AS Monaco - Vieri’s Acrobatics in Vain for Monaco

Tuesday, February 21 2006 at 15:32

Monaco, Feb 08: Ederson's late header was enough for Nice to win 1-0 at Monaco on Tuesday (February 7) and send them through to the French League Cup Final.

Both sides had chances to win it but the Brazilian substitute steered Sebastian Roudet's cross past Guillaume Warmuz with two minutes of normal time left to settle the tie.

Monaco's Italian striker Christian Vieri had come closest to breaking the deadlock but his acrobatic effort crashed back off the crossbar.

Monaco hosted local rivals Nice in the semi-finals of the French League Cup on Tuesday night at the Stade Louis II.

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