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00:00Four titles, it is Saint-Etienne and Paris Saint-Germain, the current champions of Ligue 1.
00:06A difficult game for them, Jason Gatier-Lachsonneau going into the pitch.
00:16Underway at the Stade, Geoffroy Guichard.
00:20It feels like a must win for both sides.
00:23As Saint-Etienne look to avoid relegation and Monaco try and return to the Liga McDonald's podium.
00:35Already early, Strasbourg beating a much-changed Paris Saint-Germain side 2-1.
00:41Mika Birettu, forward Balogun finds Takumi Miramino.
00:46And there's certainly a lot of menace in this early attack!
00:49And it's a simple tap-in for Magnus Aglius.
00:56The Karate Kid putting Le Monegasque in, took it for answers.
01:02But this was quick, quick and slick from Monaco.
01:08Takumi Miramino laying it to Kyle Enrique.
01:12And it was a very calm pick-out that saw Aglius in a position where he could not miss.
01:23So 72nd goal conceded by Sante, but they could be in here for an equaliser!
01:35And it's just crept past the post!
01:38Well, agonizingly close to an equaliser.
01:41Lovely ball down the line for Erwin Cardona!
01:46And if you clock up the misses, he's had of late.
01:51Sante could have started this game out of the bottom two.
01:56And it was mentioned in the summer to get the players to play that football better.
02:03The following, Balogun gets an angled shot by the Sonat with an easy save.
02:09Nice play, just wouldn't run for Balogun, but Sante have to be a bit careful.
02:18Plenty of red and white shirts hovering around, and now there's space for Aglius.
02:23And in the end, Teze decided...
02:25Four goals, both doubles, on this grind.
02:30But Aglius is now in for his own double, if not for Asana.
02:35Givin away cheaply, and he was suddenly in.
02:42Tried to go under La Sona.
02:47Sante's captain, with a big save.
02:49...of often, for others.
02:52Teze.
02:54Oh, early ball to...
02:56...for a Balogun!
02:58Fires it across, before the flag goes up.
03:01We'll find out soon enough, as the halftime whistle sounds.
03:13Monaco suffering at the end of the first half, but having to win.
03:171-0 after 45 minutes of play.
03:20We thought it was going to be an interesting game.
03:21Aglius with a minute to go.
03:23Back underway.
03:32Monaco with a precious lead.
03:35Saint-Etienne desperate to cut it out.
03:41The match.
03:41I'll take it short.
03:42Aglius back to the taker.
03:45Zakaria, and it's headed down and over.
03:48What a chance for Brielle Mbolo.
03:54Well-worked short corner.
03:57Jordan Teze, with a wicked delivery.
04:01Brielle Mbolo.
04:02And Agua, making sure it didn't suddenly become a ball attack for the Irish.
04:06But suddenly, David Tajmiliano goal.
04:09He's got two supporting, and he's missed the target.
04:12He had Wazi and Cardona begging for it.
04:18Well, it was suddenly the Georgian speedster charging in on goal.
04:27But he never looked like looking elsewhere.
04:32And despite 15 goal involvements, missing his goals, missing his threat.
04:39Gerekwa, lovely ball right in the corner.
04:43Damatashvili, touch, fired in!
04:46Oh, it's quite magnificent!
04:48He missed a massive chance.
05:04When they had a three on two.
05:05Damatashvili with his ninth of the season.
05:12And it is quite spectacular.
05:15Gerekwa, one touch to set it up.
05:19Another to fire it up and over Philipp Kohn.
05:25Sonté.
05:27A back row.
05:28The energy of the stage of Gisha.
05:32They've also got to make sure it's not extinguished.
05:36Minamino blocked.
05:37But it falls for Al Masrati!
05:40Oh, it's ended up!
05:41Back in the net!
05:44And just when Sonté began to dream,
05:50it's a Monaco substitute who has doused the flames over Chaudron.
05:56Well, it was a wonderful ball forward.
06:06Balogun kept it in, kept it alive.
06:09Minamino blocked by Nade.
06:12But then look at that from Denis Zakaria.
06:14He got a touch.
06:19They just laid it into the path.
06:22And the deflection.
06:25Completely wrong-footing Lassona.
06:29And Sonté.
06:31A huge goal.
06:34And a massive response from the Monégasque.
06:36And a first Liga McDonald's goal for Al.
06:41And a 2-1 lead.
06:46Just over 12 minutes remaining.
06:48Plus stoppage time at Balogun.
06:50The flag stays down.
06:52And that is game set match, surely.
06:57He's had such a tough time of it.
07:02But the American international.
07:07Just his seventh start of the season.
07:09Hugely interrupted by injury.
07:13On course for a fourth goal of the season.
07:16Just the first of 2025.
07:19But the question will be, was he offside?
07:31But Arizona certainly hopes so.
07:37Balogun with his.
07:39But it shows how tight it is in the table.
07:42And he can't afford not to win.
07:45And Zakaria's effort hits the top of the net.
07:51For Saint-Etienne.
07:52And they want to keep fighting.
07:56Because a goal could reignite the contest.
07:59But Wajji couldn't keep his header down.
08:03It is a vital victory.
08:06In Monaco's hunt for the Champions League.
08:09Solonico gets the three points they needed.