Dijon bows, the “Omar Dafico” turns in favor of Sochaux
The reunion between Omar Daf and his former club turns out badly, and the DFCO continues its bad series. Facing Sochaux, Saturday September 10, 2022, the “Reds” lost 2-0, at home at Stade Gaston Gérard. This is the third consecutive defeat, after Annecy and Bastia.
Many missed chances, Sochaux more realistic
The Dijon start is nevertheless good. Soumaré, Le Bihan and Tchaouna (who is experiencing his first tenure) multiply the opportunities. Without success. On one of their first chances, the Sochaux players proved to be effective, Sissoko heading in a cross from Faussurier (26′). The note could have been even more salty, without a rescue on his Coulibaly line just before half-time and a nice save from Reynet in stride.
The second period comes back well for Sochaux. Doumbia, shifted in the area, completely catches Traoré who falls to the ground on the dribble, and deceives Baptiste Reynet, caught on the wrong foot (55th). Sochaux leads 2-0. Despite the entries of offensive players, such as Nassi, Assalé or Camara, the lack of realism and precision in front of goal still penalizes Dijon as much. Hundreds of Sochaux supporters present room and sing “We are at home”, the thousands of Dijon spectators do not flinch, resigned.
The leader of the classification moves away
In the standings, no disaster (yet). The DFCO keeps its pre-match ranking, 8th in Ligue 2. But the podium is starting to slip away: Sochaux, leader, has a five-point lead over Dijon. We will soon have to try again before the next match, a trip to Bordeaux, 4th, and which has also just lost 2-0 against Saint-Etienne.
The reactions: “We lacked realism”
Omar Daf, DFCO coach: “We made a good start, we must lead in the first twenty minutes, we lacked realism. We should have sanctioned them on our highlights, the goal came against the run of play, that gave them confidence and it hit us in the back of the head.”
Mickaël Le Bihan, DFCO striker: “It’s complicated, it’s not alarming either, on occasions. We no longer have the success of the start of the season, they score on their first opportunity. There is nothing alarming, it We just have to stop this losing streak absolutely. We stay positive, focused, there are still 30 games left. 30 games is huge. We have to keep faith, what we did at the start of the season is not insignificant. , there was a bit of success but it was a huge job that had been rewarded. You just have to work and success will come back”.