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Dijon – Valentin Jacob: “We never necessarily talked too much about a climb”

Irregular. After a promising victory in the Burgundy derby against Auxerre (3-1), Dijon dropped three points to Guingamp (2-3) during the 17th day of League 2. Patrice Garande’s men nevertheless led 2-0 after the start of the second period, a result ” not fully digested »By the DFCO group according to Valentin Jacob. The midfielder was the guest of 100% DFCO on France Burgundy Blue Monday evening. Among other subjects, he specifies the ambitions of his club.

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« We would like to go to the first part of the painting already, to start, and then see later how it is pinned. Afterwards, we would have to succeed in linking up, making a series of victories to see more clearly. We never necessarily talked too much about a climb. Even when we had a series of victories, we took game after game, we looked in front of us, but also a little behind us anyway. We try to go to the first part of the table and then look at other objectives. »

On his association with Cheick Traoré on the right side: “ I knew him a long time ago when I played in Sedan. We do the whole season together, it went really well. And there, to find him, to replay on his side, it is going very well also for the moment. »

Saturday, Dijon will meet Niort, another team on alternating current. The match will have a special flavor for Valentin Jacob, who played in Deux-Sèvres for three years. ” It’s a bit like the club that gave me my chance in the professional world. In Auxerre, I was a professional, but it didn’t go very well. I did three years of reserve. Behind, complicated to find a professional club, so I return to the amateurs in Annecy – which was anything but an amateur club, after all. And then Niort behind, who holds out his hand to go back to the professionals. They are capable of anything and they can get through a game, like hovering over a game. They have great qualities, they also have flaws, otherwise they would no longer be in Ligue 2. But it’s still a good team and a sure bet in Ligue 2. I did three years in Niort. The three years, we did the same seasons. Very good start to the season and more complicated in the second part of the season, so I wanted to really change the air completely. Even while staying in Ligue 2, I needed to change clubs. »

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