In a match without pressure, OM will host Sedan this Saturday looking to delight their supporters. “It’ll be a great chance for communion between the player and the fans,” said OM captain Habib Beye.

How do you approach a match against Sedan that has nothing riding on it?“With the same seriousness we approach any game,” responds OM captain Habib Beye.“We’re a bit crazy at the moment with the Champions League qualification, but we know we have to finish the season well in front of our fans.”
Qualified for the Champions League and assured of second place in the league, OM can afford to devote their last match of the season, at the Vélodrome, to celebrations and communion with their faithful fans.“ It’ll be a great chance for communion between the player and the fans. They have made a supreme effort in travelling en masse to our games this season and they deserve the best from us. Saturday’s match is our chance to give them what they want for 90 minutes,” Beye says.
“We tried to have the best league season we possibly could. There were highs and lows but I think all told, OM had a good season. I think the fans are satisfied even though they would have loved us to win the title. I hope that, for the fans’ sake, a Champions League place is the next best thing,” he adds. And, with the birthdays of both the Yankees and the Dodgers as well as the festivities planned by the club, the atmosphere at the Vélodrome should be brilliant.
But in order for the celebrations to be at their best, what takes place on the pitch will have to be up to scratch. The Olympiens certainly won’t be taking the final match of the season lightly. “We’ll have to be as professional as possible and treat the match like the serious league match it is. Because even though we’ll be playing under no pressure in terms of consequences in the league, we’ll have to put pressure on ourselves in terms of the celebrations we want our supporters to be able to have,” the captain predicts.
Faced with a Sedan side already condemned to L2 football next season, OM’s motivation will stem from honour alone. “It’ll be an open game. We’ll be there to put on a show, but we won’t be on holidays. It won’t be easy, so we’re already in our high-stakes match mode, because it’s important to give a good account of ourselves in front of our fans,” concludes Habib Beye. The Vélodrome is rumbling already…