The Dijon Gazette
Squad20 May 2030
Vincent Marchetti in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Dijon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad20 May 2030
A row about effort at Dijon
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jésah Ayessa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad20 May 2030
Dijon count the cost of losing Jacques Morin
24 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout20 May 2030
Amine Messoussa knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Amine Messoussa trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout20 May 2030
No hiding place for Joakim Loureiro
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Joakim Loureiro, and the manager let it.
The dugout20 May 2030
Dijon keep their word to Esteban Rodríguez
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
In brief
- The dugout Alexis Ntamack keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Enzo Ketterle is not doing himself any favours