Victory and nothing else! This is what Sochaux wants this Saturday evening at Bonal against Rodez on the occasion of the 30th day of Ligue 2. And on paper, it is more than playable, the Aveyronnais are 16th and without a win for 12 games. It must be said above all that the FCSM really needs it after a defeat at Auxerre and a draw at Niort on Tuesday. Since 3 weeks, the Yellow and Blue stagnate in 5th place in the championship, behind the other contenders for the climb, and well ahead of his pursuers. And so this impression that Omar Daf’s team can’t hope for better than this 5th place? This is the annoying question.
“We are having a very good championship” – Omar Daf
For 4 days in a row, Sochaux has been confined to 5th place. Is he doomed to stay in this place until the end of the championship? Or can he still dislodge Ajaccio, the 4th. The Corsicans are only 4 points ahead. The question seems legitimate but it nevertheless annoys Omar Daf “You (the media), you insist every weekend, I answer you but at some point, I don’t know what you are looking for (laughs)! You have to be aware and realistic. We are having a very good championship, if we had been told at the start of the season that we would be 5th 9 days from the end, you would have signed! We don’t have the same squad as Toulouse, Auxerre or Paris FC.” let go of the Sochaux coach.
“I would like us to highlight our progress over the last 4 seasons more than our defeat at Auxerre” – Omar Daf
Omar Daf is in his role. To repeat at will that he is in the objectives that the management has set for him “I know the means of this club, I know the ambitions given at the start of the season, each year the club has progressed in the game and the classification. I would like it to be more highlighted than our defeat at Auxerre. At some point, you have to say what is good and not always be in this pessimism” affirms the FCSM technician who does not want to decry this 5th place.
“Can we go for 4th place? I leave that to the fans and you journalists. Me, I am focused on my team, and it is progressing, the players are making a lot of effort, they deserve to be rewarded at the end of the season”. Omar Daf seems to be defending his record. As if he was aware that he couldn’t do better than this 5th place. The FCSM has occupied it 8 times this season, as many times as the 3rd. Between the two, there is surely something to find a happy medium.
Sochaux-Rodez, kick off at 7 p.m. this Saturday in Bonal. Live the match live and in full on France Bleu Belfort Montbéliard from 6:45 p.m. with comments by Hervé Blanchard from the Bonal stadium.