The faces were closed this Saturday August 13 at Bonal, shortly after the final whistle. After a match and a defeat, Olivier Guégan’s players were keen to really launch their season. A victory to clear the clouds above the heads of Sochaux. It failed for the Yellow and Blue, beaten at home by Amiens (0-1).
A much better face, however, than last week
For this third day of Ligue 2, the Sochaux coach has changed a lot of things. The device already: goodbye 4-3-3, place at 4-4-2 in diamond. Some players left the starting lineup (Viltard, Henry…), others joined it (Faussurier, Aaneba, Kanouté or even Pereira de Sa). Overall, this game against Amiens very grouped in defense was balanced. Actions on both sides, a lot of commitment. An intensity that had disappeared last week, during the defeat against GF38.
But in this kind of match, typical of Ligue 2, the first to score knocks out the opponent. And that’s what happened with Fofana’s opener in the 71st minute. The Yellow and Blue were unable to restart the machine in front of the 10,000 spectators present, or even take advantage of the Amiens red card at the end of the match. And it was a very marked Olivier Guégan who appeared in the post-match conference.
I am especially sad for my players. […] But you have to keep the faith, stay the course. Trust us, we’ll get there.
The worst start since the descent to Ligue 2
In the meantime, we will have to digest this defeat. Seeing the faces of the players in the mixed zone, it is possible that it leaves traces. “We didn’t talk in the locker roomsays Tony Mauricio. We are disappointed because there are no results at the end… We will have to get up quickly, because we are starting to fall a lot behind.“In the standings, Sochaux is 17th in Ligue 2. But above all: Sochaux took only one point in three matches, without scoring a single goal. The club had never experienced such a complicated start to the season since its descent into Ligue 2 eight years ago.