After Nancy (3-0) and Cholet (1-0), Niort! The DFCO can no longer do it. Dijon has a third defeat in three games. A third setback without scoring, after this 3-0 fall on the Niort lawn, Friday September 29, 2023, for the 8th day of National. Autumn has barely begun, and a crisis is already brewing. The “Reds” are 14th, relegated.
“It’s a big slap in the face”
“A heavy defeat, one defeat too many. We lacked everything unlike the last two matches, regrets Benoit Tavenot. We are showing terrible mental weakness. After the Souici bar, we lack mental strength, we liquefy. When we don’t add the ingredients we don’t deserve anything, it bothers me for the people who come from Dijon (around twenty supporters, Editor’s note), for the club. We need to get back to the right place quickly, quickly.”
The Dijon coach deplores “players not at National level, a lack of determination” : “This lack of determination stands out too much, we lack character and I hate that. We are going to put things straight.”
After the defeat in Nancy, also 3-0, Benoit Tavenot spoke of a “spanking”. This time, he mentions “a big slap in the face”. “They stepped on us. It’s the mental aspect. Tonight, we didn’t respond.”
Three next matches not to be missed
The DFCO already seems to have no room for error over the next three meetings. Two home matches against two promoted teams, Marignane and Epinal, then the entry into contention in the Coupe de France, against a team, at most, of the National level.
Faultless goal displayed by the Dijon coach. “I include the three matches, we have to assume, there is no fuss, we are not going to tell stories. Until Cholet, I was frustrated, but there was a basis. Tonight, after the 10th minute, there is nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, I don’t know what happened.”. He is waiting “three matches with a strong reaction. We have to force ourselves, because tonight’s performance is bland and weak”.
Be careful not to repeat history again. Last season, the terrible series of ten games without winning in the league began with three consecutive defeats… without scoring.
ON VIDEO – Player reactions
Soumaré affected in the ischio
As bad news never comes alone, the DFCO lost its playmaker, Bryan Soumaré, to injury. “Muscular”, according to his trainer, the player being affected in the ischio.
Niort’s three goals, on video
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