The Sochaux Courier
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Sofian Bahloul
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Sochaux
Julien Masson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Karim Boullif is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Stefan Bajić has improved at 24, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Squad5 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Julien Masson
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Julien Masson, and the manager let it.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
89% of the income goes out in wages at Sochaux
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
In brief
- Match Honours even between Sochaux and US Creteil
- Market Sochaux put Riyan Majdi up for sale