Monaco 3–0 SC Freiburg: goals from Brunner, Camara and Fati
Monaco beat SC Freiburg 3–0 in Matchday 2 of the Conference League. They scored the first goal in first-half stoppage time and added two more in the 83rd minute and at the start of second-half stoppage time.
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Three goals in three phases of the game
Paris Brunner opened the scoring in the 45+2nd minute. After an individual run he lobbed Max Rosenfelder, with the assist credited to Edan Diop. In the 83rd minute Lamine Camara fired in the rebound after Mio Backhaus saved Ansu Fati's shot, which came after a quick counter-attack. Fati wrapped up the scoring himself in the 90+1st minute, scoring from a penalty. The assist was credited to Matthis Abline. The statistics show the result did not come from the number of attempts. Freiburg had 12 shots to Monaco's 11, and corners were 11 to 6 to Freiburg. Freiburg also had 52% possession to Monaco's 48%. The difference was in accuracy: Monaco hit the target seven times, Freiburg only once.
Schuster on a poor start, Engelhardt injury
Freiburg coach Julian Schuster admitted after the match that his team did not start the game as planned. He said they lacked energy, which in his view allowed Monaco to dominate. They also lost a player early. The club said Yannik Engelhardt left the pitch in the 15th minute after a painful fall on his hip in an aerial duel. Patrick Osterhage replaced him.
Praise for Camara and a clean sheet
Filipe Luís praised Lamine Camara's performance and stressed that the player still surprises him. Monaco kept a clean sheet for the first time since August. They have not yet lost a match in European competition this season. Freiburg, meanwhile, lost their first match in this competition.
