2010 Coupe Gambardella final

The 2010 Coupe Gambardella final was the 55th final of France's youth cup competition. The final took place on 1 May 2010 at the Stade de France in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis and served as a curtain raiser for the final of the Coupe de France. The match was contested between Sochaux and Metz. The final was shown live on France 4.

2010 Coupe Gambardella final

Event	2009–10 Coupe Gambardella
Sochaux Metz 1 1
Metz win 4–3 on penalties.
Date	1 May 2010
Venue	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee	Aurélien Petit (Ligue Rhône-Alpes)
Weather	16 °C (61 °F), Cloudy

Team background

Sochaux entered the final for the 3rd time in the club's history. Sochaux first appeared in the final in 1973 finishing as runners-up to Nantes. In their next two appearances, the team were crowned champions defeating Lens 1–0 in 1983 and Auxerre 5–4 on penalties in 2007 after the match ended 2–2 after 90 minutes. The 2007 team was led by Marvin Martin, Ryad Boudebouz, Sloan Privat, and Geoffrey Tulasne. All four players are now regulars in the senior Sochaux team.

Metz's appearance in the Gambardella final marked their 4th appearance in the competition's ultimate match. Of the appearances, Metz have won the cup twice, first in 1981 defeating Nice 1–0, and again in 2001 handling Caen 2–0. The 2001 team was anchored by goalkeeper Ludovic Butelle and midfielders Laurent Agouazi and Ludovic Obraniak. All three players had respectable careers at Metz before moving on to other Ligue 1 clubs.

Match

Details

1 May 2010

17:15 CET

Sochaux	1–1	Metz
Bakambu 39'	Report	Faucher 53'
Penalties
Giraud Gürler Bakambu Dias Pereira	3 – 4	Kayombo N'Ganvala Ngbakoto Ferino Nya Ngatcha

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Referee: Aurélien Petit (Ligue Rhône-Alpes)

Sochaux

Metz

SOCHAUX: GK 1 Pierrick Cros RB 2 Clément Giraud CB 3 Jérome Roussillon CB 4 Bastien Faugere LB 5 Yann Boa Kane CM 6 Petrus Boumal  65' CM 8 Cheick Kourouma RM 7 Serdar Gürler (c) LM 11 Cédric Bakambu AM 10 Rafaël Dias FW 9 Plaisir Bahamboula  60'  76' Substitutes: GK 16 Yoann Collas DF 12 Pierre Brice Ah-Yo MF 13 Yven Moyo  76' MF 14 Quentin Pereira  65' FW 15 Célestin N'Dongo Manager: Jean-Sébastien Mérieux

METZ: GK 1 Anthony Mfa Mezui RB 2 Adrien Ferino CB 5 Kalidou Koulibaly  41' CB 4 Teddy Kayombo LB 3 Gaëtan Bussman DM 6 Djamel N'Ganvala (c) CM 7 Samy Kehli  71' CM 8 Bouna Sarr  78' RW 9 Jordan Faucher  84' LW 10 Yeni Ngbakoto FW 11 Seydou Simpara Substitutes: GK 16 Siegfried Aisse Kede DF 12 Yohan Croizet  71' MF 13 Jeremy Meligner  78' MF 14 Romaric Nya Ngatcha  84' FW 15 Clément Sannier Manager: Olivier Perrin

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Romain Galibert (Ligue Atlantique) Sylvain Barcella (Ligue d'Aquitaine) Fourth official: Jonathan Signoret (Ligue d'Auvergne)

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level after 90 minutes. Five named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Road to the Final

Sochaux Second Round Sochaux 11–0 Orléans Round of 64 Dijon 2–5 Sochaux Round of 32 Rhône Vallées 1–5 Sochaux Round of 16 Gueugnon 0–0(aet) 4–5 pen. Sochaux Quarter-finals Sochaux 2–1 Toulouse Semi-final Sochaux 4–1 Nantes

Metz Second Round Amilly 0–2 Metz Round of 64 Thionville 0–5 Metz Round of 32 Chantilly 1–3 Metz Round of 16 Saint-Étienne 1–1(aet) 3–4 pen. Metz Quarter-finals Metz 3–3(aet) 3–2 pen. Lyon Semi-final Sedan 1–3 Metz

External links

• Coupe Gambardella FFF Page