomb, Kossounou, Azmoun, Demirbay, Amiri, Schick, Hudson-Odoi, Diaby, Fosu-Mensah, Azhil, Bellarabi

Hradecky; Tah, Tapsoba, Hincapie; Frimpong, Palacios, Andrich, Bakker; Wirtz; Adli, Hlozek

Didillon, Boadu, Jakobs, Matazo, Minamino, Akilouche, Volland, Embolo, Magassa, Diop, Gelson Martins, Okou

Nübel; Matsima, Disasi, Sarr, Henrique; Diatta, Fofana, Matazo, Golovin; Ben Seghir, Ben Yedder 

VAR: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

AVAR: José Luis Munuera (Spain)

Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)

Assistant Referee 1: José Naranjo (Spain)

Assistant Referee 2: Diego Sanchez Rojo (Spain)

Fourth official: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz (Spain)

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"We know our tasks. We have to win to reach overtime or go directly to the next round. We know how important the game is for the club and we will fight for it. We respect Monaco. They have a good team. It hurts us that we didn't win the first match.

Now we want to take this ambition of defeat into the second match with all our energy. It is important to be fully present at critical moments. There will also come a moment when we need a lot of risk. We have to find the balance between controlling the game and wanting to take more risks .

Diaby was part of the training today. It is a minor injury. We will assess the risk of an implantation tomorrow together with the medical department and Moussa."

Hradecky; Frimpong, Tah, Tapsoba, Hincapie; Demirbay, Andrich; Wirtz; Amiri, Schick, Hlozek.

Aranguiz, with a calf injury, Lunev, not mentioned, are the absences of Xabi Alonso, who still has doubts about Diaby, with thigh problems.

"No, I hope not. Anyway, I didn't feel that today. Each time, I want to see players who respond present in training and during matches. AS Monaco has lost in the last two trips to Brest without scoring a goal. We need to change this statistic. They play in a very good organization and are very good against big teams, as the results against Lens (1-1) and Lyon (0-0) show us.

But they are not only a defending team, because they play with offensive wingers. They are also good at crossing, they are one of the best teams in this aspect. They have a lot of quality. And lately, it is not a stadium that brings a lot of luck to AS Monaco. It's a good challenge to change that. We have to continue to play as we have been doing in the last few weeks, even if with the injuries we have to adapt. I don't want to talk about adjustments, because I trust all my players.

They have shown themselves to be good in training and now they need to show this in the games. The team's great strength is its collective strength, as we showed on Thursday against Leverkusen. You could see the beautiful atmosphere on the bench when we scored. It's a chance for others to show up when there are absentees."

Nübel;Matsima, Disasi, Sarr, Henrique; Diatta, Fofana, Matazo, Golovin; Ben Seghir, Embolo.

Philippe Clement has only one casualty for the confrontation. Full-back Vanderson has knee pain and is doubtful.

Monaco got the better of Bayer Leverkusen 3-2. The Red and Whites need only a draw to advance, while only victory matters to the Lions

Bayer Leverkusen are aiming for a place in the last 16 after finishing third in group B, where they have accumulated only one win, three losses and a draw. The Lions come into the encounter with defeat in their baggage, against Mainz, by 3-2.

Monaco is coming off a 2-1 Ligue 1 victory over relegation strugglers Brest. Currently, the Red and Whites are in third place and have 50 points. For UEL, they arrived after finishing second in group G, having won three wins, two losses, and a draw.

AS Monaco vs Bayer Leverkusen live this Thursday (23), at the Louis II Stadium  at 12:45 pm ET, for the Europa League. The match is valid for thesecond phase of the competition

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