Espaly valiant in the second half
Oddly enough, the second half was evenly balanced between the two teams. Nobody seems to have the advantage. Despite a numerical advantage, the Espaviots fail to appear dangerous. Worse, it was even Dijon who opened the scoring in the 70th minute of play. On a shift from Meyer, Lembezat deceived the Altiligère goalkeeper. Cruel, the two Dijonnais wore the colors… of Puy Foot before going to Burgundy.
But in this Coupe de France, Espaly-Saint-Marcel shows heart. The players don't give up. And less than three minutes after Dijon opened the score, Kevin Cjieci scored the equalizing goal. The Viouzou stands up as one man. Hope is reborn. The end of the meeting is lively. The actions follow one another. But neither team manages to make the difference. Espaly-Saint-Marcel and Dijon will therefore be decided on penalties.
In this game, after an interminable session, Espaly-Saint-Marcel eliminates Dijon. Final score: 4-3 on penalties. “ The reward for all the work done by the boys since the end of August » according to Lionel Vaillant, the Espaviots coach. The party is great at Viouzou, President Christian Perbet says to himself “ very moved » by this qualification. Mouad Aït-Boulaalam, one of the best Espaviots this evening, is fully enjoying this qualification. “ Even at 1-0, we didn't give up, the coach told us not to give up, it worked ».
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