It was written, there were too many signs of fate in his favor. Sochaux finally qualified for the rest of the League One accession play-offs. At the end of the suspense and at the end of a meeting with an incredible scenario, the Sochaux footballers won 2 goals to 1 at the Charlety stadium this Tuesday evening against Paris FC, 4th in Ligue 2, in a pre-play-off match for the accession to League One.
Paris FC misses two penalties
The FCSM had however started the meeting badly. Completely overwhelmed and out of the game, the yellow and blue cracked from the 2nd minute. A hand from Diedhiou in the penalty area offers a penalty to the Parisians that they cannot achieve. The attempt ends out of frame. Sochaux finally gave in six minutes later on a point-blank header from Siby. The PFC will then miss the KO by sending a second penalty next to the Sochaux goal.
Ambri equalizes, Paris at ten
Paris missed its chance. Despite an insipid first period, the FCSM manages to get back into the game thanks to their striker Steve Ambri who scored the equalizer just before the break on a cross strike (1-1). In the process, the PFC found themselves at ten after the expulsion of Name author of a dangerous tackle on Weissbeck, the Sochaux captain. Paris FC will play more than one half at ten. Sochaux will then take the psychological ascendancy.
Do Couto frees Sochaux with a shot in the top corner
There remains a quarter of an hour in this fight, Sochaux dominates but without being really dangerous. Kalulu misses Sochaux’s second goal by a hair. On a fleeing cross from the right, the yellow and blue striker throws himself on the ball but without being able to deflect it into the back of the net. But delivery occurs in additional time and even in the final seconds of the match. Coming into play in the second half, Maxime Do Couto recovers a ball on the left side and tries his luck at 20 meters. His left-lobed shot ends up in the opposite corner.
The thousand Sochaux supporters who made the trip explode with joy in the stands of Charléty. The adventure goes on.
In Auxerre on Friday to continue dreaming of Ligue One
Sochaux footballers qualify for the Ligue 2 play-off final. The next step is this Friday in Auxerre at 8:30 p.m. The AJA which finished 3rd in the regular season will have the advantage of evolving on its land. The Burgundy club has been in Ligue 2 for ten years. But with Sochaux descended in 2014, everything is now possible. The winner of this second match will face the team that will finish 18th in Ligue One in the first leg next week.