On 16 February, one of the matches in the Europa League took place. Bayer Leverkusen and Monaco France met.
Europa League
"Bayer (Leverkusen ) v Monaco (France) - 2:3 (0-1)
Goals: Diaby (48), F. Wirtz (59) - Gradecki (9), Diatta (74), Disasi (90+2)
Warnings: Edmond Tapsoba (14), F. Wirtz (50), Mohamed Kamara (63), A. Adli (63), Maripan (84), Diatta (90+7)
The game between Bayer Leverkusen and Monaco ended with a thrilling 2-3 draw. In the 9th minute, Monaco opened the scoring after a goal by Leverkusen goalkeeper L. Gradecki. In the 14th minute, Bayer Leverkusen's E. Tapsoba was given a yellow card. The first half ended with the score 1-0 in favour of Monaco. At the beginning of the second half, both teams changed their line-ups. Monaco's T. In Monaco, T. Minamino was replaced by E. Ben Segir and Bayer Leverkusen made their first substitution of the day: M. Diaby was replaced by A. Adli.
In the 48th minute, M. Diaby managed to level the score to 1-1, and four minutes later, F. Wirtz scored the second goal for the Leverkusen side. Monaco responded with attacking substitutions: B. Embolo and W. Ben Yedder, A. Golovin and I. Jacobs, M. Kamara and E. Matazzo, R. Aguilar and K. Matsima. Diatta managed to reduce the gap and scored a 2-2 goal in the 74th minute, and six minutes before the half-time whistle, A. Disasi scored Monaco's third goal. In the final minutes of the game, both teams received yellow cards - Monaco's G. Maripane in the 84th minute and Leverkusen's A. Adli in the 63rd minute. The game ended with Monaco taking one point away from the BayArena.
In the next round, Monaco will face Bayer and Monaco will face Bayer.
Bayer vs Monaco match statistics:
| Bayer | Monaco | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 15 | Shots | 10 |
| 1 | Blocked kicks | 3 |
| 8 | Kicks from the penalty area | 6 |
| 7 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 4 |
| 10 | Offences | 6 |
| 2 | Corner | 4 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 53% | Possession of the ball | 47% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3 | Safeties by goalkeeper | 6 |
| 583 | Total assists | 508 |
| 487 | Accurate passes | 404 |
| 84% | Accuracy of transmissions | 80% |