Last of the championship 8 days from the end with 14 points behind the first non-relegation, the DFCO will need an exploit to hope to stay in Ligue 1. But in Dijon, the players and supporters no longer believe in it .
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The days go by and look the same for the DFCO, unfortunately. Sunday March 21, the men of David Linarès lost 1 goal to 0 against Reims on their lawn during the 30th day of Ligue 1. Their tenth consecutive defeat. A new dull performance that seems to spell the end of the hopes of maintaining this season.
Because in terms of accounting, the balance sheet is particularly negative. Last in the championship 8 days from the end, Dijon is 14 points behind the first non-relegation, Lorient, as well as 18th place, occupied by Nantes. It is this place which allows to play its maintenance in the elite on a double confrontation against a contender of Ligue 2 to the rise. 14 points, a chasm in the world of football.
We have almost both feet in Ligue 2.
“It is not easy mentally. Psychologically, we suffer. As well sportingly as humanly, it is difficult”, says Frédéric Sammaritano, who has been wearing the club’s colors for 6 years. The attacking midfielder no longer really believes in maintaining the team. “Miracles do exist in sport, but here we are starting from much too far. Today, we are in our place”.
An attitude that disappoints the supporters
To this sad record, is added the implacable observation made by the supporters: the attitude of the players is not the right one. Once again, against Reims the Dijon team seemed dull, extinct, unable to instill enough desire to regain victory.
Dijon players conceded their tenth straight defeat this Sunday against Reims
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“You almost feel hatred for the players, because they do not move. We follow the matches thoroughly, and yet they have disastrous matches. When I see what they are doing, I’m disappointed.”, says a club supporter for 15 years.
We built our love for the club around values that we cannot find today.
However, some hopes were allowed at the start of the season. The arrival of Peguy Luyindula, former French international, as sporting director was to usher in a new era for the club. In his luggage, this one brought Grégory Coupet, the goalkeeper to the 7 titles of champion of France with Lyon coming to train the Dijon goalkeepers.
“It’s catastrophic, we didn’t expect to live a season like this. The team never started in fact.”, notes a fan who has followed the club since its creation in 1998.
Save the honor by the end of the season
The players then hope to limit the damage thanks to the 8 matches which remain to them to play. If the maintenance is a little distant idea for him, Frédéric Sammaritano especially expects a reaction of pride from his teammates. “There are tired of being ridiculous every weekend, of being a bit the laughing stock of France. We also want to show that we are able to wet the jersey. If not being good, he you have to at least fight “.
The idea is to show another image. The defeats were very difficult to cope with.
David Linarés has set himself the same goal. Even if the mission promises to be complicated. Dijon will face Marseille and Monaco over the next two days. “As a technician and for the image of the club, I have to invest myself fully. There are 8 matches to play. 8 opportunities for us to finish well this season. We have some great challenges to play. matches entered. As a competitor, I prefer this kind of meeting “, breaths the technician.
Remobilization is therefore expected, in any case hoped for, especially since Dijon could break sad records this season. On Sunday, the DFCO tied the series of 16 unsuccessful home matches in Ligue 1 held by Troyes.
16 – Dijon has not won any of its last 16 home matches in Ligue 1 (6 draws, 10 losses), tying the worst series in the history of the competition (Troyes from August 2015 to April 2016). Vinegar. pic.twitter.com/p2iDvpomJD
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It is up to the Burgundians not to also become the team with the lowest total of points and victories, or the highest number of defeats at the end of the season.
