The good news of the day is that Dijon did not lose and made more than an equal game with Olympique de Marseille despite this score of 0 to 0 on behalf of the 7th day of Ligue 1 at Parc des Sports Gaston -Gerard. But the bad news is that the “Reds” still fail to bring back their first win of the season. Besides, they still lack realism in front of the goal. And this Tuesday evening, with two points on the clock, they are still good last in Ligue 1. The Marseillais, them, gain two places in the ranking, going from 5th to 3rd before the games on Wednesday.
The movie of the match
Running after their first success in Ligue 1 after a terrible start to the season (1 small point taken in six games), the “Reds”, last in the ranking, do not disarm in this championship.
Nice start to the match for DFCO
Evidenced by this nice start to the match against OM where the Dijonnais worried the Marseillais twice. The first is on a corner hit by Chouiar who finds the head of Tavares. The second opportunity, a few minutes later sees the Dijonnais speed up the Olympian defense and manage to center for another header, that of Mama Baldé.
A rainbow and lots of hope for Dijon
Unfortunately, each time Mandanda, well placed, recovers the ball carefree. Under sometimes quite heavy showers, a beautiful rainbow appears a few minutes above a Gaston-Gérard Sports Park which is sold out with more than 15,000 spectators present at the stadium, Stéphane Jobard’s players do level playing field with the Marseillais and the Dijonnais supporters catch themselves dreaming of the first feat of the season for the DFCO.
– Nicolas Goisque
Combative Dijonnais, clumsy Marseillais
Especially since the Marseillais players are rather clumsy, like the striker Valère Germain who fails to recover a good ball in the penalty area. We play the 38th minute, the Dijonnais particularly enterprising and combative, set off again to attack Marseille goals! Following a corner kick on the left, the ball returns to Amalfitano’s feet who tries his luck from afar, the ball passes over the Marseille goal.
DFCO leads 4 to 2 corners
The public is pushing their team, we can hardly hear the 600 opposing supporters who are gagging with great blows of “go OM, go OM” from the first minute in the visitors parking lot. Half-time is whistled on the score from 0 to 0. In the stands we say that Dijon would have deserved better on this first act. The DFCO obtained no less than 4 corners for 2 at OM. But to win you will have to score goals.
– Nicolas Goisque
The Chouiar festival and the head of Ecuele Manga
The second half begins. And the Dijon residents have not lost their influence and their control over the match. Entrance Chouiar shifted left side wraps a love hitting right foot. The viciously rolled ball passes a few centimeters from the opposite skylight, Mandanda was beaten! Two minutes later, it was young Brian Soumaré who struck the goalkeeper 20m from the goal. But the biggest alert for OM at the start of the second period was at the 50th minute, with a free kick on the right side Dijon defender Bruno Ecuele Manga, in ambush, appeared in the penalty area, resumed head, this time the ball hits the post! Mandanda was beaten once again. Definitely it heats for the Marseillais, so far always winners in Dijon, in four confrontations against the DFCO.
The DFCO, straight to the point!
And it’s not over ! In the 70th, Soumaré arrives launched into the Olympian area, he picks up the last defender and manages to align a heavy and framed strike but Mandanda is still on the way! On the block that follows the Marseillais Radonjic sprint on the left side, fortunately the Dijonnais goalkeeper, Alfred Gomis goes to meet him and rejects the attempt.
– Nicolas Goisque
DIjon sets off again but breaks his teeth on Mandanda
Dijonnais footballers push, push at the end of the game! They get a free kick in the 75th, the strike of Chouiar crosses the wall but again this devil of Steve Mandanda saves the furniture.
How many regrets for the “Reds”!
OM bends but still does not break. A few minutes before the end of regulation time the Argentinian Benedetto launches full axis, his strike does not find the frame. But at the end of the second period it is the Dijonnais who are again the most dangerous, getting the hottest opportunities. Like Mavidi, on the verge of opening the scoring in stoppages. He is taken up by a Marseilles defender who emerges in-extremis for a corner. The end of the match is complicated for Marseille, the players are at the end of their strength when the referee whistles the end of hostilities. The game ends with a slightly frustrating 0-0 even if the Dijonnais take a good point against a Top 5 team. Next match for DFCO on Saturday September 28, 2019 in Reims.
The reactions of the two coaches
Stéphane Jobard, Dijon coach: “We had two contrasting periods. Before half-time, we were timid. It was the big weak time of our match but in the second period we pushed back Marseille that we weaned from the balloons. lucidity and success. The observation remains the same: yes, it’s good, yes it’s better, but we only take one point. The speech is a bit repetitive with the players who still adhere. the going and the investment but it has to pay off at some point. The players are generous in the efforts but I have to be even more demanding with them. In the situation in which we are, it is not not easy to play against OM. I found the players full of relevance and I invite them to continue like this “.
André Villas-Boas, Marseille coach : “We missed good opportunities in the first period but we did not play well. We did not have too much control. Dijon put us in difficulty after half time, that’s right. We still have missed a good chance in the second half with (Nemanja) Radonjic and (Dario) Benedetto but Dijon had good opportunities to be in front of the mark. Given the circumstances that we knew before the match, we can think that this point is a good point but I do not think so. We will not know that much later, at the end of the season and already Wednesday evening. For now, in view of the classification of Dijon which has only one point (two points after draw against OM, editor’s note) and the teams that won here, normally we should have won but it was a very difficult match for us “.
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