Who is stronger, the owl or the canary? We will have an answer, in any case symbolic, at the end of the 14th day of Ligue 1 and the displacement of the DFCO on the lawn of FC Nantes. Dijon is still the championship red lantern, but remains undefeated for two meetings. The DFCO, on the other hand, is much smaller for this trip to Loire-Atlantique, with seven injured players and one suspended.
Be more “killers” in front of the goal
In the last matches (Saint-Etienne, Nice, Lens), the DFCO seems to have found defensive solidity, with only two goals conceded – a Racioppi error and a penalty. The Ecuele Manga – Panzo central hinge has found its bearings and its automatisms. The DFCO’s challenge at the end of 2020 is therefore rather on the offensive front.. With only eight goals scored since the start of the season, the “Reds” have the worst attack in Ligue 1. In the last game against ASSE (0-0), the Dijon fired six times on goal but were only framed once.
Midfielder Didier Ndong is well aware of this: “We have a lot of chances in some games, I think we have to improve at the ‘killer’ level, we don’t kill the stocks enough”. “We are not Marseille, we remain Dijon, on the other hand warns the Gabonese, in many matches we will not have 36,000 chances “. Hence the imperative need to be efficient and to favor quality in front of the goal over quantity of actions.
Nantes, a weakened opponent
The DFCO presents itself against an opponent who has just experienced a very special week, with the rout 4-0 at home against Strasbourg last Sunday, followed by the dismissal of his trainer Christian Gourcuff. “We will not go to Nantes to find out if Nantes should mobilize because there is a change of coach”, warns DFCO midfielder Didier Ndong. Be careful all the same to the famous electroshock, verified in Dijon during the match against Metz which followed the departure of Stéphane Jobard.
“It’s a team that has qualities in terms of technical mastery, for his part warns David Linarès, the coach of the “Reds”. A team which has strengths to assert in terms of possession, but which may also have certain absences at the defensive level. I think it will be an open match “.
I think it will be an open match – David Linares
Objective: get out of the red zone before the break?
With this trip to FC Nantes, the DFCO begins a series of four games in ten days. The receptions in Lille and Monaco will follow (Wednesday and Sunday) then the last match before the break, at Costières, in Nîmes. For Didier Ndong, the objective is clear: “at least get out of the red zone before the break”. However, his trainer David Linarès says he has never set such a goal. He is therefore pleased with the attitude of his midfielder, the second most used player this season: “As soon as the players take part in a project, I find it positive. I am for empowerment, autonomy. Afterwards, I don’t want to put additional pressure on this objective, for me it will be a race endurance “. The maxim is therefore always the same on the side of the Poussots, “there is no point in running, you have to start on time”.
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