Sporting Club Draguignan preserves the essential in Puget-sur-Argens (2-2)

Sunday's news also focused on the short trip of the Sporting Club Draguignan's first eleven to Puget-sur-Argens, as part of the first day of the Departmental 1 championship.

Buoyed by two convincing first outings in the Coupe de France (victories over Septèmes and Carros), the "black and white" went into the match with justified ambitions of bringing home some points. Managed for the occasion by Christophe Pereira, President Julien Sette's men were behind for a long time on the scoreboard (0-2) before finding the physical and moral resources to catch up with a very good Puget-sur-Argens team (2-2) thanks to goals from Merzoug (78') and Pochal (92').

"A beautiful state of mind"

A good result, even if everything wasn't perfect, according to Eric Bergia, technical director of the sub-prefectural club who made the short trip: "We'll obviously be happy with this result. The squad showed that it has character. In any case, a great state of mind. We'll still have to improve our game if we want to go higher."

SCD's next league meeting is on September 21st, when they host ASPTT Toulon. Meanwhile, the Dracénois will challenge their counterparts from FC Mougins CA, a Regional 2 side, next Sunday at 3 p.m. in Raoul-Brulat, for the third round of the Coupe de France.