Sofiane Diop is MVP and part of L'Equipe's Team of the Round for Matchday 17!
He started off strong and never let up. This Sunday, Sofiane Diop helped lead a masterclass as part of a big Monegasque win against Metz (4-0), at the Stade Louis-II. A performance which earned him to be elected, by a wide margin, as MVP of the match by the supporters of the Rouge et Blanc on the AS Monaco App, with 55% of the votes, and to appear in l’Équipe’s team of the round in Ligue 1.
Monaco’s fastest goal in Ligue 1 since 2017
It must be said that the Monegasque number 37 well deserved both of these honors, by first opening the scoring with a fine finish, when the match had just started, at 1:30 into the first half. It was his fifth goal of the season in Ligue 1, and seventh in all competitions, but also AS Monaco’s fastest in the league since August 27, 2017 (Kamil Glik against Marseille after 1:09).
The Monégasque who the most duels
The 21-year-old attacking midfielder then turned provider, by picking out Gelson Martins perfectly in the penalty area, so that the Portuguese could beat Alexandre Oukidja (3-0, 57′) . It was the first assist of the season in the league for Sofiane Diop, who confirms, having been involved in three goals across his last two Ligue 1 matches (2 goals, 1 assist), as many as his first 14 this season (three goals).
With 75% of his passes completed, 6 ball recoveries, 4 fouls suffered and above all, 71% of his duels won, i.e. the highest total for his team, the native of Tours turned in a very good display, which also earned him a place in l’Équipe’s team of the round for the 17th day of Ligue 1. Bravo Sofiane!
L’Equipe’s team of the Round: Sels – Guilbert, Girotto, Sakho, Caci – Diop, Majer, Fofana, Terrier – Le Douaron, Diallo
Manager: Julien Stéphan
AS Monaco in L’Équipe’s Team of the Round, 2021-2022
(Matchday 2) FC Lorient 1-0 AS Monaco: Strahinja Pavlović (1)
(Matchday 7) AS Monaco 3-1 AS Saint-Etienne: Kevin Volland (1)
(Matchday 8) Clermont Foot 1-3 AS Monaco: Caio Henrique and Sofiane Diop (1)
(Matchday 11) AS Monaco 3-1 Montpellier HSC: Kevin Volland (2)
(Matchday 16) Angers SCO 1-3 AS Monaco: Guillermo Maripán (1)
(Matchday 17) AS Monaco 4-0 FC Metz: Sofiane Diop (2)
2021-2022 MVP Recap
First half:
(UCL Third Preliminary Round first leg) Sparta Prague 0-2 AS Monaco: Aurélien Tchouameni (1)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 1) AS Monaco 1-1 Nantes: Gelson Martins (1)
(UCL Third Preliminary Round second leg) AS Monaco 3-1 Sparta Prague: Gelson Martins (2)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 2) FC Lorient 1-0 AS Monaco: Stahinja Pavlović (1)
(UCL playoffs first leg) AS Monaco 0-1 Shakhtar Donetsk : Aleksandr Golovin (1)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 3) AS Monaco 0-2 RC Lens: Jean Lucas (1)
(UCL playoffs second leg) Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2 AS Monaco: Wissam Ben Yedder (1) and Djibril Sidibé (1)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 4) ESTAC Troyes 1-2 AS Monaco: Sofiane Diop (1)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 5) AS Monaco 0-2 Olympique de Marseille: Aurélien Tchouameni (2)
(Europa League Matchday 1) AS Monaco 1-0 Sturm Graz: Krépin Diatta (1)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 6) OGC Nice 2-2 AS Monaco: Aleksandr Golovin (2)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 7) AS Monaco 3-1 AS Saint-Etienne: Wissam Ben Yedder (2)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 8) Clermont-Foot 1-3 AS Monaco : Sofiane Diop (2)
( Europa League Matchday 2) Real Sociedad 1-1 AS Monaco : Axel Disasi (1)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 9) AS Monaco 3-0 Bordeaux : Aurélien Tchouameni (3)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 10) Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 AS Monaco : Alexander Nübel (1)
(Europa League Matchday 3) PSV Eindhoven 1-2 AS Monaco : Caio Henrique (1)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 11) AS Monaco 3-1 Montpellier : Kevin Volland (1)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 12) Brest 2-0 AS Monaco : Aurélien Tchouameni (4)
(Europa League Matchday 4) AS Monaco 0-0 PSV Eindhoven : Benoît Badiashile (1)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 13) Stade de Reims 0-0 AS Monaco : Aurélien Tchouameni (5)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 14) AS Monaco 2-2 Lille : Sofiane Diop (3)
(Europa League Matchday 5) AS Monaco 2-1 Real Sociedad : Youssouf Fofana (1)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 15) AS Monaco 1-1 RC Strasbourg: Wissam Ben Yedder (3)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 16) SCO Angers 3-1 AS Monaco: Kevin Volland (2)
(Ligue 1 Matchday 17) AS Monaco 4-0 FC Metz: Sofiane Diop (4)
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