The Sparta conquerors are haunted by incredible bad luck! See why Monaco won’t play in the Champions League

From clear dominance over Sparta to misery, Monaco are experiencing a horrific start to the season that is shrouded in incredible bad luck. Anyone who says that chance (luck) doesn’t play a significant role in football basically doesn’t know why they love the sport. The proof of these words is the Monaco misfortune of the last few weeks!

In the 3rd round of the Champions League, Monaco clearly swept away Sparta Prague. The overall result after two games? 5: 1 in favour of the princely team. Coach Pavel Vrba acknowledged that the opponent from the French Ligue 1 is far above the strength of the team, but what hasn’t happened?

The domestically lauded opponent, which the mainstream media has been slowly fitting into the role of a total big club, is stumbling both in domestic competition and in Europe. On the other hand, it has to be admitted that the football god simply stands against Monaco.

In Ligue 1, Monaco is in penultimate place after three games, with a single point. Before we look at what knocked Niko Kovac’s charges out of the Champions League, let’s recall a frustrating moment from the league game against Lens.

Lens played about half an hour shorthanded and Monaco was about to make one of the last attacks, but the stopper tripped instead of passing and Lens eventually increased to 2: 0.

Even more bad luck came in the Champions League playoff rematch against Shakhtar Donetsk. Monaco were playing their best game of the season by all accounts and then this happened!

The Ukrainian side won the opening game in the Principality of Monaco 1: 0 and Monaco had to catch up in the rematch. The team from the Principality was on top at half-time, leading the Ukraine 2: 0. However, Shakhtar managed to reduce the deficit in the 74th minute and it went into extra time. In it, this incredible homecoming fell and Shakhtar rejoiced in their promotion to the millionaire competition.

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