Benjamin Jeannot

Striker - Dijon
28 Nov 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Benjamin Jeannot

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The Dijon Gazette

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Adel Lembezat beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

Chams Soule says Dijon went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Words exchanged at Dijon

Alexis Blin and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match

A bad afternoon for Dijon against Clermont Foot

0‑1 to Clermont Foot, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

A row about effort at Dijon

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Yanis Barka was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings

Matías Arezo ran the middle of the pitch — 6.69

He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 10 combined actions and a mark of 6.69, and not one of them will make a highlights package.

The dugout

No hiding place for Benjamin Jeannot

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Benjamin Jeannot, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Pierre Vincent faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Pierre Vincent after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Squad

Jesús Molina signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jesús Molina and Dijon agree another 3 years.

In brief

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Squad

Tempers go at Dijon

Alexis Blin was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Real improvement from Anass Benyahya at Dijon

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Anass Benyahya is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

Words at Dijon training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lamine Guèye is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Matías Arezo

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

The dugout

Benjamin Jeannot gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Boardroom

103% of the income goes out in wages at Dijon

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Matías Arezo

A mark of 7.63, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Squad

Sandino Sosa stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Sandino Sosa and Dijon agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Dijon share the spoils with Red Star

A 1‑1 draw with Red Star leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Looking ahead Dijon take on the side everybody is chasing
  • Market Experience through the door at Dijon