 |
|
 |
||
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|||
Macon MFA 1805 A N Missouri St Macon, MO 63552 660-385-5753 Shelbina MFA 215 W Maple St Shelbina, MO 63468 573-588-4140 CLICK - MFA CONNECT |
|
Printable Page
04/19 10:25 CDT Hot streak for Balogun as American forward scores in 8th
straight game for Monaco
Hot streak for Balogun as American forward scores in 8th straight game for
Monaco
By JEROME PUGMIRE
AP Sports Writer
PARIS (AP) --- American forward Folarin Balogun scored for the eighth straight
league game as Monaco rallied to draw 2-2 with struggling Auxerre in Ligue 1 on
Sunday.
Monaco is one of several sides chasing a Champions League place next season,
with the top three getting through directly and the side in fourth entering
qualifying. The draw kept Monaco in seventh place with four games left.
Later Sunday, league leader Paris Saint-Germain hosted Lyon.
Balogun equalized with a penalty in the 59th minute after being knocked over by
goalkeeper Donovan Lon when trying to go around him. Former Barcelona
midfielder Ansu Fati got Monaco's other goal with a low drive from the edge of
the penalty area three minutes earlier.
Midfielder Kvin Danois put the visitors ahead with a volley from the edge of
the penalty area in the 11th, and striker Lassine Sinayoko made it 2-0 in the
33rd when his shot squirmed under the body of goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky.
Monaco is two points behind fourth-place Marseille, which lost 2-0 at Lorient
on Saturday for a third defeat in four games, which prompted a scathing attack
on the players from the club's sporting director.
Auxerre is in 16th place, the relegation-promotion playoff spot against the
side finishing third in Ligue 2.
In Sunday's other matches, Strasbourg hosted Champions League-chasing Rennes,
rock-bottom Metz faced Paris FC and lowly Nantes played Brest.
In Friday's game, second-placed Lens rallied from 2-0 down to beat Toulouse 3-2.
___
AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
