By standing up to Paris FC (3rd) this Monday (2-2), Dijon enters the top 10. The DFCO is undefeated in its last six games, carried by an applied defense.
A second part of the season well in his crampons. After a difficult start despite a flashy workforce, the DFCO is finally on track and at the level to which it could be expected at the start of the championship. Sometimes compared, exaggeratedly, to a PSG in Ligue 2, the Dijon workforce is one of the best in the championship. However, the mayonnaise had a hard time taking. 16th after 18 games, the Burgundy club was still struggling to get away from the nightmarish last season in Ligue 1 (20th and only 3 wins).
Defense as a starting point
Arrived after five days to replace David Linarès, Patrice Garande recovers a DFCO penultimate and in bad shape. With a workforce that he did not choose and within a club that is still suffering the consequences of his violent descent, the new technician does not promise miracles. The objective displayed by the president Olivier Delcourt is the rise in the medium term, in two or three seasons. In Côte d’Or, coach Garande keeps repeating it: his priorities are to find a conquering state of mind, and to rebuild from the defense. A few months later, here is his DFCO 8th in the standings six days from the end.
Undefeated for 6 games
Admittedly, Dijon went through difficult times, from this spanking inflicted by Toulouse (4-1) or the elimination against Cannes (N2) in the Coupe de France. But over the last six days, the DFCO is undefeated, the longest running streak in Ligue 2. Even if it conceded two goals against Paris FC on Monday, the defense has once again shown its solidity. Of the five previous meetings, this Burgundian defense had conceded only one goal. A team in good shape, and it will take at least that over the next two games. After the PFC, Dijon welcomes Ajaccio (2nd) then moves to Auxerre (3rd) for the derby.
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