After the defeat against Cahors and the elimination on penalties in the Coupe d'Occitanie by Mazamet, the home record deserved to be improved for Saint-Sulpice. The Figeac reception on Saturday was an excellent opportunity for this. Charef Chaouch's men achieved this goal in front of their home crowd. After only eight minutes of play, they managed to open the scoring. Ideally launched deep on the right side, Bissainthe clears his opponent and sends a cross to Embonda. The latter's recovery deceives the opposing goalkeeper (1-0, 8). The Tarnais will then pass the second to quickly double the stake. The balls pricked on the wings make the Lotois defense suffer, without it bending.
Little worried, the USSS was nevertheless caught cold on a counter-attack: Da Costa was served behind the defense and won his duel with Chapellier to equalize. Figeac then moved into the home half and logically doubled the lead before half-time. Banderier takes a cross with his head and gives his team the advantage (1-2, 38th).
Thanks for the set pieces
Returning from the locker room, the Saint-Sulpiciens will not give up but they will have difficulty creating chances. And will need a one-handed penalty to finally find the net after the hour mark (Henider: 2-2, 68th). Galvanized by this equalization, the locals will score a third goal almost immediately. On an eccentric free kick on the right, Bissainthe magnificently brushes his ball and delivers his own (3-2, 70th). The tension builds minute after minute. Figeac tried to equalize, but came up against Chapellier's gloves or his defenders several times. Saint-Sulpice finally has its first success at home.
“It feels good, breathes the Saint-Sulpician technician Charef Chaouch. The first home match was a defeat. We had to re-motivate the troops with the objective of being nasty at home. very important for the rest of the championship. We absolutely needed the three points. We were resilient and we went for this victory in pain, but it matters a lot for our future in this championship.
