National: solid, united and efficient, FCSM definitely ensures the maintenance in Marignane

Stop talking about maintaining FC Sochaux-Montbéliard! The yellow and blue fought bravely against Marignane this Friday, April 26 in the south. Victory by two goals to onethe Sochalian players withstood the many attacks of Marignane, who are playing for their survival in the National. With 46 points, Sochaux is still in 8th place, but is now 11 points ahead of the red zone. With only three games remaining, nine points are at stake.

Great success

The Sochalis were extremely effective. However, they started very badly, and suffered a lot in the first half. But in the airport town of Marignane it was Sochaux who took off first, or rather Allan Ackra with a furious header (23′) to score the first goal from a cross from Issouf Macalou. It was then Martin Lecolier who doubled the lead (38′) by cutting flat with his foot a powerful pass from Amilcar Silva. It still took XXL performance from goalkeeper Mathieu Patouillet and his “baraka”, as the penalty missed by National’s other top scorer, Diawoye Diarra, taken on the cross from the yellow and blue keeper.

A Sochaux with character

“It is victory to efficiency, courage and success.” The words of Sochaux coach Oswald Tanchot perfectly sum up the 90 minutes played on Friday 26. April at the Saint-Exupéry stadium in Marignane. Between over-motivated Provençals, only four days of preparation left Niort this Monday 22 Aprilaccumulated fatigue, the many absences in midfield, or even a power outage in the middle of a match who broke the rhythm… defender Boris Moltenis summarizes: “It was a game, not easy terrain, not easy opponent who wanted to run away… we will remember the result and the way the team did not give up.”

Now that the maintenance is secured, the Sochaux technician, Oswald Tanchot, is looking forward to the end of the season with potentially new targets : “The 50 point mark is also a goal we have to set ourselves, then afterwards we can also go for the best attack. If we need to look for motivation, we can find it. It’s already the next three games fighting together and having fun is already not bad.