Opposed to the Sochaux lion cubs (L2) for their entry into contention in the Coupe de France, the Stéphanois lost 1 goal to 0. Finalist last year, Saint-Étienne took the door in the first round. Hopeless…
The defender, precious with his head game, a little more in difficulty with the ball at the foot, offered the opening of the scoring to the Sochaliens on a plateau, after a big individual error (5th).
If ASSE then pushed, the technical weakness displayed this evening prevented the Greens from returning to the score. Mehdi Jeannin, the opposing goalkeeper, made a point-blank stop in front of Zaydou Youssouf (73rd) then was replaced by a defender on his line, on a shot from the same Zaydou Youssouf (87th).
The referee also forgot a blatant penalty on a Sochaux hand in the area (78th). But it would be too easy to hide behind it. ASSE takes the door. Claude Puel was still wrong about his starting line-up and the players on the pitch showed worrying shortcomings. The Coupe de France, which made the green people vibrate last year, stops before it has even really started …
The top
The entrance of the Modeste / Khazri duo. The two attackers returned on time and immediately, the danger was a little more palpable on the Sochaux goal. We would have liked to see this pair attack the match. They come in 60 minutes too late tonight …
The flop
Pope Cisse. The Senegalese colossus makes an incredible mistake, which we only rarely see at the top level. An error which costs the opening of the scoring to his team (see fact of the match). In difficulty, he came out on time on the first (late) burst of changes from Claude Puel.
The fact of the match
The huge blunder of Pape Cissé. The match has barely started, we play the 5th minute and on a harmless ball, Pape Cissé first misses his control (not helped by the disastrous state of the field) and then goes on to dribble, in the position of last defender and … in the half-moon of his penalty area. Missed. The Sochaux striker recovers the ball and scores in the almost empty goal. Incredible at this level …
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