OM against PSG in the final after beating Sochaux (1-0) – Eurosport.fr

         Ten years later, the Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Marseille will meet in the final of the Coupe de France on 21 May. The OM players have earned the right to challenge their old rival again after beating Sochaux on Wednesday night in the semi-finals of the competition (0-1). The duo Passi – Boli, in which the team was entrusted after the dismissal of Michel on Tuesday succeeded, not without difficulty, the first of its missions.
       

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         If Marseille did respect the hierarchy leaving a valiant Sochaux, currently fifteenth place in Ligue 2, the meeting was not a cakewalk. Far from there. Arranged in an unusual 4-4-2 with Michy Batshuayi and Steven Fletcher peak, OM have struggled to produce the game and displayed once more for all to technical deficiencies as well as their lack of confidence.
       

         Favorites under the division that separates them from their opponent, OM started the encounter in fear. Without complex, Sochaux took advantage of the situation to take the match in hand, setting his game without success to be truly dangerous. To worry Steve Mandanda, he would have had to include Karl Toko Ekambi is more specific in its attempts (27th, 30th). Opposite plagued his demons, OM has attempted a strike during the first period. The work of Georges-Kévin N’Koudou (25th).
       

         Taking advantage of a good start to the second period, Olympique Marseille, however, tipped the meeting. And following a clear action Steven Fletcher has fully shifted Florian Thauvin, which has gone beat Olivier Werner of a full strike in cold blood (0-1, 48th). The face of the game then changed. More incisive, OM has created several hot situations. But neither Fletcher (59th) nor Batshuayi (79th) nor Thauvin (90th) have managed to worsen the score.
       

         After having eliminated three teams of Ligue 1, Sochaux out of the competition heads high. For its part, OM must now defeat the Parisian ogre to afford an eleventh Coupe de France on the occasion of his 19th final. Otherwise, PSG, who won nine times the Trophy, joining his opponent leading the list of most successful clubs in the competition.
       

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