Friday October 14, 2022 is one of the most anticipated matches, if not the most anticipated match of the season for handball fans in Dijon. The JDA Dijon receives Besançon for the 5th day of the first division, in a derby of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. A meeting all the more important that in the event of victory, the dijonnaises, 9th, would pass in front of the bisontines, 7th of the ranking
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“Even if you have just arrived, you already know the concept of the word derby”
Norway, the Netherlands, Argentina… there are a total of six different nationalities within the Dijon workforce. Even if the team is cosmopolitan, this notion of derby is still very important confirms JDA captain, center half Carmen Campos. “We feel more and more Dijon, you have to show it on the field and fight until the end, especially when we play at home. Even if you have just arrived, you already know the concept of the word ” derby”, even if we come from Madrid, in my case”says the Spanish international.
A rivalry all the more present, since last season the JDA lost out and back. “We have already experienced derbies, we know that it is always direct competition, continues Carmen Campos. It’s more important than a normal match, it’s the same place, it’s our territory, we really want to be respected, it’s really the two teams in the region and that’s very important”.
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“There is a supposed hierarchy and we want to shake it up”
Since the start of the season, in the league, the JDA Dijon lost twice (against Metz and Brest, the best teams in the league), then won twice in the league (against Bourg-de-Péage and Toulon) and once in the Coupe de France.
A satisfying start to the season for coach Christophe Mazel: “For the moment we are in the nails, we are close to Besançon. This match is important because if Besançon beats, we pass Besançon, and Besançon is one of the teams with which we will fight, we hope, for the European places, after which we are running. It is the ambition of the year, so it is absolutely necessary to rise to the level of these teams there and win “. The European places, that is to say the first five.
Last season, Besançon finished 4th, Dijon 8th. Everything but a fatality “There is a difference in hierarchy compared to last year’s ranking, but this season everything remains to be proven, hammers the coach of the JDA. There is a supposed hierarchy and we want to shake it up, because we want to get ahead of them. it’s going to be a form of revelation for us, we’re going to tackle a very big piece”.
More than 2000 people expected
As the match was televised, the Palais des Sports was refurbished, with a special “dressing”
for the field. More than 2,000 spectators are expected, enough to (at least) double the average attendance. The Ticketing
is always open.