{"id":288736,"date":"2023-09-23T21:49:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T21:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=288736"},"modified":"2023-09-23T21:49:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T21:49:26","slug":"usa-star-folarin-balogun-speaks-out-after-his-nightmare-monaco-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/usa-star-folarin-balogun-speaks-out-after-his-nightmare-monaco-game\/","title":{"rendered":"USA star Folarin Balogun speaks out after his NIGHTMARE Monaco game"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>USA star Folarin Balogun speaks out after Monaco NIGHTMARE &#8211; where he missed TWO penalties before Nice scored a 90th minute winner in Friday&#8217;s French league game<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Folarin Balogun had a night to forget in Monaco&#8217;s loss to Nice on Friday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The USA striker missed two penalties before his team were beaten 1-0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Folarin Balogun has spoken out on his Monaco nightmare on Friday night, where the USA striker missed two penalties as his new team lost 1-0 to Nice.<\/p>\n<p>To add insult to injury, Nice&#8217;s goal came in the last minute of the game after their new star striker twice failed to score from the penalty spot in the French league game.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to X on Saturday, Balogun wrote: &#8216;It is difficult to turn the page on last nights defeat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I know how much this game meant to the fans and us a team. I take responsibility but failed on this occasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I will always believe in myself and my focus is to make it right and help us all reach our objectives!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/20\/75747639-12553241-Folarin_Balogun_missed_two_penalties_in_a_nightmare_full_debut_f-a-1_1695497656734.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Folarin Balogun missed two penalties in a nightmare full debut for his new club Monaco<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/20\/75747645-12553241-Balogun_first_stepped_up_from_the_spot_just_12_minutes_into_his_-a-2_1695497659653.jpg\" height=\"370\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Balogun first stepped up from the spot just 12 minutes into his first start for the French team<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/20\/75747641-12553241-But_he_could_not_find_a_way_past_Bulka_for_a_second_time_coming_-a-3_1695497663560.jpg\" height=\"352\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He later could not find a way past Bulka for a second time, coming as a huge frustration<\/p>\n<p>To add insult to injury, Monaco would have moved top of the French league standings with a win and instead is currently second to Nice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Balogun missed his first penalty 12 minutes into the game against Nice, with goalkeeper Marcin Bulka comfortably saving the effort.<\/p>\n<p>However, things soon went from bad to worse for Balogun when Monaco were awarded another penalty 10 minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n<p>After displaying courage in stepping up to the spot for a second time having already been denied, the former Arsenal star&#8217;s braveness was not rewarded when Bulka kept his penalty out once again.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Balogun has scored once in three games for his new team after his $26million move to the French team last month from Premier League side Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The striker also scored once for USA in the recent friendly game against Oman, which his team won 4-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His next chance to make amends comes next Saturday when Monaco host Marseille.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Monaco coach Adi Hutter said after the game: &#8216;[Balogun] was unlucky tonight. He is also very frustrated. He is a young striker and he will help us in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We will help him bounce back, but we win together and we lose together.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12553241\/USA-star-Folarin-Balogun-speaks-Monaco-NIGHTMARE-missed-TWO-penalties-Nice-scored-90th-minute-winner-Fridays-French-league-game.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA star Folarin Balogun speaks out after Monaco NIGHTMARE &#8211; where he missed TWO penalties before Nice scored a 90th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>USA star Folarin Balogun speaks out after his NIGHTMARE Monaco game - Sports Love Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/usa-star-folarin-balogun-speaks-out-after-his-nightmare-monaco-game\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"USA star Folarin Balogun speaks out after his NIGHTMARE Monaco game - Sports Love Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"USA star Folarin Balogun speaks out after Monaco NIGHTMARE &#8211; 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