For the supporters of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, this is a match that surely counts more than the others. The FCSM is in Dijon this Saturday at 7 p.m. on the occasion of the 8th day of Ligue 2. Derby between Burgundians and Francs-Comtois with regional supremacy at stake. The Yellow and Blue are 3rd, the Dijonnais 8th. Out of the question for Sochaux fans to lose against the neighbor. Even more since Omar Daf is the new coach. The ex-Sochaux coach joined Dijon this season. This reunion therefore has a particular flavor. For the teammates of captain Gaétan Weissbeck, the sporting stakes also take precedence with a 5th victory in a row in the sights.
Olivier Guégan “Seeing the enthusiasm of our supporters for this match, I really feel the notion of the derby and that it matters to them. We are going to Dijon to play a big and beautiful football match”
For the Sochaux coach, this duel against the Dijonnais promises to be very open _”Given the offensive quality of the two formations, there should be goals I think. There is a good team opposite_they may be coming off of two defeats, but they have experienced players, who know this Ligue 2, in all respects, so be wary”. Olivier Guégan does not plan to play small arm against the Burgundians “It’s up to us to impose our football, to pay attention to their ‘verticality’, we have to keep a balance and be intelligent in what we are going to offer”.
Place in the field for Omar Daf
On the Dijon side, Omar Daf is eager to do battle on the green rectangle “I have already said that Sochaux was the club that matters to me, I spent 25 years there, as a player and coach, it’s a special match, that’s for sure, but we have to stay on the very essence of what brings us all here, which is a football match, everything that can happen around, I think it does not interest people too much, what interests them is a football match” launches the Senegalese, eager to put an end to this media coverage of this reunion with Sochaux.
A group of 21 players
Same feeling for Olivier Guégan “who expects a tough match” and which summons a group of 21 players “There are still some uncertainties” slipped the coach this Friday in a pre-match press conference. Tebily, Yatabaré and Agro joined, with the rest of the group, the city of the Dukes this Friday evening (by bus!). This would suggest that it is necessary to cover attacker, midfielder and goalkeeper positions in the event of the defection of a regular holder. In any case, Sochaux comes to Dijon without qualms for Daf but to sign a 5th success in a row, tame a direct competitor on the climb, and above all defeat the Burgundian enemy. Nothing would please the Sochaux supporters more, not far from a thousand are expected there this evening in the stands of the Gaston Gérard stadium. All will help the FCSM to regain, in Ligue 2 for the moment, its crown of king of football in Bourgogne Franche-Comté.
Live the Dijon-Sochaux match live and in full on France Bleu Belfort Montbéliard from 6.45 p.m. this Saturday with comments by Hervé Blanchard from the Gaston Gérard stadium (kick-off at 7 p.m.)