Mission accomplished, contract fulfilled for Sochaux! The Yellow and Blue are in the 8th round of the French Cup. Logic respected this Saturday in the cold of the Jean Laville stadium in Gueugnon with a 3-1 victory. Goals from Mendes, Lecolier in the first period, and Gnanduillet in the very last minute. Deserved qualification, without shaking too much except perhaps when the Forgerons came back to 2 to 1 at the start of the second half. But with mastery, the FCSM therefore passes this 7th round without incident against the last of National 3, and will challenge UF Mâcon in the next round, an opponent surely even tougher.
???? the reaction of Karim Mokeddem, Sochaux coach : “It’s positive because, in the cup, we have to qualify. We shouldn’t have made any missteps. We unfortunately conceded this goal 2-1, they gave us more than a hard time and I think that they are not far from the equalizer in the last quarter of an hour, even if we have to kill the match before I think After the performance, I am a little burned by the second half because I think. that we must do much better in controlling of the match, and it’s a real shame. It’s our guilty pleasure of the championship. It is often us who give the ball to the opponent to concede chances. And again, in this match, there are five or six situations where we lose balls that we should not lose and in fact, we offer the opponent the possibility of scoring. And so on this, we really need to progress because it’s annoying. However, in the cup, what we remember is the qualification. That’s the most important thing.”
???? the reaction of Kevin Hoggas, Sochaux midfielder : “We ensured qualification, that’s the main thing. But yes, I think we had a coherent first half, leading by 2 goals at halftime. We would have liked to make the match a little easier in the second by scoring the third, but they also came back with other intentions, and disturbed us a little more, notably with this goal. Despite everything, we remained quite solid and airtight. And then we tried to regain the ball. They were brave and tried to score the second goal. But I think we managed the end of the match well with this third goal from Armand at the very end of the match. Contract completed, we move on to the next round. It would be a shame if we had a gap in the calendar. And then we know that before Christmas, we would potentially have a chance to win a Ligue 1 perhaps at home. So not having a nice present before Christmas? But we have the lead right now in the championship.”
UF Mâcon in the 8th round
And in the 8th round, the FCSM will travel again to Saône-et-Loire, this time on the field of UF Mâcon, also a N3 club but 6th in its championship, and relegated from N2, the original club of Antoine Griezmann, his father is also its president. Before that, return to the championship this Friday in Bonal against Villefranche-sur-Saône, penultimate in the ranking.
