The Monaco Sentinel
Squad16 Nov 2026
Denis Zakaria in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Monaco this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Folarin Balogun falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Simon Adingra
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Folarin Balogun stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.87 on the card, and the Monaco support went home talking about one name.
Match14 Nov 2026
Monaco share the spoils with Paris FC
A 1‑1 draw with Paris FC leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Wout Faes gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Squad Jordan Teze has to sit this one out
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Romelu Fellaini
- Player ratings Denis Zakaria spends the afternoon fouling