All to Bonal!! It is the day and the hour to answer the call of the FCSM. The Bonal stadium will be in yellow and blue this Saturday at 3 p.m. with this long-awaited duel against Ajaccio at the start of the 25th day of Ligue 2. Sochaux, 3rd, wants to put the Corsicans, 4th, 5 points behind in the standings. Big challenge for the climb therefore. And revenge in the air necessarily with the memory of the first leg, a defeat, violence after the match, a very tense atmosphere. Precisely, if this match is successful, 10 thousand spectators already have their ticket, the events of the first leg have a lot to do with it “We still have it in our throats” blows Maxime, a Yellow and Blue supporter “We are playing the climb, it may already be a decisive match” adds Geoffrey. We can feel it, Sochaux fans see this clash at the top as a final before its time. For players and coaches, each side plays down the event.
“A game like any other” – Omar Daf
And Omar Daf can be trusted to keep his players under pressure. Under pressure but without putting pressure on them. Because if FCSM supporters only dream of revenge against Ajaccio, the Sochaux coach calms their ardor “We must disregard everything that is said around this match, when I talk about humility I’m not exaggerating, we don’t have much leeway, the fans have their role to play, period, but this match is a match like any other” tempers the Senegalese technician. Joseph Lopy, his compatriot, back from the CAN with the title of African champion, hardly dares to spice up the stakes of this duel against the Corsicans a little more “We know that he is a direct opponent for the climb, that the point difference can be significant, but we must not overplay, we must stay focused on our game, and try to be even stronger”. In addition to the Senegalese midfielder, Omar Daf returns Hermann Tebily (absent in Grenoble because not efficient enough in training according to Daf) and Younes Kaabouni, back after several weeks without playing.
Ajaccio less good but no less dangerous
Olivier Pantaloni also trivializes this meeting at Bonal. The Ajaccien coach already wants not to lose this Saturday afternoon. So as not to let Sochaux take a 5-point lead. Especially that the ACA has only won once in 2022, remains on 3 defeats and a draw, that his striker Courtet is suspended, and that finally the FCSM is in great shape (8 games without defeat). But out of the question to get drunk for the yellow and blue coach “I tell you in all sincerity, there is a game to be played against a very good team, which has always been in the Top 4, which has the best defense (13 goals conceded), and which will still be very hard to beat. “ warns Omar Daf, who will be deprived of Maxime Do Couto, suspended for only one match after his expulsion from Grenoble. By playing down this duel, Omar Daf will surely annoy the supporters, but no one is fooled. If Sochaux wins this clash against Ajaccio. He will strike a great blow for the rise. Gentlemen of Sochaux, there are appointments not to be missed!
See you at 2:45 p.m. to watch the match live and in full on France Bleu Belfort Montbéliard with comments by Hervé Blanchard from the Bonal stadium.