The Monaco Sentinel
Match19 Aug 2028
Cruel end for Stade Lavallois as Monaco pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Monaco scored in the 93th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Lucas Michal breaks a bone — 21 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 21 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market21 Aug 2028
Diego Enríquez asks to leave Monaco
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Noah Nartey is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A move Duccio Degli Innocenti would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Duccio Degli Innocenti is living that version at Monaco, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Monaco
Vanderson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Takumi Minamino runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Monaco
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match19 Aug 2028
Monaco see off Stade Lavallois
Three points for Monaco, 2‑1 the final word against Stade Lavallois in a contest settled by the finer margins.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Stanis Idumbo
- Market Mathieu Perrot steps up from the Monaco academy
- Market Jean Fontaine steps up from the Monaco academy