AS MONACO VS LORIENT | EFOOTBALL 2024

well good evening to you and welcome on this most perfect evening for a game of football to which we look forward immensely it's hardly a surprise that everybody has come here in their drows this being aicure that has received so much coverage in the days leading up to it and it's good to see that we have a good contingent of visiting fans by the look of it too the atmosphere is amicable the conditions do bring out the best in everyone and I think we're all looking forward to a Feelgood game and we have in front of us this gloriously imposing Arena absolutely perfect for a game of this nature and if did just loose ball now and there's a Chase on to retrieve it he's going to have to tune his Rangefinder before the next one yeah they were looking for a Counterattack oh he wasn't being taken in by that trickery son hung that looks a decent ball and that interception was most necessary decent hit oh Monaco and Monaco Take the Lead the movement so precise the Finish Sumptuous Monaco are such an adep counterattacking team they produced something out nothing there a few seconds was all it took for them to convert the defensive situation into a goal and it's very impressive Ru laku Ru laku Ru [Applause] laku Monaco gain their reward with an early goal that's a throw Fabian Ruiz now it's Lukaku and the shots [Applause] Monaco with their first Corner the first him game for either side actually Lal can counter properly here [Applause] Monaco are seeing a lot of the ball and have a one n lead to show for it Bellingham and here's Griezmann and it's Lukaku Bellingham Bingham and if you have just joined us still just one goal between them and the score is 1 n Lukaku oh he's enjoyed that he evidently loves the contest Bell now it's Lukaku it's Lukaku it's there two to the good they have breathing space and the trade mark move ends with the inevitable classy finish look if you want to be effective on the break then the key element is always Pace that's what really rips the fenses apart and it's difficult to find an answer to it when it's applied like [Applause] that so that's two now without reply the Turning of the screw comes to mind Peter they've got them where they want them [Applause] Monaco heading towards the halftime break the win very much in their sails pass is coming off in quick succession here and no that is pretty much the end of that Bellingham now it's Griezmann and that's not going to reach Corner number two then and the header harmlessly behind Roberto Carlos has IND ended up in no man's land fiddles it through perfectly measured that there's no flag and that is going to be the final action of the first half see on the first half well it's looking pretty straight forward Peter they've got themselves into a very good position so white dther from here when they can repeat their first half for monac number 21 griezman here we go again then Lukaku that's that's been intercepted T just a bit on the thir side the it's R loose who's going to get there best to keep it in play here number eight number 22 J if they want a counter they could do with more speed well it looked promising for a moment but it came to nothing let wi and he comes up trumps again [Applause] so third quarter of the game H oh nearly but nearly is [Applause] nothing vovi it's a decent chance to Counterattack the attendance 71,9 Monaco looking to pass their way through Neymar there's the shots it's loose and there's a race for the [Applause] ball substitution so their fourth quarter of the game loon can St a counter here oh red nice interception play out towards the right wing [Applause] vovi it's one and more and more and more and they are cruising away not a Defender insights he had all the time in the world it's a simple game the Striker's job is Def find the space as often as possible and he did exactly that minutes is number eight [Applause] [Applause] [Music] a case now of complete control that's a terrific surge down the right oh the movement is slick the speed is slippery the defense though able to hold on this time [Applause] and there's a beautiful Simplicity about this contest willing running on one side dogged defense on the other [Applause] Neymar and it's casemiro oh he's found him in space and he should have made for all he'd be thinking is please ground swallow me [Applause] up substitution in progress they're up to five corners [Applause] now and now a sudden chance to [Applause] counter no that was never going to make it oh and he's through the [Applause] middle oh he's onto thisly ball would have led to a very different outcome there ah that was just poor decision making and a week execution pass is just off Target pedri and here's he's got the goal keeper gets just about enough of [Applause] it and time is up so a real showpiece win this lot was simply far too clever for their opponents and despite their best Endeavors it has ended in an easy win what are your thoughts on today's game then Tim yeah looking back on this the early goal had a big influence on what unfolded and allowed them to dictate with comfort so thank you very much Jim for joining me that brings us to the end of our coverage so from us both a very good evening