Folarin Balogun at AS Monaco

BTW it was 0-0, so I have no idea why I wrote 1-1... so there we are.

 

USMNT Otaku on x is reporting that Balo is back in training.

 

🚨 | Hütter fait le point sur la blessure de Balogun:

«Il a fait l’échauffement aujourd’hui. Il a besoin de temps mais il est sur le bon chemin. Ça paraît bon pour l’instant mais il faut être prudent. Il semble qu’il pourrait revenir plus tôt [que prévu].» #ASMonaco pic.twitter.com/ZvRTNRJIHF

— Luke Entwistle (@LukeEntwistle) October 25, 2024

"He did the warm-up today. He needs time but he's on the right track. It looks good so far but we have to be careful. It looks like he might come back earlier [than expected]." #ASMonaco

 

Monaco are 3 points behind PSG (albeit with a huge goal differential disparity) with both head-to-head matches still to play. They also currently occupy one of the automatic advancing positions in the CL table.

 

👥 Le 𝗫𝗜 𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗲́𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 🆚 @SLBenfica

🌟 @ChampionsLeague

‣ #ASMSLB pic.twitter.com/DSG1Y1SZjI

— AS Monaco 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco) November 27, 2024

Made the bench in the Champions League - potential return from injury today?

 

A goal today too

 

Off the bench:

Changements côté monégasque :

🟢 Salisu & Balogun
🔴 Ben Seghir & Embolo

63' | 1️⃣-1️⃣ #ASMSLB

— AS Monaco 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco) November 27, 2024

He's been very active and dangerous.

Down to 10 men. Benfica just equalized at 2-2.

86th minute.

Match is streaming on Pluto TV.

ETA: Oops... make that trailing 3-2.

 

Starting today!

 

balogun's interception and hockey assist for monaco's go ahead goalpic.twitter.com/ZnGgkNyIDK

— twofeetelite (@twofeetelite) December 1, 2024

Nice interception

 

Troubles never come singly …

“Monaco forward Folarin Balogun may be forced back to the sideline after aggravating a shoulder injury in Sunday's 2-1 defeat to Marseille.

The U.S. men's national team forward was withdrawn from the game at Marseille after 68 minutes, with Monaco manager Adi Hütter revealing at a press conference Thursday that he took a blow during the match at the Stade Vélodrome.

“Against OM, he took a hit from (Leonardo) Balerdi in the first half and it was a bit painful," Hütter said, adding that the 23-year-old was in doubt for Saturday's league match against Toulouse.”

 

Why they always got to mess up our yankapoloozas?

 

It's being reported that Flo will be out 8-10 weeks for shoulder surgery.

 

Jeez..

 

It's wild how short-sighted football clubs are. Maybe let an injury heal before rushing a guy back and losing him for even longer.