Cold snap on Guy-Piriou. For the first of the season, the Thoniers lost in their den (2-1) against Dijon. This is the second consecutive defeat of the season after that conceded to Sochaux (1-0) last Friday.
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Apathetic and unrecognizable until Dijon opened the scoring with Moco (50'), the Concarnois showed a completely different face afterwards, equalizing through Sery, three minutes after his entry into play (57'). . But they did not hold out and Antoine Philippon, who replaced Esteban Salles during his two suspension matches, had to fetch the ball in his net a second time following a cannon shot from Hugo Vargas-Rios. Discover the reaction of the two coaches.
Stéphane Rossi (US Concarneau coach)
“The players are not the only ones at fault. I have a share of responsibility in the organization that I put in place at the start. You have to know how to recognize your wrongs.
I take this defeat personally. After the goal, I changed organization. I was already thinking about it at half-time. I added an attacker. I stuck to their diamond in the middle. We had an opposing midfielder who took over ours. We were too far away from each other in the first half, we were chasing the ball and when we had it, we couldn't use it. We saw two faces. One until the fiftieth minute, and the other after the changes.
With energy and change, we tried to come back. We have a great opportunity. Then the match got a little sleepy because I think we lacked a little energy. It's a setback. We realized when we changed organization we really put them in difficulty. We were fortunate to equalize straight away and we felt that the tide had turned for us. And the more it progressed, the more chances we had of scoring this second goal. But we suffered a counterattack after a loss of ball and a strike from thirty meters. If we only analyze the last forty minutes, I think the draw is deserved. It's a setback. This is the match where we suffered the most, in the first 50 minutes. And then we competed.
I didn't want to adapt to the opponent and make him feel stronger by changing the system. Since the beginning, we have always evolved in the same way and it has been quite successful for us. It's an ego problem too. It is clear that we were forced to change and I would have liked us to be rewarded. »
Baptiste Ridira (Dijon coach)
“It’s a big satisfaction, especially in the first half in terms of content. And in the second half in this ability to be effective, offensive or defensive. I think we could have controlled the match better overall. In the first period, the gap between the two teams is significant. And given the number of situations we had, we could have returned with the station wagon. I think it's our first half since the start of the season, in content, it's on par with Nancy's match. There we produced a lot of things with the ball, in coordination and movements. I really liked this first period anyway.
What put us in second was this goal that comes after a particular situation. It's a shame we didn't show more focus on a situation like this and it could have cost us dearly. It’s the goal that wakes them up. Behind logically we fell back, we had less control and we choked a little while running in all directions. »
