2024-01-06 23:54:18
The Lion roars again. On the verge of disappearance this summer, Sochaux is still breathing and rebuilding itself in National (5th at the break). The Coupe de France offered him a nice return to the spotlight. In a Bonal stadium on fire (12,947 spectators), Oswald Tanchot’s players eliminated Lorient (2-1). During the victory lap, there was emotion and pride, as if all these last months of suffering had suddenly been erased. For Lorient, 17th in L1 and who had been ridiculed (4-0) in Brest before the break, the year begins as the previous one ended.
If Régis Le Bris’ team opened the scoring in the first period with young Aurélien Pelon, his first professional match (0-1, 35th), Sochaux didn’t give up. Returning in the 66th minute, Issouf Macalou took on the hero’s costume. His center first finds Alex Daho who equalizes (1-1, 70th). Then at the start of added time, the former Red Star striker transformed without trembling, with a shot into the top corner, the penalty awarded for a foul on Koffi (2-1, 90th + 1). Madness could seize Bonal who chanted the name of coach Oswald Tanchot after this feat. A deserved qualification in view of the performance achieved, particularly in the second period by this young Sochaux team (4 players under 20 lined up).
“I’m so happy to see these people happy”
“It’s good that we’re talking about this club again, and on a sporting level,” underlined Oswald Tanchot at a press conference. . Either way, this season will be extraordinary. If in addition, we can add a little run in the Coupe de France… This morning, I was a little offended when I saw an article on Sochaux, which talked about shareholding again. I would have liked us to talk about my players, about these boys. On the bench, I was starting to cry. I was very moved this evening. I’m so happy to see these people happy. The emotion, the communion with the public, it was grandiose. All those people who came after the holidays, I would like to thank them. It’s a dream start for us in 2024, we are very happy to offer this qualification to all the followers of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, it also extends the beautiful period that we are all experiencing together. »
In the other 6 p.m. matches this Saturday, there were no other surprises. The L1 clubs enforced logic. Strasbourg did not tremble (4-0) in Tours against Avoine-Chinon (N2) and Montpellier won (2-1) in Amiens (L2).
If Dunkirk (L2) passed (3-2) to Saint-Omer (R1), Bordeaux had to wait for the penalty shootout (4-2, 1-1) to get rid of the Entente SSG (N3) . Finally, Châteauroux (National) who had equalized (2-2) in the 90th + 6, also qualified on penalties (4-3) against Herbiers (N2) finalists of the 2018 edition against PSG.
Finally, Nice had to wait for penalties to defeat Auxerre (0-0, 4-2 on the tabs).
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