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Commentary
2¹A refined pass from PRAET was placed goalbound by GERMAIN only for the 'keeper to claw away.
5¹A fine ball from MORENO on the left bobbled toward RUBÉN who scuffed his shot over.
8¹KOSCIELNY waltzed round ABDENNOUR and stabbed a tame shot into the crowd.
9¹FELIPE MELO worked the ball to NIMANI, FAUBERT gathered his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
15¹TIÉNÉ snapped at an easy chance.
27¹GOAL!! A delightful ball from PRAET left FAUBERT in the clear, he made CASILLA commit himself before nudging the ball to NIMANI to score. (1-0 Monaco)
33¹Uncertainty in the Zaragoza defence enabled PRAET to volley the ball inches wide.
36¹PRAET made space on the left and dragged the ball to TIÉNÉ who touched the ball over.
38¹GOAL!! A great solo effort from FELIPE MELO who beat a number of defenders before striking the ball into the net. (2-0 Monaco)
43¹NIMANI fired a left foot shot inches over from twenty-five yards out.
5²The bemused CASILLA could only watch as a backpass from BEN ARFA fell just over.
6²GOAL!! A shot from GERMAIN deflected off the legs of MANUEL PABLO and raced past the helpless CASILLA and into the net. (3-0 Monaco)
10²A weak shot from ADRIÁN trickled agonisingly wide.
13²A penalty box scramble resulted in TIÉNÉ cracking a low shot wide.
16²A lovely effort from FELIPE MELO scraped the upright.
17²GOAL!! An outswinging corner booted out by DERVITE was placed into the net by BEN ARFA. (3-1 Monaco)
18²A cross from FELIPE MELO left NIMANI in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
25²CASILLA dived to his right to save an accurate drive from Monaco's PRAET.
32²RUBÉN headed inches over.
33²FAUBERT floated the ball to GERMAIN who touched it over the bar.
38²FAUBERT ran onto a wonderful ball from PRAET but fumbled his effort wide of the goal.
41²GOAL!! A dubious penalty was awarded to Monaco, after MORENO had fouled GERMAIN which NIMANI easily converted. (4-1 Monaco)
43²A accurate pass bobbled toward FAUBERT and his deadly effort flew narrowly wide.
45²BÉRIA was put clear by DERVITE and he pulled away from CASILLA but drilled his shot wide.

 
Zaragoza
 
League position: 20
Home league form: OXWW
Overall league form: OLXLLWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Francisco CASILLA4½16 Anthony LOPES
MANUEL PABLO García6½28 Serge AURIER
Aymen ABDENNOUR6½36 Siaka TIÉNÉ
MARCELINHO PARAÍBA7 46½Francis COQUELIN
Héctor MORENO7 57 Laurent KOSCIELNY(c)
Wes BROWN6 67 Dorian DERVITE
Mauro ZÁRATE6½77 Julien FAUBERT
Hatem BEN ARFA6 86½Dennis PRAET
(p)Giorgos SAMARAS6½96½Frédéric NIMANI(p)
(f)ADRIÁN Lopez5½107 FELIPE MELO(f)
(c)RUBÉN Castro7 116½Valère GERMAIN
Manager
CANI  12  Serge GAKPÉ
Sergei PESYAKOV  13  Charles-Hubert ITANDJE
ÓSCAR Javier  146 Franck BÉRIA
Ilya MAKSIMOV6 15  François CLERC
MARCELO de MATTOS Terra  16  Mamadou SAMASSA
 
Monaco
 
League position: 11
Away league form: XLWL
Overall league form: LXWOLXWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Zaragoza 1 Monaco 4
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 33,435, Stadium: La Romareda, Referee: Alfredo Trentalange 5½)

Ben Arfa 17²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Nimani 27¹, Felipe Melo 38¹, Manuel Pablo 6² (og), Nimani 41² (pen)
ZárateóMaksimov 33²CoquelinóBéria 27²
  
  
16
2317
42
17
313
420
03
39%61%
Man of the match: Serge Aurier