2010 Coupe Gambardella Final
# 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.

## 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

| 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

| 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 |
| 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 |
