A hot start to be confirmed. After its great victory against Saint-Etienne in the opening, the DFCO will be in Pau, Saturday August 6, 2022, for its first trip of the season in Ligue 2. A meeting to follow in full on France Bleu Bourgogne, live from the Stade du Hameau . As a reminder, last season, the DFCO lost 2-0 to Pau in the first leg, for the first meeting of the Garande era, before losing 1-0 to Gaston Gérard in the return.
Executives from last season still absent
As against ASSE, the DFCO will be deprived of several players. Valentin Jacob, Lucas Deaux, and Aurélien Scheidler are announced packages. Alex Dobre, also “uncertain” according to Omar Daf. Same uncertainty around Sénou Coulibaly “not 100%” before Saint-Etienne and who was not in the group. Will he make his return?
Benzia on the start, Daf confirms
Playmaker Yassine Benzia will not be traveling to Béarn either. “Yassine Benza expressed the wish to leave, advance Omar Daf. Until the situation is resolved, I want to work with players at 100%”.
Will Xande Silva be in the squad?
Since last weekend and the success against ASSE, the DFCO has recorded the arrival of a new recruit: that of the Portuguese winger Xande Silva. Uncertainty exists around his presence this weekend. If Omar Daf considers him physically ready, the DFCO is waiting for the green light from the authorities to find out whether or not he will be qualified.
The room for improvement: offensive efficiency
If the DFCO won 2-1 at the start, the score could have been heavier against ASSE – with in particular failures from Nassi and Le Bihan at the start of the second period. “We created a lot of situations, clear opportunities, you have to be able to be even more effective in these areas of truth to know how to take shelter”confirms Daf.
Pau FC got off to a bad start
If the DFCO shone for its entry into Ligue 2, this is not at all the case for Pau FC, 10th in the championship last season – that is to say a place ahead of the DFCO, 11th. The Béarnais lost 4-0 to Guingamp, and are in 19th place (the 20th being occupied by Saint-Etienne, sanctioned following the play-off match which degenerated against Auxerre at the end of last season).