Business is picking up for DFCO, 11th in Ligue 2 last season. For the first match of the 2022/2023 financial year, the “Reds” host AS Saint-Étienne, a team relegated from Ligue 1, on Saturday July 30 (3 p.m.) at the Gaston-Gérard Stadium. A meeting to follow in full on the radio and on the France Bleu application.
Which absentees?
The DFCO will be deprived of several players for this first game of the season. Forwards Aurélien Scheidler and Alex Dobre are out, as is midfielder Lucas Deaux. Uncertainty around the presence of playmaker Valentin Jacob.
Confirmed interest in Xande Silva
A successful preparation
The DFCO was applied during the month of preparation. Four friendly matches, under the new coach, ex-Sochalien Omar Daf, for a record of three wins (6-0 Saint-Apollinaire, 6-0 Villefranche and 1-0 Le Havre) and a draw (1 -1, Annecy). Offensively, the “Reds” unfolded, with 14 goals scored (five by striker Mickaël Le Bihan, scorer in each match). Above all, behind, the second weakest defense in L2 last season seems to have tightened the mesh, with only one goal conceded.
And on the Stéphanois side?
On the side of the opponent from Saint-Etienne, several players will not make the trip to Burgundy. “Dylan Chambost, Yvan Neyou, Harold Moukoudi, Antoine Gauthier, Aïmen Moueffek and Charles Abi will not be fit”, said coach Laurent Batlles at a press conference. On the other hand, the two recruits Mathieu Cafaro and Victor Lobry “will be traveling to Dijon”.