Amiens could well have an additional advantage for the end of the season in Ligue 2. Mathieu Dossevi returned to the group on Saturday in the 3-0 victory against Nîmes. The former Toulousain did not come into play but it is already a big step, five months after a rupture of the internal ligament of the ankle.
The memory of the wound
It was during his very first match with the ASC, against Rodez. “It’s your first game, you want to do well, you want to help and you feel there’s a lot of expectation on you, so there’s a lot of desire. And then I I had to stop suddenly. So yes, there is frustration in having to be on the side, week after week, watching my friends play without being able to help. But that’s part of the job, it’s the first time to my career that it happens to me. That’s how it is.”
The experienced midfielder therefore took his troubles patiently. After the operation, the convalescence, he gradually returned, rediscovering sensations without however avoiding the doubts, the questions specific to a prolonged absence. “Will I be able to regain the level, will the pain go away, you ask yourself these kinds of questions.”
Bring freshness and experience
He first returned to the grounds of National 3, with the reserve team. While waiting to taste Ligue 2 again on the pitch. Mathieu Dossevi hopes to grab as much playing time as possible by May 14. “The goal is to be in the group, we will see in what position I can help the team”, he explains, also aware that “it is not easy to find a place in a team which works well. But despite everything I will try, over the two and a half months that remain to bring my freshness, my experience.”
At 34, Mathieu Dossevi, Togolese international, 243 matches in Ligue 1 with Le Mans, Valenciennes, Metz and Toulouse will be out of contract in June. He therefore has twelve matches left to show himself.