AS Monaco vs Club Brugge, 2018-19 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage
· UEFA Champions LeagueMonaco boss Thierry Henry suffers 4-0 UCL defeat at home to Club Brugge
Club Brugge kept their Champions League hopes alive on Tuesday with a crushing 4-0 win over AS Monaco.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 3': Foul by Djibril Sidibe (Monaco).
- 3': Wesley (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Delay in match Krépin Diatta (Club Brugge) because of an injury.
- 5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 6': Substitution, Club Brugge. Dion Cools replaces Krépin Diatta because of an injury.
- 6': Attempt missed. Radamel Falcao (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Antonio Barreca with a cross.
- 7': Attempt saved. Sofiane Diop (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
- 8': Foul by Wesley (Club Brugge).
- 8': Kamil Glik (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Clinton Mukoni Mata Pedro Lourenco (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Foul by Sofiane Diop (Monaco).
- 12': Foul by Wesley (Club Brugge).
- 12': Youssef Aït Bennasser (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Goal! Monaco 0, Club Brugge 1. Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner.
- 14': Attempt saved. Wesley (Club Brugge) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ruud Vormer.
- 15': Attempt missed. Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Clinton Mukoni Mata Pedro Lourenco.
- 15': Penalty conceded by Antonio Barreca (Monaco) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 15': Antonio Barreca (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 17': Goal! Monaco 0, Club Brugge 2. Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
- 18': Foul by Benoit Poulain (Club Brugge).
- 18': Radamel Falcao (Monaco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 19': Foul by Stefano Denswil (Club Brugge).
- 19': Moussa Sylla (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 22': Foul by Dion Cools (Club Brugge).
- 22': Youssef Aït Bennasser (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 22': Attempt saved. Moussa Sylla (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 22': Attempt saved. Youri Tielemans (Monaco) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Radamel Falcao.
- 24': Goal! Monaco 0, Club Brugge 3. Wesley (Club Brugge) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ruud Vormer.
- 28': Hand ball by Radamel Falcao (Monaco).
- 29': Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Foul by Djibril Sidibe (Monaco).
- 31': Foul by Wesley (Club Brugge).
- 31': Youri Tielemans (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 32': Attempt saved. Nacer Chadli (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 34': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Benoit Poulain.
- 37': Foul by Kamil Glik (Monaco).
- 37': Ruud Vormer (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Clinton Mukoni Mata Pedro Lourenco (Club Brugge) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 37': Foul by Youssef Aït Bennasser (Monaco).
- 38': Foul by Ruud Vormer (Club Brugge).
- 38': Sofiane Diop (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Attempt missed. Radamel Falcao (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Moussa Sylla.
- 41': Foul by Marvelous Nakamba (Club Brugge).
- 41': Sofiane Diop (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 43': Foul by Dion Cools (Club Brugge).
- 43': Sofiane Diop (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Sofiane Diop (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Radamel Falcao with a through ball.
- 45'+1': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Brandon Mechele.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Sofiane Diop (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Monaco 0, Club Brugge 3.
- 45': Second Half begins Monaco 0, Club Brugge 3.
- 47': Benoit Poulain (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 47': Foul by Sofiane Diop (Monaco).
- 47': Foul by Radamel Falcao (Monaco).
- 47': Marvelous Nakamba (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Attempt missed. Sofiane Diop (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Radamel Falcao.
- 50': Foul by Marvelous Nakamba (Club Brugge).
- 50': Youri Tielemans (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Attempt missed. Djibril Sidibe (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Moussa Sylla.
- 52': Foul by Jemerson (Monaco).
- 52': Wesley (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 54': Clinton Mukoni Mata Pedro Lourenco (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 54': Foul by Youssef Aït Bennasser (Monaco).
- 56': Attempt saved. Marvelous Nakamba (Club Brugge) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Clinton Mukoni Mata Pedro Lourenco.
- 57': Attempt saved. Youssef Aït Bennasser (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Radamel Falcao (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Moussa Sylla.
- 60': Foul by Wesley (Club Brugge).
- 60': Jemerson (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Dion Cools (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Monaco).
- 61': Substitution, Monaco. Gobe Gouano replaces Radamel Falcao.
- 62': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Clinton Mukoni Mata Pedro Lourenco.
- 65': Dion Cools (Club Brugge) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 65': Foul by Djibril Sidibe (Monaco).
- 67': Attempt missed. Gobe Gouano (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
- 68': Substitution, Monaco. Han-Noah Massengo replaces Youssef Aït Bennasser.
- 70': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Brandon Mechele.
- 71': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Benoit Poulain.
- 72': Substitution, Club Brugge. Kaveh Rezaei replaces Wesley.
- 74': Foul by Kaveh Rezaei (Club Brugge).
- 74': Sofiane Diop (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 76': Foul by Jemerson (Monaco).
- 76': Kaveh Rezaei (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Substitution, Monaco. Almamy Touré replaces Kamil Glik because of an injury.
- 77': Substitution, Club Brugge. Thibault Vlietinck replaces Clinton Mukoni Mata Pedro Lourenco.
- 78': Delay in match Thibault Vlietinck (Club Brugge) because of an injury.
- 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 80': Attempt saved. Youri Tielemans (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 81': Corner, Club Brugge. Conceded by Jemerson.
- 84': Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Benoit Poulain.
- 85': Goal! Monaco 0, Club Brugge 4. Ruud Vormer (Club Brugge) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 87': Foul by Kaveh Rezaei (Club Brugge).
- 87': Han-Noah Massengo (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 88': Offside, Club Brugge. Mats Rits tries a through ball, but Thibault Vlietinck is caught offside.
- 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Gobe Gouano (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sofiane Diop.
- 90'+2': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Monaco).
- 90'+2': Mats Rits (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Djibril Sidibe (Monaco).
- 90'+2': Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Monaco 0, Club Brugge 4.
- 90'+4': Match ends, Monaco 0, Club Brugge 4.
Statistics
 BRU |
MON |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 16 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 6 | Saves | 2 |
| 35.5 | Possession | 64.5 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.9 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 264 | Accurate Passes | 555 |
| 352 | Passes | 634 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 10 | Crosses | 32 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 62 | Long Balls | 49 |
| 26 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 13 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
| 24 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 16 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 29 | Effective Clearances | 9 |
| 29 | Clearances | 9 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Stade Louis-II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 8,347
Venue: Stade Louis-II
Location: Monaco, France
Attendance: 8,347
UEFA Champions League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajax Amsterdam | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Athletic Club | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Line-Ups
AS Monaco (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Diego Benaglio (GK) |
| 5 | Jemerson |
| 25 | Kamil Glik |
| 3 | Antonio Barreca  |
| 19 | Djibril Sidibé |
| 15 | Youssef Aït Bennasser |
| 20 | Nacer Chadli |
| 8 | Youri Tielemans |
| 9 | Radamel Falcao |
| 36 | Sofiane Diop |
| 34 | Moussa Sylla |
Club Brugge (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | Ethan Horvath (GK) |
| 44 | Brandon Mechele |
| 24 | Stefano Denswil |
| 5 | Benoít Poulain |
| 18 | Marvelous Nakamba |
| 25 | Ruud Vormer |
| 11 | Krépin Diatta |
| 77 | Clinton Mata |
| 7 | Wesley |
| 20 | Hans Vanaken |
| 26 | Mats Rits |
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