Eliesse "Maestro" Ben Seghir is MVP of the win in Rennes | OneFootball

Often at the start of actions and author of two assists in an important victory against Stade Rennais (1-2), the attacking midfielder trained at the Academy was elected man of the match by the fans on the AS Monaco App.

He has been shining brightly in recent weeks. He has already been named man of the match twice in the league (in Lyon and Le Havre) and MVP of the month of August, Eliesse Ben Seghir made headlines again during the win against Rennes this weekend (1-2). A starter alongside Taki’, the Monegasque number 7 was in fact a key player for AS Monaco.

Coming alive on set pieces 🎯

It’s quite simple, in 70 minutes of play, he was first of all the second Rouge et Blanc with the most touches in total (59). Being at the origin of all the good chances, it was first of all him who put the ball on to the head of Thilo Kehrer from the start on a corner (0-1, 6th)! It was his first assist of the season in Ligue 1 this season… shortly before the second. Indeed, while Rennes quickly came back into the match (1-1, 12th), Eliesse would once again light up the match with his vision.

I saw Folarin's preferences for making runs and I know his qualities, so I put it hard in to his feet, and I knew he would get on to it and put the ball in the back of the net.

Eliesse Ben SeghirOn his assist for Folarin Balogun

Two sublime passes… and almost a goal! ⛳

It is indeed he who saw the run of Folarin Balogun in behind the defence, and sent in a laser pass for the American international, who converted this offering with a magnificent chipped effort (1-2, 22′)!

It was a second high-quality assist for the man who has already scored two goals in the league. But the gem from the La Diagonale academy didn’t stop there, because after the break, it was only Steve Mandanda’s crossbar that kept out his attempt from outside the area (49′).

Involved defensively as well 💪

Sharp in attack, the Moroccan international, called up again for the October break, was not stingy with his defensive efforts either. Before coming off in the 70th minute of play, he would indeed recover two balls and succeed in his four attempted tackles.

It’s thanks to them that we enjoy being on the field and that we give our all. We must always thank them and we are very happy that they are always behind us!

Eliesse Ben SeghirOn the Monégasque away end

It was a match of constant investment for the man who, at 19 years and 232 days old, became the third youngest AS Monaco player to provide two assist in a Ligue 1 match since Opta began collecting this data (2006-2007). All this after…… Kylian Mbappé (18 years and 145 days against Lille in May 2017) and Serge Gakpé (19 years and 112 days against Sedan in August 2006).

In l’Équipe’s Team of the Week and a third MVP! 🏅

Involved in five goals in his last 8 Ligue 1 matches with AS Monaco (3 goals, 2 assists), Eliesse will even allow himself the luxury of being graded an  8 in the national sports daily. And this was also with appearing in the Team of the Round for the 7th matchday, along with three other Monegasques: Thilo Kehrer, Folarin Balogun and coach Adi Hütter !

It is therefore just as logical that he won the title of MVP of the match with 74% of the votes of the supporters on the AS Monaco App. Daghe Eliesse! 🇲🇨

*In parentheses, the number of match MVPs won during the season