Monaco snatched victory from Strasbourg after Golovin's replacement

Monaco football club defeated Strasbourg in the third round of the French championship. The match took place on August 31 and ended with a score of 3:2.

Magnes Aklius scored goals for Monaco in the 6th minute, Folarin Balogun in the 48th and Takumi Minamino in the 90th+6th minute. The Japanese midfielder replaced the Russian football player Alexander Golovin.

He has played three matches for Monaco this season, and scored his last goal in the French championship back in January. He hardly played the second half of last season due to injury. After this victory, Monaco occupies the fourth position in the standings.

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Following the results of the Champions League qualification play-off matches held on Wednesday, August 27, all the teams that qualified for the main round of the 2025/2026 season tournament became known. The teams Qarabag, Benfica, Brugge and Copenhagen won their matches, thus they advanced to the group stage of the tournament. The day before, the last three football clubs were added to them: Bude-Glimt, Kairat and Paphos.

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