Pogba watches while Monaco Ligue starts with a victory for 1 season


Paul Pogba watched how Monaco Le Havre easily defeated 3-1 in his Ligue 1 opener on Saturday when Lyon won at Lens.

On Friday, the French giants Marseille suffered for a first day upset with 1-0 on 10-man Rennes.

In Saturday’s late game, the fourth-placed team from last season Flee fell at home with 1-0 at Toulouse, but Monaco and Lyon fought disturbances.

Georges Mikautadze scored the only goal when Lyon won 1-0 in Northern France, while 2018 World Cup winner Pogbas appearance in the dressing room in the Louis II Stadium was one of the highlights of the first half of Monaco’s game.

Dressed in a vintage monaco sweater, a cap on his head and a big smile on his face, Pogba quickly saw his team take the size of an exceeded Le Havre.

Midfielder Pogba signed a two -year contract with Monaco from Juventus this summer in an attempt to launch his career at home in France.

The former player of Manchester United had only made 12 performances in the past three seasons due to injuries, suspension and a extortion case in which he was the victim.

However, to see Pogba in a Monaco sweater, fans will have to wait a little longer, together with Guinee-Bissau Vooruit Ansu Fati, the other big summer signing the club.

The host of Adi Hutter turned out to be dominant, especially in the midfield opening after 32 minutes after Gautier Lloris bundled the powerful cross of Aleksandr Golovin in his own net.

The Englishman Eric Dier, also a signing of the summer, doubled the lead with a header from a well-approached Lamine Camara-Hoek just after the hour.

Le Havre withdrew a goal six minutes later when Rassoul Ndiaye got the new Monaco goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky better before Maghnes Akliouche brought the result after 74 minutes without a doubt.

Mikautadze continues Lyon

Earlier at the end of the first half, Mikautadze hit seven-time Ligue 1 champion Lyon the first victory since the American businesswoman Michele Kang took over as president in June to save the club from relegation after fellow John Textor resigned in the midst of financial irregularities.

Lyon got better against his former coach Pierre Sage, who took over from Lens after the departure of Will Still.

Financially limited for summer signing sessions, Lyon built up his success with what it already had with strikers Malick Fofana and Mikautadze and Stalwart Corentin Tolisso in midfield that combines well.

Fofana ran around the lens defense and broke through at the end of the first half when he gave an ideal cross to Mikautadze.

Despite 18 shots on the goal, the lens could not deliver with Wesley and Deiver Machado said both countless opportunities.

After 57 minutes from the bank’s bank, Nieuwe Reckruut Florian Tauvin came to the bank’s bank to delicious applause from the home fans, but despite bringing creativity and freshness, the World Cup winner could not make a difference.

Four days after he was eliminated in the Champions League qualifying round by Benfica, Nice again showed shortcomings in a 1-0 defeat at home against Toulouse with Djibril Sidibe scored a minute before the last whistle.





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