Racing Club de Strasbourg and Dijon Football Côte-d’Or present exactly the same catastrophic toll since the start of the season: zero points, three losses, one goal scored and seven goals conceded in three days of Ligue 1. Even if the situation is not “dramatic” according to the Strasbourg midfielder Adrien Thomasson and even if last season, Dijon had started its season with four defeats before finishing sixteenth and escaping , the need for victory begins to become urgent.
“We were expecting another start to the season, so mentally it’s a bit complicated, but we have a group with enough experience to deal with this situation. We will have to disregard the start of the season and focus only on the Dijon match, something we had managed to do a lot of times last year, when we were in similar situations, with chopper matches at home », analysis Adrien Thomasson, who said this Saturday that he had no inclination to leave this summer.
For Thomasson, it is obvious to stay in Strasbourg
“Maybe it would have been different if the season had come to an end, explains the old Canary. As the club wanted to keep me too, it was obvious for me to stay here. For my progress, having playing time is the most important and having responsibilities, it is too. For me, it is obvious to stay in Strasbourg “.
Three points that are worth a lot
Before moving on against Monaco, Lille and Lyon, Racing is almost obliged to win this Sunday against Dijon. “When you meet a team that is at the bottom of the standings with you, it’s necessarily a slightly more important match, recognizes Strasbourg coach Thierry Laurey. Anyway, it will only score three points, but three points that will be welcome, if we have to recover them. The concern for us is to be much more constant over the duration of a match, to gain momentum, to be able to galvanize a little, all together, to raise the cursor higher. We have not yet found this competitive spirit, which must exist on a meeting. It’s not a six-point game, but you have to do everything to take the three points. Even if the match is not necessarily up to what we want to do, above all, the result must be up to what we want to do.
Sil wins this Sunday against Dijon, Racing would present the same balance sheet as last season after four days, with three points on the clock.
Sels, Mothiba, Koné are still injured. Racing-Dijon is to follow from 2:30 pm this Sunday on France Bleu Alsace. Kick-off at 3 p.m.
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