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Thierry Henry's successor gets off to disappointing start as Monaco suffer shoot-out heartbreak

Leonardo Jardim’s second spell in charge of the club began with a Coupe de la Ligue semi-final defeat to Guingamp.

GUINGAMP CAME FROM behind to draw 2-2 with 10-man Monaco before clinching a dramatic victory on penalties in Tuesday’s Coupe de la Ligue semi-final, as Leonardo Jardim endured a disappointing return to the Principality club.

Monaco, who appointed Jardim for his second spell as coach after sacking Thierry Henry on Friday, raced into a 2-0 lead despite having loanee midfielder William Vainqueur sent off.

Rony Lopes and Aleksandr Golovin found the net for the visitors but Guingamp improved dramatically in the second half and levelled through Alexandre Mendy and Marcus Thuram.

Marcus Coco held his nerve to score the winning penalty for Guingamp as Monaco’s nightmare season continues, and Jardim must now pick his players up before they face Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Saturday.

Vainqueur was booked for a two-footed challenge on Thuram after 10 minutes but the referee consulted VAR before producing a red card and sending the former Roma playmaker off.

But eight minutes later Monaco were ahead when sloppy Guingamp defending allowed Gelson Martins to maraud into the box before squaring through a crowd of players to Lopes, who had time to control the ball, flick it up and acrobatically volley it over his shoulder into the bottom-left corner.

The 10 men doubled their advantage when Lopes launched a fast break from his own half and Martins burst away before teeing up Golovin, who flashed a shot high into the net inside the near post.

The second half had barely begun when Mendy took advantage of a loose ball and slotted it low beyond Danijel Subasic from inside the box, and the equaliser followed 10 minutes later when the superb Thuram turned Martins and hooked a superb finish into the top-right corner from 20 yards.

Guingamp attacked for much of the remaining 35 minutes but Monaco held on for a shoot-out that saw substitute Sofiane Diop hit the crossbar, allowing Coco to step up for the winner and prompt scenes of jubilation around the Stade de Roudourou.

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    Jan 31st 2019, 1:11 AM

    2 La Ligas in a decade that sound like the best team of the decade?

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    Jan 31st 2019, 3:48 AM

    To be fair 4 champions leagues in the last 5 years. As horrible a club like Real Madrid are in how their fans repeatedly boo their own players, treat their managers and truly believe they are above normal footballing rules as is standard across the board just because they are Real Madrid they are the best team of the last decade but Pepe is entitled to his opinion…maybe his view is biased with his Barca links as Mick McCarthy maybe be biased in how he views Gary Breen as one of the best Irish players that has ever walked the planet :-)

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    Jan 31st 2019, 5:23 AM

    @Patrick McHugh: we all dream of a team of Gary breens a team of Gary Breens a team of Gary Breens

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    Jan 31st 2019, 5:40 AM

    @Patrick McHugh: Guardiola is trolling of course. Barca have a superior league record recently but Real is also the first team to reach 4500 points in La Liga … the fans do boo players and it’s a shock for some to witness it but it only happens when they reckon the player isn’t giving a 100% effort , or is putting himself above the club . There are no sacred cows . And the results speak for themselves as does the fact that most players dream of playing for them … don’t write them off just yet in CL either . Ajax is the next rival up , a lot of injuries are clearing up and the fitness levels are back to where they should be after Lopeteguis departure .. it’s unlikely they’ll do a comeback in La Liga but the CL is still a strong option and let’s see what happens in Copa del Rey tonight

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    Jan 31st 2019, 7:05 AM

    @Limón Madrugada: Visca Girona!!

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    Jan 31st 2019, 7:25 AM

    @Karlos McGrath: let’s see what happens , won’t be an easy game but Real seem to have found their scoring boots at last . Hala Madrid !

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    Jan 31st 2019, 8:48 AM

    @Limón Madrugada: To be fair to pep, he clearly thinks that winning the league consistently over the last ten years is a bigger feat than the CL.
    And in that regard, Barca have dominated.

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    Jan 31st 2019, 1:03 PM

    @Margarita Huanca: he clearly doesn’t because he signed for Bayern to win the CL for them , ultimately they didn’t need him to win their domestic league … similarly he signed for Man City who won leagues without him but are still way off a CL ..

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    Jan 31st 2019, 1:37 PM

    @Limón Madrugada: True lad, but he did specify the domestic league when making this statement.
    And to be honest, I think he has a point.

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    Jan 31st 2019, 2:11 PM

    @Limón Madrugada: found this, didn’t think the all time record was that even https://www.goal.com/en/news/real-madrid-barcelona-clasico-record-head-to-head/hxdm74dgfby81w9bsiejduy05

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    Jan 31st 2019, 4:46 PM

    @Dave O Keeffe: who did you expect to be further ahead ??

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    Jan 31st 2019, 4:52 PM

    @Margarita Huanca: no he did not , he said ‘every year they win , the leagues , the cups’ so why do 4 of the last 5 CL not count ?
    It’s a league ( of sorts) and a CUP … not to mention Real did the treble two years ago … and have been World club champions meanwhile too .. Guardiola is deliberately omitting Real Madrid , which in the end is a backhanded compliment … he’s a bitter and resentful man sometimes beneath his superficial saintly image

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    Feb 1st 2019, 12:46 AM

    @Limón Madrugada: thought Real would be ahead by a good bit

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